#ReySky

[tortoise-n33ds-purpose]

Disney Lucasfilm really dropped the ball here. What a waste of potential. :(

"So essentially what Star Wars to me was, a boy who is stuck at home and dreams of joining a war. And so it's like, let's tell a story of a girl who is stuck in a war and dreams of going home. It was like a mirror." - Gareth Edwards, 2023

[mulderscully]

it's so frustrating to be someone who was really hardcore reysky in 2015-2017. on one hand, i love that rey is a skywalker and continues anakin's legacy even though they aren't biologically related. i genuinely think that's awesome and rey IS a skywalker. on the other hand, when i rewatch tfa i think it's blantanly clear that rey is meant to be luke's biological daughter and that when they changed directors between the first and second movie they changed the entire plan and i find that really fucking frustrating.

[caripr94]

Two different themes made by two different composers for two different characters in two different movies, and yet it's almost as if they were coordinated and synchronized to fit together. And Lucasfilm wondered why people thought that these two women were mother and daughter, especially since they looked so alike and were just the right ages for it!

They also both fit well with Luke's theme, so maybe that should say something.

[dalekofchaos]

If the Sequel Trilogy followed the narrative of TFA

My hypothetical rewrite of the Sequel Trilogy that would've made it more in line with the original vision of TFA.

Episode VIII would be Shadow Of The Sith

Episode IX would be Children Of The Force

Notice. For the sake of things I will be saying this is a world where Carrie never died.

Rey is Luke's daughter

Leia trains Finn while Luke trains Rey

The force bond is between Rey and Finn, while Kylo Ren wants to break that bond and make Rey dependent on him

The remnants of the New Republic and The Resistance unite to face the First Order and it is now the United Republic.

Big space battles to make it feel like a larger than life war and less low sped chase and stupid yo mama jokes

Reveal that the Knights Of Ren are a mix of the Jedi who followed Kylo Ren and dark side cultists who bowed before Kylo Ren when he killed their leader.

I would keep Rose, but abandon Paige, because I feel like Paige's role could've gone to Jessika Pava. Rose would be the engineer/intelligence officer and Jessika would be her pilot girlfriend

Climax of VIII. Giant space battle over Ach-To lead by Leia and Snoke via Battle Meditation. Leia's will vs Snoke's might. Leia wants to save her brother and Rey, while Snoke wants to snuff out the light.

Kylo Ren and the Knights Of Ren fights Rey, Finn and Luke in the climax of VIII. Kylo cuts Finn's hand off and the Knights have Luke at their mercy and Rey gives herself up to save Luke and her friends

Episode IX is about Luke, Finn and the United Republic to save Rey and ending the First Order

Rey is the tipping point to Kylo Ren's plans to overthrow Snoke. While Snoke plans to turn Rey against Kylo Ren.

Stormtrooper Rebellion is Finn's version of freeing his friends from Jabba, in this case freeing his family and Rose helps him. It ends with Finn decapitating Phasma and thus being known as the Phasma slayer

After this Finn meets his sister Jannah and we'd find that Finn and Jannah are the grandchildren of Mace Windu(there would be canon material for this. Mace Windu lives and is taken care of the very people who he saved during the Clone Wars. He is nursed back to health and feels like he lost his place as a Jedi for failing the chosen one and failing to stop the rise of the Empire, so he goes into exile. He becomes a farmer and falls in love and they start a family. Mace Windu lived to see the end of the Empire and the fall of the Sith and dies in peace.)

Rey, Kylo and the Knights Of Ren would face Snoke. Snoke dies physically but takes over Kylo's body.

Cut out Zorii Bliss and replace her with an undercover Jacen Syndulla and see that he's Poe's boyfriend

Rey and Finn would battle, similarly to Revan and Bastila's fight in KOTOR with the fight being for Finn to freeing Rey from her darkness.

Luke and Leia would confront Snoke. We'd learn that Snoke was Darth Plagueis and overtime he was playing the long game after Palpatine's betrayal. The destruction of both Jedi and Sith Orders and his First and Final Order would reign over the galaxy. Snoke reveals he needed Ben Solo, the heir to Vader and the Skywalker family for his new vessel and if they stop him in his new form, he will just take Rey and teases "maybe I will just force them to create vessels for me". Twisted, but that's what the dark side does to you.

Plagueis reveals that his plan is not only for the extinction of the Jedi, but the death of the force. He wasn't just abducting children for his army. He ordered Hux and Phasma to abduct the force sensitive children around the world and the rebuilding of the Dark Reaper and the force harvesters

To replace his lost army because of the Stormtrooper Rebellion, Plagueis uses the Darkside to create the perfect army to spread his darkness, chaos and disease. The Plague troopers

A battle between the free Stormtroopers and Plagueis' Sith Troopers

Space battle between the Final Order and the United Republic. Lando leading the fight against Hux. Poe and Rose work together to destroy the dark reaper. Rose recreates the Mass Shadow Generator and uses it to destroy the Dark Reaper and Poe lands the final kill shot that destroys Hux's Super Star Destroyer

Finn breaks through to Rey and they embrace in a kiss

Luke, Leia, Rey, Jannah and Finn face Snoklo and the Knights Of Ren

When Plagueis seems to be at a weak point, he drains the life force from the KOR. "Your service is at a end, my fair knights"

Near the end of the fight, Rey and Finn mortally wounds Kylo Ren, thus forcing Plagueis to leave his dying body. Plagueis prepares to take Rey's body, but in his final moments Ben Solo returns and takes Plagueis life force and sacrifices himself to save Rey and his family. He asks Rey and Finn to kill him. In his final moments he tells Luke and Leia that he's sorry for everything. Rey and Finn kills Plagueis and Ben with him while Ben achieves redemption.

A bit of life force of Plagueis survives and still plans to take Rey, but the force ghosts of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yoda appear and drags Plagueis into the depths of the Force, where every deceased Jedi would ensure his dark essence would never again return to wreak havoc upon the galaxy. There he would experience disembodiment in darkness, perpetual madness as if to always live with an open wound; terror without respite.

Movie ends with Leia being crowned as Queen of the United Republic. The once child soldiers of The First Order become the civilians and soldiers of this New Republic. A ceremony where Poe, Jacen, Rose and Jessika are crowned as heroes of the Republic. Jannah being the first Padawan of the new Jedi Order. A wedding between Rey and Finn and a tease of Rey and Finn as the New Jedi that rises, the Skywalkers.

[jayaorgana]

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (LUCAS, 1980) // SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER (STEVENS, 2015) // THE FORCE AWAKENS (ABRAMS, 2015)

[falllpoutboy]

Jedi Masters Rey and Finn Skywalkers and their young padawan daughter… WALK WITH ME YALL!!!!

[mulderscully]

Why do you tag Rey as Rey Skywalker?

because that's her name....

[boasamishipper]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 🤍

you're so prolific I want to make you pick 5 😈

how can you ask me to choose Only Five.......this is like asking me to choose a favorite child.......

The Stars Walk Backward (Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Finn/Rey)

this fic contains everything i wish the sequel trilogy had given me: luke training finn and rey, reysky, endgame finnrey, queer poe dameron (as well as a plethora of other queer characters), kylo ren actually being a villain, a finn-centric main storyline, a stormtrooper rebellion, etc etc etc. it remains one of my more complicated multi-chaps (see: all the plot points i made myself juggle), and though i will forever be angry about the direction the sequel trilogy took, this fic will always have a special place in my heart.

Make A Wrong One Right (Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, Maverick&Goose)

[stefon snl voice] this fic has everything. time travel. magical realism. heavy angst. gratuitous back to the future references. ice and mav's conversation in ch2 remains my all-time favorite scene i have ever written for them.

Word on the Street (Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, Outsider POV)

in which a handsome navy pilot moves into the neighborhood and the real housewives of fallon, nevada, promptly go feral - even more so when none of them can seem to agree on what the handsome navy pilot looks like. this was my first time writing outsider pov, and i had an absolute blast doing so. sharon markowe my short jewish queen 2kforever.

You Had Me At Aloe (Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, pre-Rooster/Phoenix/Fritz)

fritz may have gotten exactly Zero lines in top gun: maverick which is sad but Also that means that my headcanon of him as amy santiago trapped in the body of jason mendoza is not jossed!! hurray!! while i loved writing fritz being a Mess and the number one iceman kazansky stan on base and playing off bradley and phoenix (as well as sick!mav confusing bradley for goose), this fic makes the top five faves list solely because of this exchange:

Fritz buries his face into a wad of toilet paper and wails. “I told my hero he looked like a plant!” There’s a long pause. Fritz can hear Phoenix whispering part of an explanation. “Well,” Bradley says at last. “In your defense, he kind of does.” “That doesn’t make it better!”

For A Minute There I Lost Myself (Ted Lasso, Nate Shelley-centric)

you know, during the hiatus i was pretty proud of myself for coming up with this version of nate's s3 arc, and after s3 dropped i was even more proud of myself because Boy Howdy is 'nate grows into himself as a coach for west ham, bonds with his players, stands up to rupert, and mends fences with ted, who also apologizes to him' a more compelling storyline than whatever the fuck jason sudeikis and co gave us. goddamn.

bonus 5 faves because i can:

When I See Your Light Shine (Ted Lasso) - In which Sam matches with Dani on Bantr instead of Rebecca, and the rom-com of the ages ensues. Part 1 of a series.

Austin Alone (9-1-1: Lone Star) - In which Owen and Billy become friends with benefits after the reopening of the 126. Co-written with my bestie @lilalbatross.

and it was not your fault but mine (Ted Lasso) - In which Jamie learns that forgiveness is not the same thing as trust, and Sam gets some agency back.

Many Happy Returns (No Exchanges or Refunds) (What We Do In The Shadows TV) - In which it is Colin Robinson's birthday.

'cause a cat's the only cat (who knows where it's at) (Top Gun, Captain Marvel) - In which Maverick and Iceman's alien cat has alien kittens. Part 8 of my TG Captain Marvel AU series.

[the1stokiro]

It’s honestly insane how hard people gas lit everyone for years that it would’ve been impossible for both Finn and Rey to be equals and have an emotional journey together while also exploring each as individuals, their families and personal arcs…and then Spider-Verse comes along and proves what all of knew from the start. It was always just racism and/or a biased to keep the two characters apart regardless of how much it destroyed the story of the trilogy and ruined what could’ve been a great story

I’m happy that Miles and Gwen at least are getting their story told and it looks like cooperate meddling and chronically online shippers won’t ruin it…but damn. Finn and Rey really deserved better

What we’re witnessing with Gwen and Miles is what should have also happened with Finn and Rey.

[supremeprince-bensolo]

I think about kylo slanders on twitter says leia wont speak to ben and reysky stan mocked elisa l for her worst takes on Leia who made her mistakes i never forgvie JJ made han and leia as shitty parents if Rian made Solos as good parents

Theres still drama all these years after the movies ended 🙃

I don't think Han and Leia were bad parents. They just couldn't understand what Ben was going through and didn't know how to help him. He was extremely strong with the force, and on top of that had Snoke/Palpatine in his head. He was a very troubled kid and they struggled to know how to help him. I think Han especially had a tough time connecting with him, Leia could a bit more because of her connection with the force. But they genuinely thought sending him off to train with Luke would be the best thing. But sadly, that is what led to his downfall. And I think Ben resented them, even hated them, for that. If they'd never sent him away, that fateful night at the academy never would have happened.

In TFA we saw how much they loved Ben. Leia wanted him to come home. She didn't care about the horrible things he'd done, or all the mistakes he'd made. She just wanted her son to come home. And Han literally gave his life for him in the hopes that it would push him to come back.

Rian followed on from that in TLJ. Ben thought his mother would hate him after what he'd done, but all he could feel from her was love. Leia still loved him no matter what. She held onto that hope, and when she had a moment of doubt Luke reminded her that 'no one's ever really gone'. It wasn't too late for him to come home.

TROS, on the other hand, for some reason did a complete 180. Leia had trained to become a Jedi, and was now even training Rey. So... couldn't she have trained Ben then?? Why'd she send him away to Luke? And don't even get me started on the whole 'at the end of her Jedi journey she foresaw her son would die, but hoped one day someone would complete her journey'. But that would mean her son would die right??? Makes no sense. The way JJ handled Leia in TROS, especially in regards to Ben, was pretty bad.

Even though it wasn't really Han in Ben's memory, it was him remembering and knowing deep down that his father loved him. That his mother still wanted him to come home. It was Ben finally acknowledging what he'd always known but couldn't allow himself to accept - that his parents loved him unconditionally.

[graysistance]

this is such a weird feeling.

no, dlf didn’t spit in my face. no, this wasn’t an utter shock. but after reaching a peaceful and EXTREMELY satisfying conclusion on how to continue rey’s story myself in a way i thought made sense in not just my main verse but also other aus...

to see star wars appear to initially give rey the same story as luke but in a way i’m sure is supposed to be “done right” is disappointing. i am feeling grief, yeah. i’m crestfallen. a good bit selfishly depressed. this isn’t what i wanted to see. 

and beyond the whiny “wah wah wah me me me meeeeeee”, rey deserves something unto herself. something to make her unique among all the jedi and sith and neither that came before her. she was the new cornerstone the force would be built upon, making her own way in the galaxy with others free to agree with her, disagree with her, and join in her way of treating the force. a Way that would be infinitely harder, requiring a balance more hefty than the jedi practiced, but would bring a soul and the force together, creating unity, peace, and justice. not pulling families apart. not leaving others behind, nor left alone, nor practically clueless as to how to use their newfound power. it would restrict only evil while encouraging stability, community, and love in spades. 

this is how the whole blog came to be, anyway. this electrifying character shit on for innumerable nonsensical reasons had such potential that we got true and amazing winks of in the force awakens and the last jedi. i’m even working with the palpatine lineage to create some amazing stories that make sense and FEEL RIGHT. feel like they make sense. rey deserves that much, be she rey nobody, rey palpatine, or rey skywalker. i’ve encountered enough derision for her online and in real life, writing her off as OP and a mary sue and a nothing burger for her to get any treatment but the best from here on out. 

but with the tros lineage going into this new time jump reysky film, here’s the problem:

she and luke are doing the same thing on the surface. skywalker son of darth vader commits to light and starts a school after killing darth sidious and finalizing the death of his father. “skywalker” granddaughter of darth sidious commits to light and starts a school after killing darth sidious. i wish there was infinitely more nuance here, but there isn’t a lot thus far. the new republic and its fall now has ten times more nuance than this parallel line they’re creating. this won’t be like eu/legends where the last known skywalkers and solos are treading a different path and setting the galaxy on a new trajectory. we’ll have to wait until more details come out about how long she’s had the school, what inspired her to start it, WHERE she started it (very important), how she’s teaching (the old jedi code from her books? her own code after seeing the failures of both jedi and sith? taking children or keeping families together? something entirely new that no one has tried before but she has the guts to?), and how long did she wait to start it after tros to see what’s up. 

there’s so much to wait on that i’m actively avoiding hope. i got greeted with this news on so many sides this morning and can’t pull myself into feeling anything except depressed about it. dlf didn’t slap me in the face, but it feels like it. just this little bit of news was enough to smack down the hopes i had for post-tros sequel content that were apparently too specific to happen. in other timelines, i’m hitting all the beats, but not here. and where’s finn? what’s he doing? he should have been the last jedi while rey gets to strike out on her own and they encourage each other the entire time. where’s jannah? where’s rose? what’s rose doing? where’s poe and kes? are they back at the farm? there’s just too many questions and too many gaps. 

well, i guess happy hardline canon-divergency day to my blog! and welcome back, daisy. please have your girl’s best interest at heart  💛

[benthelastskywalker]

toxic behavior of reysky stans affected their health and finnreyswift used follow kirk cameron who is homophobic

Toxic people are angry people, imo. And constantly being angry all the time is certainly bad for your health, physically and mentally.

[caripr94]

Please vote for Zutara! Reylo sucks (they should be cousins instead)!

[falllpoutboy]

people bookmarking my finnrey fic in the year of our lord 2024??

[mulderscully]

I’m Rey. Rey who?

[supremeprince-bensolo]

i dont understand why reysky ingored rey's tramua for losing ben and pstd and i heard idris is playing new villain in movie , i dont like person who shipped rey and mara jade who is luke's wife in eu

The novelisation literally says 'it felt like half of her missing' when Ben died. She lost her dyad. Her soulmate. That's not something she's just gonna get over. Sadly the movie didn't illustrate that well at all so I guess thats how some people justify it. Cause to them she seemed happy at the end (all alone with a name but no family or friends, only ghosts 🙃)

Oooh Idris Elba as the villain?!! I'm intrigued.