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Daisy Ridley hints at this while chatting with brother-from-another-Disney-franchiseJosh GadonJimmy Kimmel Live!last night.
At the beginning, there was toying with like an Obi-Wan connection, she said.
And I was like, Awesome.
(You know, when they werent trying toboycott the filmfor castingJohn Boyega.)
Finally, theRise of Skywalker,directed by Abrams once again, made herPalpatines granddaughterfor funsies.
Fans had scoured the originals and the prequels looking for potential parents.
Turns out, the writers were doing the same thing until very last second.
The actual possibility of a Rey Kenobi (Rise of Kenobi???)
Its the closure weve needed since2005.