Rian Johnson Discusses Luke and Rey's… by filmjunkee
The director of Star Wars 8 sat down with USA Today and he talked about a key relationship for the anticipated sequel. That relationship of course being Luke and Rey, and the fact that he didn’t want to do a sequel two years, but the very next moment Rey shows up on that cliff.
I don’t want to skip ahead two years. I want to see the very next moment of what happens.” How Rey and Luke relate to each other is the key relationship in Episode VIII, and Johnson says “a large part of the movie” will be spent addressing why Luke’s there and what he’ll do next. Like Luke, Rey has been pulled into a bigger world by connecting with the Force, “but part of what’s she’s dealing with is the realization that she has this power and this gift,” Johnson adds. “She’s taking her first step to coming to terms with this thing inside her that she never knew was there and is just starting to reveal its potential.