The Force Awakens spoiler thread

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The Kenobi lineage for Rey has been a rumor since she was cast. The rumor of Adam Driver being a Solo was early and correct. The rumor for Finn before we knew who Finn was was that he was Luke son since Jesse Plemons was in talks. We now know that he was in talks for the role of Finn and that there was no race required for that role.

There are a ton of reason why Rey SHOULD be a Skywalker and many why she shouldn't be. The parallels of her childhood and the lightsaber calling out to her are big. Then again, why would Luke dump his daughter on a planet then go into hiding for 13+ years instead of having her come with him to this secret Jedi temple and training her?

There's also the filming script that helped write the novel that has Kylo Ren recognizing her as someone he should know or did know.

If we had ages and a timeline, this would be easier to piece together. We know Poe is 29-30 (he was conceived by two rebels fighters the night of the Battle of Endor) and this movie takes place 30 years later. He know that Ben/Ren has to then be no more than 28-29. We don't know Rey's age, but we know she said in an interview that she was 5 when she was left on Jakku.

My guess is that she is 19. Luke and Leia are 19 in IV. Anakin is 19 in II. It's the age that is used a lot. So if she is 19, she was left for 14 years. If Kylo Ren is 28, which I think is the oldest age he can be (Adam Driver is 32), that means he was 14 when he turned against Luke and the Jedi. That explains why he is immature, emotionally stunted, and hasn't completed his training.

EDIT: Apparently the official TFA visual dictionary does confirm Rey as 19. Also, a Lucasfilms executive said around 29 for Ren, but said his tweets are not canon, so that could change.