Maybe Rey's ancestral tree was supposed to be important after all.
Actor Simon Pegg reignited suspicion of the "Star Wars" heroine's bloodline with speculation about "Force Awakens" director J.J. Abrams's original plan.
"I know what J.J. kind of intended or at least was being chucked around," Pegg, who played Unkar Plutt in "The Force Awakens," said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
"I think that's kind of been undone slightly by the last one. There was some talk of a relevant lineage for her."
Rey's mysterious lineage became a conspiracy for fans, many of whom guessed that she could be the secret offspring of Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Leia Organa or any combination of the group.
Instead, Daisy Ridley's character was just a normal person with an unremarkable heritage.
"They were filthy junk traders. Sold you off for drinking money. They're dead in a pauper's grave in the Jakku desert," Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) said in "The Last Jedi." "You come from nothing. You're nothing. But not to me."
Ren's reveal, however, came from Rian Johnson, who led "The Last Jedi," rather than Abrams.
Ridley had a different explanation for her storyline, telling Rolling Stone last year that Rey's lineage was "what I was told in the beginning."
So, maybe not, after all.
