She was created by lawrence kasdan, j Abrams, and michael arndt for the force awakens (2015), the first installment of the sequel film trilogy, and is primarily portrayed by daisy ridley. Years after the controversy of the sequel trilogy, disney has recast daisy ridley's rey skywalker character in the 'star wars' franchise. Seemingly abandoned by her parents on jakku, rey grew up a scavenger amid the wreckage of war Her life changed when she agreed to help a droid on an urgent mission for the resistance Rey discovered she was powerful in the force, and sought out the vanished jedi master luke skywalker to train her.
Lucasfilm has been working to bring daisy ridley back as rey for a few years, but any plans to do so in the near future quietly hit another setback. Explore rey’s full star wars journey—from scavenger to jedi Learn her origins, lightsaber history, and why she chose the skywalker name Following the events of 'the last jedi', rey struggles to let go of her lonely childhood on the desert planet of jakku After years of fan debates claiming rey was or wasn't a proper jedi student, luke skywalker returns to set the record straight in star wars canon. Rey is born on the desert planet jakku to parents fleeing mysterious pursuers and is left alone as an infant, growing up among scavengers
