About The Force in Star Wars

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There are theories on Rey's background in the newest installment of Star Wars -- Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Some say she's a Solo, some say she's a Skywalker, some say she's a clone, some say she's Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader reincarnated.

After thinking it through, if I had my wish, I'd have her as person who is neither a Solo nor a Skywalker. For a galaxy that's so spread out that warp speed is needed to travel between planets, The Force is awfully limited to the Skywalkers in terms of it being so strong. Besides Yoda, the Skywalkers have a monopoly on The Force being their ace. I'd like that talent to expand to others. Genetically, Anakin was "the chosen one" to restore balance to The Force. That talent was carried onto his son, Luke, as well as Leia, Luke's twin sister (it is implied that The Force lies within her, too) since her son, Kylo Ren, was trained as a Jedi, following his uncle's and grandfather's steps.

Given what J.J. Abrams has given us in the The Force Awakens evidence points that Rey has blood-connections to the Skywalkers. I don't mind this, but if so I'd like her to be a Skywalker, not a Solo. Making Rey and Ren sibling, copying of off the Skywalker twins, would tell me that creativity in a galaxy far, far away is as limited as green, livable planets. If Ren is the Darth Vadar of this Saga's newest trilogy and Rey as the Luke Skywalker, that says there's little effort put into the story. If it must be a family feud make them cousins; the fight between the two - if one of them dies - would cause a rift between Luke and Leia, which makes the story all the more interesting.

Rey being the female version Anakin Skywalker reincarnated would "complete the circle of life" but it would be extraordinarily anti-climatic. Don't even get me started on Rey being a clone.

I can go on how keeping the The Force, how strong it is, within the Skywalker clan - with all the comments on genetics and gender when discussing these theories - is both ironic and elitist given how advanced the galaxy presented in Star Wars is.

Michael Jordan had two sons. Neither of them are as athletically talented as their father. Neither of them are as tall. Then there was Kobe Bryant. Enter Lebron James. Say hello to Derrick Rose. Stephen Curry just waved at you. In my galaxy, talent is dispersed. In the Star Wars galaxy, where different life forms walk like humans and when human limbs can be replaced by robotics, having The Force genetically stay within one clan would be quite regressive (not to mention the inconsistencies if we talk about it being hereditary), after all Leia was once a princess who then turned into a general. Let the The Force be home to another person. Let the scavenger be her own person, with her own family history. Now that's something truly independent and "strong."