heavenscalyx:

Thought for the day: Why does everyone assume that Kylo Ren’s birth name was Ben Solo?

Do we know that the people of Alderaan and Corellia are patrilineal? What if one or both are matrilineal?  Leia’s (adopted) mother was the goddamn Queen of Alderaan.  How could a smuggler/military dude’s name be more important than the Organa family?

There are cultures on Earth that make a practice of using the more important/influential/wealthy family’s last name.  Why does everyone assume that civilizations in Star Wars, a universe where names are magnificently fluid for a high-tech, high-surveillance society, are not nearly so pragmatic? 

Han’s line in the movie, where he responds to the question of whether he was Han Solo, was, “I used to be.”  Proposition: Han actually took Leia’s name when they married, and he became Han Organa, at least until he left.  And therefore their son (who hates his father, remember?) was Ben Organa, until he was dragged off by Master Voldegollum and changed his name.

anidalareylo:

geekisthecolour:

agentverbivore:

daveede:

danielalaa:

blakebaggott:

agentverbivore:

ok I’m rewatching A New Hope right after seeing The Force Awakens, and I just noticed this:

IS THAT

THE SAME GODDAMN TRUNK

THAT REY FINDS LUKE’S LIGHTSABER IN

?!

THE SAME TRUNK

OBI WAN

STORED THE SAME LIGHTSABER IN

WHILE SAVING IT FOR LUKE

AFTER TAKING IT FROM ANAKIN?!

REY IS OBI-WAN’S GRANDDAUGHTER

the jedi mind tricks, the british accent, the mystery of her parents (and the obvious difficulty of them being either han/leia or luke), and the plot symmetry of a Kenobi training Skywalkers to a Skywalker training a Kenobi

I will defend this theory until the movies come out and prove otherwise

I support this theory @blakebaggott

During Rey’s vision you can hear someone that sounds A LOT like Alec Guinness say her name.

It actually *is* Alec Guinness saying her name – followed by Ewan McGregor saying “these are your first steps.”

JJ Abrams said in an interview the sound editors cut out the sound of “Rey” from old audio of Mr Guinness saying “afraid” (and Ewan came in for a bit of post-prod line recording for his). That way they had both the young and old versions of Obi Wan talking to her. 🙂

MY JAW LITERALLY DROPPED HOLY SHITNSKEJLDBSLDBWK