[Kiwami]

We don’t even know how old she is, that’s the problem. In her vision she saw a Ben Solo in his Kylo Ren gear; she was a kid back then. So that’s before Luke vanished. Couldn’t it be possible that he had Rey later than Han & Leia had Ben? Because Ben was born shortly after the Battle of Endor, 1 year later maybe. So he’s at the end of his 20’s during The Force Awakens, Rey is what? If she was a kid when Luke disappeared, like 10-12 years old, and Luke is 10 years gone, than she would be in her early 20’s. That could work.

If that’s the case it isn’t too implausible to think that Kylo Ren doesn’t recognize Rey because he first saw her in Cloud City, and just briefly. Luke could’ve separated his bonds with Rey and her mother for the best of their child, she lives in Cloud City. Kylo Ren somehow get’s wind of this and wants to kill Rey, but he’s stopped before he can do so and they decide that it’s best to send Rey away like Luke was send away because the Emperor would not rest to get him, in this case Kylo Ren/Snoke wanting to hunt down Rey.

It sounds cruel because she was seemingly alone, but I remember seeing that someone was holding her hand in the flashback and I don’t believe it was that scrapper. Maybe she had a guardian who watched from afar, like Ben Kenobi did with Luke but the character isn’t introduced yet.

Anyways, Kylo Ren only saw her briefly as a child, so he doesn’t recognize her immediately. Han & Leia knew her as a kid, and after meeting her in the movie it’s pretty obvious that both know who she is but decide not to tell her, because they don’t know if they can even find Luke yet. And another thing: Her memories seem to be sealed away or something. The visions from the force when she touched the lightsaber were new to her, she didn’t remember any of that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Luke somehow sealed her memory so she wouldn’t’ seek her parents out and wait instead.

And the novel you keep bringing up mentions how Kylo Ren finally recognizes Rey after she ignites the blue lightsaber and that Luke knows who she is without looking at the lightsaber and that he’s touched to see her. Add that to the whole clues (Grown up on a desert planet, genius pilot, gifted with the force) and I don’t know how someone could think she’s not a Skywalker. Maybe she isn’t Lukes daughter, but she is definitely related to him. She isn’t Ben’s twin sister though, because after Han died Leia would’ve told her.

Also: Luke, the man the First Order wants to hunt down more than anything is "safe"? Yeah right. If it wasn’t for Finn & Rey they would’ve found him, without the Resistance maybe even earlier.

I don’t know, I don’t really want to say it has to be this way but I would be surprised if she’s just a random child who somehow got into this mess (as a child) and was then left alone for some reason. I wouldn’t hate it, but I just think she’s a Skywalker.

It would be cool however if she’s not a Skywalker and the bloodline is only represented by Kylo Ren, while Luke chooses not to take action an instead trains Rey to be the next generation, free of the Skywalker’s past.