1. Luke obviously knows about Rey, according to the end scene as it was written in the script. My favorite theory is that she was a Jedi padawan that he was training and managed to hide her away when Kylo turned and killed everyone. There's a part in the novelization that says Kylo recognizes her too.
I really prefer for her not to be related to anyone because I think that makes for a stronger story and honestly, it'll be pretty unsurprising and anticlimactic if she is related to someone.
If she has to be, I definitely don't think she's Han and Leia's daughter because 1. why wouldn't their lost/hidden daughter come up in conversation in the movie? Holding that back for the sake of plot in episode 8 or 9 seems ridiculous. 2. The script says that Leia and Rey's hug is their first meeting. That seems evident that she's not their daughter. 3. The only reason I could see for them not knowing her is that someone changed her given name when she was left on Jakku.
2. I really have no theories about this. Whenever he's on screen is usually when I take a bathroom break during the movie.
3. I would say that it's likely based on the original trilogy's tendency to redeem people, but at the same time, the new trilogy is being 30 years after the OT and storytelling tends to favor not redeeming villains right now. I think the main part of the reason why Han died was because Harrison Ford very clearly did not want to be in any more movies and this was his only way of getting out, but also because it was a throwback to ANH and because people are more used to seeing beloved characters die in movies or TV shows now.
I'll be a bit disappointed if they follow the RotJ path and redeem Kylo at the end. I personally don't want to see him redeemed, but I also had a problem with seeing Vader redeemed - I mean, excluding the prequels, in the OT he still killed so many innocent people - AN ENTIRE PLANET - so why does saving his own son redeem him for all those deaths? One good deed does not outweigh all the bad someone has done.
But as much as I love Star Wars, the movies are not the most complex when it comes to good/evil, characterization, or redemption. So, I think it could go either way, but I would prefer for him to actually become super dark and evil rather than redeemed.
Re: [spoilers] The Big Questions
I really prefer for her not to be related to anyone because I think that makes for a stronger story and honestly, it'll be pretty unsurprising and anticlimactic if she is related to someone.
If she has to be, I definitely don't think she's Han and Leia's daughter because 1. why wouldn't their lost/hidden daughter come up in conversation in the movie? Holding that back for the sake of plot in episode 8 or 9 seems ridiculous. 2. The script says that Leia and Rey's hug is their first meeting. That seems evident that she's not their daughter. 3. The only reason I could see for them not knowing her is that someone changed her given name when she was left on Jakku.
2. I really have no theories about this. Whenever he's on screen is usually when I take a bathroom break during the movie.
3. I would say that it's likely based on the original trilogy's tendency to redeem people, but at the same time, the new trilogy is being 30 years after the OT and storytelling tends to favor not redeeming villains right now. I think the main part of the reason why Han died was because Harrison Ford very clearly did not want to be in any more movies and this was his only way of getting out, but also because it was a throwback to ANH and because people are more used to seeing beloved characters die in movies or TV shows now.
I'll be a bit disappointed if they follow the RotJ path and redeem Kylo at the end. I personally don't want to see him redeemed, but I also had a problem with seeing Vader redeemed - I mean, excluding the prequels, in the OT he still killed so many innocent people - AN ENTIRE PLANET - so why does saving his own son redeem him for all those deaths? One good deed does not outweigh all the bad someone has done.
But as much as I love Star Wars, the movies are not the most complex when it comes to good/evil, characterization, or redemption. So, I think it could go either way, but I would prefer for him to actually become super dark and evil rather than redeemed.