In the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Rey Skywalker hungered to know who her parents were. 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.”
However, Leia is the mother of Ben Solo (the former Kylo Ren) and Luke, Ben’s uncle. Does this mean that Rey is basically Ben’s half-sister and cousin?
The Implications of Rey Being Ben’s Half-Sister and Cousin
If so, that would mean that another Star Wars trilogy has a case of siblings or at least half-siblings kissing passionately before learning that they were siblings (or, in Rey’s case, making her and Ben half-siblings). She passionately kissed Ben at the end of Rise of Skywalker after Luke and Leia, who are brother and sister, passionately kissed in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back.
While I love that Rey took on the last name of Skywalker, I don’t love that it and her essentially taking on Leia and Luke as parents made her basically a half-sister and cousin to Ben.
That Kiss
Though the novelization of The Rise of Skywalker says that the kiss between Rey and Ben was “a kiss of gratitude,” just watch the given scene. That was a passionate kiss reflecting romantic desires between the two parties. Plus, just because the novel called it “a kiss of gratitude” doesn’t mean that it was saying the kiss wasn’t romantic also. Especially as a kiss can be of both romance and gratitude. (While the novel mucked up aspects of the story of The Rise of Skywalker and made some things more confusing, there is not really a problem with the Rey and Ben’s kiss.)
What do you think? Did Rey all but take on Leia and Luke as parents? If so, is Rey basically a half-sister and cousin to Ben? If so, what does that mean in terms of the passionate kiss between the two characters? And does that mean that we have another awkward love story in Star Wars? Comment below!
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Thats not how half siblings work. At best it would be step siblings…but still thats not what happened.
Smfh! Rey and Ben are lovers and not related! Rey will bring Ben back!
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They’re related, Finn and Rey supposed have been gotten together romantically instead. That kiss between Rey and Kylo Ren came out of nowhere and they had zero chemistry together. It was hinted at in the Force Awakening that Finn and Rey had a romance between them. Kylo Ren and Rey are related through Anakin Skywalker like half cousins or brother and sister. That kiss between them was awkward and gross 😝 😝 😝. Pregnant how could Rey be I mean Kylo Ren and Rey just kissed not go to bed and have sex.