When we first walk out of Star war : The Force Awakens , we had questions : 33 of them , to be exact . But after take in the moving picture several more times , our question have only multiplied . Here are 43 burning questions that are lead to drive us nuts until Episode VIII comes out .
Some of these interrogation actually have answers , while others remain a mystery . But even with the latter , we ’ll do our best to provide a hypothesis or two .
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Who are Rey ’s parents ?
Almost everything about Rey is purposefully left a mystery . The film strongly hints that she ’s related to one of our chief characters — but since we get very little indication from Leia , most masses think she ’s related to to Luke . That ’s bolstered by the fact when Kylo Ren reads her mind , he envision an island with water . This is a Brobdingnagian clue . Is he seeing Rey ’s future , from the end of the cinema , or her past times , when she was with Luke before ?
What is Rey ’s screen background ?
Again , ill-defined . We just bonk she ’s very strong with the Force . In a flashback , we see unseasoned Rey being placed on Jakku by someone with a sinister voice . And it ’s potential she ’s on Jakku for safe - holding , kind of like Luke was at the start of A New Hope . One hypothesis is she was one of Luke ’s students , girl or not , who was golden enough to get aside before Kylo Ren killed everyone . She ’s there as another new Leslie Townes Hope .
Why does Luke ’s sabre call to Rey ?
Because she ’s his daughter ? Certainly potential . We used to mean lightsabers were just non-living object , but the Star Wars toon have bring out that the crystals inside of them are much more than that . Still we ’ve never seen anything like this pass off , and it seems like a question that ’ll be answered later . possibly it ’s a result of something Luke did to her before she was put on Jakku . If , in fact , they ’ve ever met before .
Why did Ben Solo become Kylo Ren ?
We know that Ben Solo , son of Han Solo and Leia Organa , was one of Luke Skywalker ’s pupil until Supreme Leader Snoke turned him to the drab side and he remove his fellow student . But why ? What did Snoke say to him ? Why was Ben so untrusting of Luke , his parents and the light side ? These questions will almost certainly become the Crux Australis of the next few moving picture .
What the hell is up with Supreme Leader Snoke ? How did he come to power , what are his power and how braggart is he ?
The Force Awakens only shows Snoke as the leader of The First Order . We do n’t know how that pass . We just know that it did . We also do n’t sleep with what his index are , except that he ’s strong with the Force and was able to control Kylo Ren and the rest of the First Order . But we do n’t have it off where he came from , what he is , whether he ’s a Sith , how he find out the Force , any of that . We do n’t even know how big the role really is . The holograph Hux and Kylo see is evidently incredibly large , but so was the holograph of the Emperor the first meter we picture him . Odds are there is something weird with his size , merely because Andy Serkis state the character was insufferable to do as a pragmatic effect .
For more Snoke , we rick to hisStar Wars Databaseentry that says “ The Supreme Leader of the First Order , the mystifying Snoke has no permanent base of operation , preferring to reach his underlings from a peregrine command Emily Post . Snoke is powerful with the dingy side of the Force , and seduced Kylo Ren into abandoning the Jedi path to become his apprentice . But Snoke also commands General Hux and the technological war auto the First Order has organise to destroy the New Republic and Leia Organa ’s Resistance . ”
Who is Finn ?
We know Finn was raised from birth to be a Stormtrooper : FN-2187 , to be accurate . But beyond that , his origin is improbably occult . Will he have some notable parenthood ? Will we get a line more about his stormtrooper friend who pass on Jakku ? Or will he just stay that one stormtrooper who stood up for what is correct ? Episodes VIII and IX will almost certainly lease us know .
Who is Lor San Tekka ?
He ’s the character , played by Max Von Sydow , who gets kill by Kylo Ren at the get-go of the film . What we make love is Leia trusts him , he knows who Kylo Ren really is , and Kylo Ren know him . He ’s also , somehow , obtain a part to Luke ’s map . That ’s not a lot , but he ’s in spades significant .
How will Kylo Ren complete his training ?
At the closing of the motion picture , Snoke says he need Kylo Ren to complete his training . Would n’t the murder of his Father-God have done that ? That seemed like Kylo ’s way of ending once and for all his struggle between the illumination and the dark side . Not to cite , defeat of one ’s father is how Luke finished his training . However , if there ’s still more , it seems like Snoke has some really vicious clobber in memory .
What is the Resistance in regards to the New Republic ?
The movie tip toes around this point but here ’s what we know . The First Order is rising to power . The New Republic , established after Return of the Jedi , does n’t desire to really acknowledge this . But — because of her personal interest in it — they’ve in secret back the former princess , now General Leia , to form a minor band , The Resistance , to combat the First Order .
What has Luke been doing while he ’s been overlook ?
We ’ll sure as shooting find out the result to this doubt once we see Star Wars Episode VIII , but odds are he ’s been meditating , becoming solid with the Force , and mayhap sing with Obi - Wan , Yoda and Anakin , who were last seen as spectre alongside him . He was definitely waiting for the veracious sentence to reveal himself and the death of Han , pair with the force wake up with Rey , seems to be the proper prison term .
Did Luke Skywalker set off R2 - D2 ?
You ’d like to think that , but no . R2 has reportedly been on low power since Luke move missing and then , ostensibly out of nowhere at the death of the picture show , he turns on . The timing feel incredibly coincidental , unless Luke did it when he felt Han ’s death and or Rey using the force . Butaccording to J.J. Abrams , that ’s not the typesetter’s case . In fact , it was BB-8 ’s comportment with the missing piece of the function that woke him up . R2 is just old and it take a while for him to power back up after BB-8 made touch .
If Luke Skywalker did n’t want to be found , why did he leave a map ? Or did he ?
We know that Luke Skywalker vanished after Kylo Ren kill his pupil . But , for some understanding , there ’s a mathematical function to his position . That seems odd for someone who does n’t want to be found , at least not by the wrong masses . If Luke left the mathematical function himself , he obviously want to be found at some item . Then there ’s the flip side . If he did n’t allow for the map , where did it add up from ? And on a purely logistic level , why does the map have like 15 different points on it ? According to screenwriter Michael Arndt ( fromthat same consultation ) , the map read the localisation of all the Jedi Temples , and R2 - D2 had gotten most of it from enter the computer on board the Death Star decades ago , which conduce us to …
How did the First Order end up with spell of the mapping ?
Kylo Ren pronounce the First Order has most of it from the Empire archive , which lines up with R2 - D2 having it in his computer memory too . However , the Empire is gone , supervene upon by the growing First Order . So either Ren is lie , Luke was lazy , or the Empire was hunting Luke long before Ben Solo plough into Kylo Ren , the event that sent Luke off the grid .
Did the First Order demolish Coruscant ?
Here ’s one we can answer for certain . No . Though the major planet we see destroy look very much like Coruscant , the celluloid specifically mentions the Hosnian system . That ’s the the derriere of the New Republic Senate , which obviously move from Chandrila , where the New Republic was first establish post - recurrence of the Jedi . Why it was n’t in the hub of the extragalactic nebula , we do n’t eff . But we do be intimate the Senate is no more .
Who is Rey wait for on Jakku ?
“ My family unit , ” whom she think she sees fell away in the flashback . But since we ’ve established we do n’t know who her family line is , it seems potential that maybe her family are other Jedi . Or people that she thinks are family , who were hire by the Jedi . Like everything about Rey , this is a mystery . However it does seem , by the end of the picture , someone was certainly hold off for her . Or at least expecting her .
Why did Poe Dameron leave Jakku ?
Poe Dameron had one missionary station — get the map to Luke Skywalker . He ’s forced to abandon that commission when the First Order arrives on Jakku and he ’s captured . by and by Finn breaks him out and Poe ends up back on Jakku where the map still is , along with his droid BB-8 . But after survivng the crash , rather of going after BB-8 , he state Finn he just leave behind . Poe had no reason to think Finn would complete his mission for him , so why did he leave behind ? We do n’t know . Maybe Poe was brainwash — and afterwards , we ’ll see him turn ?
How can Rey use the Force if she ’s never been civilise ?
It hire Luke Skywalker a while to start to lead off to utilise the Force , have alone Jedi Mind Trick someone . But Rey does it , fundamentally , in her first few days . That seems left over unless you count two things . Either the Force is strong now , after having been kind of dormant for a while ( see “ How strong is Kylo Ren with the Force ? ” ) or she had some previous breeding .
Where was Constable Zuvio ?
Here ’s a fun one . If you have shopped for Star Wars toy , you probably saw this creepy alien on shelves . He was even released as an official still from the moving-picture show . However , he ’s not in the motion-picture show . Some people think he ’s glimpsed in Rey ’s flashback , but that ’s not him . Apparently , he was on arrange as Rey and Finn are running through the grocery place on Jakku , but you ca n’t see him there either . Turns out , the action figure was simply made too early for the last cut .
Where exactly is Luke ?
In the film , Han says the last he hear , Luke went off to incur the very first Jedi Temple . So , is that where he is at the end of the movie ? Or is it just some kind of random island ? We know it was film on Skellig Michael in Ireland and that Rian Johnson turn back there to bourgeon some footage for Episode VIII . Seems like we ’ll get this answer , and more , in 2017 .
Why does n’t Leia seek to save Kylo Ren herself ?
Sons almost always have a bass connection with their mothers . So why does n’t Leia , a military general , go after her Word instead of sending his father , whom Kylo clearly has such a disdain for ? We do n’t know . The answer might be as mere as Han Solo needed to pass away in this movie , and Leia can total back for another one .
Why is Rey so beneficial at specify car ?
We do n’t know for sure , but it ’s in all likelihood because she was wedge to fend for herself on a small , desolate major planet for so many years . She ’s been working as a scavenger , pulling region out of dead starships , and maybe she ’s picked up some know - how along the way . Plus , do n’t draw a blank two other character were outstanding at fixing things as tiddler growing up on sparsely populated desert planets : Luke and Anakin Skywalker , the Jedi - ace of the last two trilogy . It ’s in her DNA , if not literally then in a film sensation .
What are the Knights of Ren ?
We heard the idiomatic expression “ The Knights of Ren ” months before The Force Awakens was released . However , in the movie , we get one brief glance of them , which you see above , and Snoke calls Kylo their master . Who are these mysterious evil characters and where are they ? Hopefully we ’ll feel out soon .
How impregnable is Kylo Ren with the Force ?
We see Kylo Ren do some amazing things with the Force in this film , admit freezing a blaster shot in mid airwave . He can also extract information from multitude ’s judgment , which even Darth Vader could n’t do . ( It would ’ve made A New Hope a very different movie , would n’t it ? ) So either Snoke has taught Kylo stuff and nonsense that ’s far dissimilar than the yesteryear or , because there are so few people using the Force now , it ’s that much strong . Basically , we do n’t know the solvent , but it ’s something to think about .
Why are the guys from The Raid in The Force Awakens , but do n’t throw a puncher ?
When Finn and Rey run into Han Solo and Chewie , Han ’s ship is boarded by two different group of plagiarist . One of the mathematical group , the Kanjiklub , is lead by Tasu Leech , play by Yayan Ruhian alongside Razoo Quin - Fee , played by Iko Uwais . Those name calling may not sound familiar , but they ’re the stars and struggle coordinators from the insane Indonesian activity celluloid , The Raid and The Raid 2 . Their casting in the film , but lack of existent action scene for them to participate in , suggest Abrams cut this entire scene down for pacing issue .
Who could want the rathtars Han Solo is transporting ?
When we first meet Han Solo in the film , he ’s carry these Brobdingnagian , gross , octopus mouth thing called rathtars to someone named King Prana . Is there really someone so malevolent they ’d want this vile creatures ? Could he be this trilogy ’s Jabba the Hutt ?
How did Maz Kanata get clutches of Luke ’s lightsaber ?
Maz says this is a news report for another metre , which intend peradventure we ’ll finally get an solution . But here ’s what we make out . The saber was last see on Bespin , after Darth Vader separated it and Luke ’s helping hand . It locomote down a vent and belike ended up in some junkyard . Did someone go in there specifically look for it ? How could someone even know about it ? And what would possess them to give it to Maz ? The answer to these question seems like a key objet d’art to the puzzle of the Star Wars universe .
Is Maz Kanata idle ?
Though the First Order ruin her cake when they invade Takodana , it ’s almost certain that this screwball alien who has lived for over 1,000 years is still around .
Why did Phasma give into Finn ?
We be intimate Captain Phasma was n’t going to have a Brobdingnagian formula in The Force Awakens , and she ’ll be back for Episode VIII — but it ’s incredibly odd that she just let Finn take the air in and rank her to shut down the shields on Starkiller Base . She ’s the boss ! A bad - ass ! patriotic to the First Order to the end ! Plus , Phasma run an evaluation on him and knows Finn is n’t subject of killing in cold blood , so the intellect for her compliance is highly suspect .
How is Phasma actually alive ?
After Phasma give up her entire fleet at the drop of a hat , Han , Chewie and Finn supposedly put her in a drivel chute to a trash compactor . ( Get it ? Like from the first pic ! ) And then the integral major planet is blown up soon after . Assuming that ’s true , and that she ’s in Episode VIII , there ’s let to be a narrative of how she mystify out .
What does BB-8 say to Rey at the last of the film ?
One of the concluding two blood line of dialogue from the moving-picture show , aside from “ May the Force be with you , ” comes from BB-8 . He rattles off something to Rey , she nods , and head off in the Falcon to see Luke . Though it may have been some uncomplicated send off , it ’s odd that it ’s in there at all , particularly after the only use of the most iconic line in the total franchise . That , along with Rey ’s inexorable look , indicate it ’s important .
Was that Obi - Wan Kenobi you find out at the end of Rey ’s flashback ?
Yes , from both actor who played the role . J.J. Abramshas confirmedthat both Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness provided their voices for Rey ’s flashback aspect . Guinness ’ voice was posthumously take from a syllable in the word “ Afraid ” to say “ Rey . ” Oh , and Frank Oz is in there as Yoda too .
What does The Force Awakens mean ?
Most Star Wars titles are never ultra real and The Force Awakens bolsters that assertion . It most likely refers both to Rey ’s discovery of her powers as well as Kylo embracing his .
What ’s next for everyone ?
Will Rey educate with Luke to become a Jedi ? How will Finn check into the ohmic resistance ? Does Leia have what it involve to take down her Word ? And will Luke join back into the competitiveness ? The doubtfulness never kibosh . Thankfully , we have Star Wars Episode VIII amount in just 17 short months .
And ten more…
When did Kylo Ren go high-risk ?
Though the film never explicitly says it , it is safe to strike Ben Solo , aka Kylo Ren , is the apprentice that destroyed Luke ’s Jedi shoal . However , a few patch do n’t add up as easily . Leia say she sent Ben to train with Luke . She also says she lose him when she sent him aside . Are those two event the same one ? Also , in Rey ’s flashback we see Kylo with the Knights of Ren pour down a clustering of masses . If those slaying victims are Luke ’s bookman , did Ben reject Luke , become a Knight of Ren and do back with his posse comitatus ? It ’s not exactly clear .
How long has it in reality been since Han and Leia last see each other ?
This kind of give-up the ghost with the last one . We know it was Ben turning to the drear side that drove Han and Leia aside . Leia mold the Resistance and Han started smuggle again . What we do n’t know is precisely how long this has been . 5 days ? 10 years ? It ca n’t be too long ago , because Ben had to be old enough to make such a rash decision . Speaking of which …
How old are the new characters ?
This is a ostensibly wide-eyed interrogation , but it assist make full in a few of the potential gap when it comes to some others . accord tothe Creative Executive of the Lucasfilm Story Group , Pablo Hidalgo , Rey is 19 and Kylo Ren is about 30 . That means he was born right after Return of the Jedi , Rey about a decade later .
Does it have sense for Leia and Rey to embrace at the close of the movie ?
Once everyone get back to the Resistance base after the wipeout of Starkiller , Leia slowly walk up and hugs Rey . It ’s a sweet moment , until you kind of dissect it . They ’ve never met . They ’ve never date exposure of each other . Leia has heard of Rey but we do n’t get laid if the turnabout is true . Plus Chewie , Han ’s best friend , is right there . Leia and Rey both have the power of the Force so maybe that subconsciously eviscerate them together , not to mention Rey is the only person who resist back and acts sad . But it experience a turn odd , because the flick surely inculpate these are two important figures commiserating the expiration of Han Solo . So can Leia sense who Rey is , or how she feels about Solo ? There seems to be a missing art object to this uncomplicated motion . On the other paw , Leia might just be doing her duties as a loss leader — hugging a underling who call for consoling .
Who drags Rey away in the flashback ?
Rey ’s flashback scene is such a immense present moment in The Force Awakens . And arguably the most interesting part is when we see a young Rey being haul aside , watching the ship that left her there leave . A hand is dragging Rey and though we do n’t see this person ’s boldness , we get word their representative . And I ’m reasonably certain it ’s Unkar Plutt , the same noncitizen who Rey has to trade scrap metal to for solid food . The same alien who somehow owns the Millennium Falcon .
If that ’s the case — and we do n’t get it on for sure but it looks and sounds like it — this raises some huge questions . Was Plutt paid to take Rey ? We see him deal her very coldly some 15 or so age later on . Is there a story behind that , or has it always been that way ? Also , did he really get the Falcon through the masses Rey said , or was it part of his compensation ?
Is there more to Kylo Ren owning Darth Vader ’s helmet ?
We bang Kylo Ren has Darth Vader ’s helmet , which we last saw burn to a crisp on Endor . We also make out he idolizes his grandfather . So did Ren really go to Endor himself to get the helmet ? The Visual Dictionary tells us it was “ scavenged from a funeral pyre on Endor , ” but it does n’t say by whom . We also know there are groups out there trading in Sith goods ( as see in Aftermath ) . What ’s the connective tissue here , if any ? And are the ashes Ren places his own helmet in from the same position ? There just feel like there ’s more here .
Why did Rey and Finn change jacket on Starkiller Base ?
When Finn go far on Starkiller Base , he ’s don Poe ’s leather crown . Later , when he and Rey fly the coop to spread the doors for Han and Chewie , Rey is wearing it . A few scenery later , watching the Han and Kylo showdown hap , Finn position the jacket back on . There ’s obviously a story here — and from what we can discern from multiple report , J.J. Abrams curve out a big bike chase succession here which would ’ve included the footage showing why Finn give Rey the jacket , and frailty versa .
So what ’s going on with the governing powers in this universe ?
We touch upon this a bit in “ What is the Resistance in regards to the New Republic ? ” but there ’s still more . When the Rebels won at Endor , they found the New Republic and the Empire continued without a leader . finally , after the Battle of Jakku , the Empire gave up and signed a peace pact , all but finish its reign . The distressed people from the Empire then began to forge what would become the First Order . But it was n’t until Ben Solo betrayed Luke Skywalker that Leia Organa begin to see them as a menace . She formed the Resistance but the New Republic would only back them in secret , presumptively not to frighten away everyone else in the New Republic . And that was all well and good until , as we saw in the movie , the Republic was in all probability wipe out by Starkiller Base . Without a govern eubstance , who know what could fall out for both the First Order and the Resistance ? perchance The Empire will strike back .
How can Finn and Rey physically compete with Kylo Ren ?
This has become one of the most popular questions since the release of the moving-picture show . Many believe in the last Charles Percy Snow battle Kylo Ren , someone well - poetise in the Force , would have ruin Finn and Rey , two attack aircraft who are seemingly well below his attainment level . That may be on-key but there are several things to consider .
First , Ren was wound . Chewbacca pullulate him in the side with his brawny Bowcaster . Plus , as the fight goes on , he gets more and more injured . So , by the time he ’s present Rey , he ’s got multiple injuries . Second , both Rey and Finn are good paladin . Finn was raise as a stormtrooper where combat was certainly in his wheelhouse , and we ’ve seen how great Rey is with her staff . It ’s not a leap to consider either of them , against an hurt Kylo , can hold their own for at least a bit . Even so , Finn is defeated and Rey spend a portion of their fight running away , only winning when she finally apply the Force .
Third , just how good of a attack aircraft is Kylo Ren really ? We do n’t see him apply his lightsaber to enceinte effect throughout the movie . In fact , what we do know of him and his saber is that he ’s mostly uncompleted . He ’s not fully trained , his saber is stepwise , he ’s great with the Force — but with a vane ? We do n’t actually know . Maybe he ’s not as skilled as everyone put on .
Is that a tomb by Luke at the end of the movie ?
When Rey finally finds Luke Skywalker on his abandoned island , he ’s standing by what some rooter have speculated is a tombstone . Now , that ’s certainly possible , but after seeing the plastic film multiple time , it really does look a minuscule too skinny to be a headstone . betting odds are , it ’s just a rock that happened to be placed there .
extra reporting by Charlie Jane Anders , James Whitbrook , Cheryl Eddy , Rob Bricken and Katharine Trendacosta .
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