Osprey
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- Feb 18, 2005
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I wonder how the story in TFA would have changed if it wasn't Luke's lightsaber that she discovered but Darth Maul's. At least with that you could write around her identity as a Palpatine later and at least develop something compelling other than "Rey might be Luke's daughter/neice/etc. because she found a lightsaber and we won't tell you which" which JJ threw at us.
It's not just that she "found" Luke's lightsaber. Luke's lightsaber wanted her to find it. It called to her. When we suspected that she was going to turn out to be a Skywalker, that made some sense. Where's the sense in Luke's lightsaber calling out to the granddaughter of Palpatine?
It could've been interesting to have Sith instruments call out to her over the course of the trilogy instead of light side ones. She could've discovered Darth Maul's lightsaber instead of Luke's, as you suggested, and her discovery of Ochi's dagger would've had a better explanation. We would've still known that there was no chance of her turning to the dark side, but being drawn to all of these Sith weapons and then using them to defeat the Sith could've added a layer of complexity to the narrative and differentiated it from the OT.
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