How is Rey a Skywalker?

While the Skywalker bloodline is technically gone, Rey honors her fallen mentors, Luke and Leia, by adopting their family name. When asked who she is by the old woman on Tatooine, the former Palpatine declares herself Rey Skywalker, and she becomes a new part of the family.
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Why did Rey call herself a Skywalker?

Although Solo was the last of the Skywalker bloodline, Rey assumed the name "Skywalker" to honor their memory, repudiating her own heritage as a Palpatine.
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Is Rey genetically a Skywalker?

The reveal came as a true surprise to fans. Some had theorized that she was the lost child of Luke Skywalker or even Han Solo, adding her to the lineage of powerful force users in the family. Instead, The Last Jedi revealed that Rey's powers didn't come from some genetic lineage but simply from herself.
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How are Rey and KYLO Ren related?

As Kylo Ren himself says in The Rise of Skywalker, he and Rey are bonded not just by their familial legacies (Ren as the grandson of Darth Vader and Rey as the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine) but by their unique connection in the Force.
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Is Rey half Skywalker?

And it seems clear that she wanted parents as well. Because, at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, she all but took on Leia Skywalker Organa Solo and Luke Skywalker as her mother and father. Rey did so after looking at them before making her last name “Skywalker.”
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Why does Rey see herself in the mirror?

She wrote that “it is left open to your interpretation. He didn't want to be definitive about it so that it wouldn't take away from what you got out of it.” Johnson reportedly said Rey has to find answers from within herself, which is why she constantly sees her reflection, according to Wilson.
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Is Palpatine Anakin's father?

Confirmed: The Emperor Was Anakin's 'Father'

Yes, Star Wars fans, Darth Vader #25 confirms that Anakin Skywalker was the result of Dark Side/Midi-chlorian manipulation inside of Shmi Skywalker's womb - performed personally by Emperor Palpatine.
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How is Rey so powerful without training?

What sets Rey apart is her mindset. She's not as headstrong or prone to anger as the Skywalkers are, making her a much faster learner. For example, in The Force Awakens, she's able to mimic Kylo Ren's mind probe power as he's torturing her, and she turns it against him without any training.
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Did Luke Skywalker have kids?

In 19 ABY, Luke married Mara Jade. Their son, Ben, who was named after Luke's first mentor Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, was born in 26.5 ABY.
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Is Rey a Sith?

Despite her Sith lineage, Rey chose to follow the ways of the Jedi Order.
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Is snoke a clone of Palpatine?

Snoke Was a Strand-Cast Created by Palpatine

Emperor Palpatine created Snoke to be his proxy through which he could regain his power. Although Snoke was bio-engineered in a lab on Exegol, he was a strand-cast, not a clone.
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Who was Palpatine's wife?

However, in actual Star Wars canon, Palpatine never had a wife, or concubines or any children that we knew of—that is, until The Rise of Skywalker revealed that he did somehow father children.
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Why is Rey's lightsaber yellow?

The official reason for Rey's lightsaber color is to project a feeling of hope and optimism. No matter which method Rey used, there is a clear answer to what color her lightsaber is: yellow! With yellow representing balance in the Force, there is great hope for Rey to go on and bring peace across the galaxy.
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Did Luke and Leia know Rey was a Palpatine?

Leia Organa

Luke's words confirm that Leia discovered Rey was a Palpatine during her lifetime, either before or during the time jump between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.
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How is Rey so powerful?

Rey Is Palpatine's Grandaughter

But like Anakin, Luke, and Kylo Ren, Rey has the advantage of an amazingly Force-sensitive bloodline; her direct relation to Emperor Palpatine, easily one of the strongest characters in the franchise, explains her innate potential.
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Who is the strongest Jedi?

Of course, Yoda is the most powerful Jedi of them all. He was the head of the Jedi Order in the prequels, the mystic recluse in the originals, and he even made a token appearance in one of the sequels.
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Are all Skywalkers dead?

By the end of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the Skywalker bloodline has died out, as Han is killed by Kylo Ren after he tries to convince him to return to the light side, Luke sacrifices himself to save the Resistance from the First Order, Leia dies to bring her son back to the light side, and ...
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Are Ben and Rey related?

Initially unknown to Ben, Rey forms a dyad in the Force with him. The dyad is an unbreakable Force-bond that makes them one in the Force, despite being born as two physically separated individuals. Thus, despite not being related by blood, Rey is Ben's other half, making her his "soulmate" or "twin of the Force".
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Why is Rey more powerful than Anakin?

Because Anakin never reached his full potential, Rey is more powerful than him, but due to his being the chosen one Anakin would give her a hard fight.
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Is Rey stronger than Luke?

Rey is stronger than both Luke and Anakin in terms of raw, untrained Force. Her midi-chlorian is said to be the highest in the Canonverse, and she is well-versed in both the physical and scholarly disciplines of the Force.
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How is Rey so good with a lightsaber?

There's no single reason, but some of the main factors are: Her special connection with the Force. Her training and experience (with Luke and with her quarterstaff). And, she might look better in comparison to the others she's fighting.
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How did Anakin's mom get pregnant?

In The Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon Jinn meets tiny Anakin Skywalker and his mother, he goes on about how the Force is like, crazy strong with Anakin or whatever, and then asks his mother about Anakin's dad. Shmi Skywalker is pretty clear in her answer: There isn't a father. She was impregnated by the Force.
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Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?

George Lucas has reportedly stated that Jar Jar Binks was originally intended to be an undercover Sith Lord, but the Force user theory has been tossed back and forth between Lucasfilm and fans. While there are only ever two Siths, Jar Jar could have been the third hiding in Palpatine's shadow.
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Who is Darth Vader's dad?

He was the son of Shmi Skywalker, a slave who conceived a child without a father. His blood contained over twenty-thousand midi-chlorians, surpassing that of Grand Master Yoda and all other Jedi in the galaxy.
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