ST Finn & Rey in Episode IX

UST at its finest





Any rumors on Rey/Finn scenes yet?

 

I wouldn't expect to hear anything else anytime soon. Star Wars Resistance comes out in a few weeks, they're filming for the New TV series, and KK just extended her contract by three years. All that plus the revealed photos we got is more than enough hype for now. I expect we really won't get much more solid info about Episode 9 for some time.

 

What about those rumours of Rey being separated from the Falcon in the scenes that have been filmed so far? They are filming in order, it seems.

Finn and Chewie are on the ship instead. This is the Finn-Rey relationship in IX, as far as we 'know' at the moment.

And then this thing about Poe&Finn having a pirate/hutt meeting. Perhaps one of these scum and villany guys -in the Ducain Irving boys continuum- could recognize the ship and do something villanous. Perhaps Finn -or the audience- could recognize certain name(s).

Probably not, its too soon to tell anyway. But the Falcon not being in Rey's hands sounds strange. Perhaps we have seen her piloting the ship for the last time already.

 

We never saw Han pilot the Falcon in RotJ.

 

Could be an ROTJ type opening where Rey dosen't come in until later, then we get to see the entire team fighting together before digging into the final adventure....which might be the point Finn & Rey link up and spend the rest of the film (more or less) together.

 

Wait! ... No, that was the imperial shuttle. Never mind.

 

If they are filming the end of, or have filmed the end of the first Act...I'm almost willing to be that Rey is off in an X-Wing while Finn and the Rest are on the Falcon, and come together NLT early in the second act.

 

Good ideas and some respect for Rose, Rey and Finn too? Sure. I’d be fine with this. I just want these characters to soar really.

 

Addenum: "Jedha was filmed in the exact location as their filming right now, not just Jordan in general"

"IIRC, the guy who took photos of the location said that Daisy was there too getting tours on camelback so I wouldn't be surprised if whatever they're filming there is central to the story."

.....Hmmm...so the film could open with Finn and Poe on some adventure, but by the second act Finn and Rey could be on Jedha together for some reason. Spit balling, but could Rey and Finn be searching for some lost knowledge...something Luke's spirit may have pointed them towards? JJ did say he wanted to take things in a new direction...and the Resistance is said to be a guerilla force which makes it SOUND like a massive fleet battle is out of the question, so what force knowledge could they be looking for to give the Rebellion an edge....Battle meditation? Then again perhaps they're just looking for a Kyber crystal for Rey's new Lightsaber....I mean what if she hasn't built a new one yet...but feels that now is the time. I suppose Finn accompanying her could be a chance for them to talk and work together after a long separation....or Finn has some purpose on Jedha...like a family he dosen't know about...or he just feels drawn there for some reason....hmm...perhaps picking up a Kyber Crystal of his own....

I must admit I am looking forward to the potential interaction between the two on this world.

 

Hrm, Battle Meditation? They need to find a holocron with Oppo Rancisis teaching that ability.

I’d like these two to fully develop, show us why you hired John J.J.!

Some fun ideas.

 

This can only mean one thing: Finn and Rey are Mandalorians.

 

You're half right, Finn's a Mandalorian, and the younger brother of the Titular TV series being filmed right now. Rey is actually of the Echani.

 

For me I think it is a very good chance of happening although I would expect it would be something we see right at the end of the movie. I doubt it will have much to do with the plot but can see a situation where one saves the other in the climax of the movie and once the battle is won they realise their feelings for each are deeper than "just" friends.

Can see it working really well too but it will have little bearing on whether i like the movie or not and I am not expecting it too happen, just think it is very possible.

 

Honestly, my first thought is that it's a too obvious and easy relationship for Star Wars LOL The first thingI though when I watched TFA was: "Oh, here's the guy that they want us to believe that he will be Rey's boyfriend" . If it wasn't for TLJ, I could still believe in a possibility though: the previous trilogies had passionate but doomed relationships (Han and Leia eventually lost each other, so I call their relationship "doomed" even if it was not tragic as Padme and Anakin's relationship), so the authors of the ST could choose to promote a less exciting but more stable romance.

But TLJ came along. And Rose Tico. Rey kisses Finn on the forehead on TFA and calls him "my friend", Rose kisses him on the lips and declares her love to him... Plus, Rey and Finn spent zero time together in TLJ, so they didn't have the time to make their friendship evolve into a romance, as it was made in AOTC for Anakin and Padme, and in ESB for Han and Leia. At this point it seems too late for Finn and Rey, especially with Rose between them... It would cause too much drama for not enough time imo.

The only way I can see it working: Finn doesn't love Rose but doesn't dare to tell her, but he doesn't declare his love to Rey; Rey in my opinion won't have enough time to even ask herself the question! And she wouldn't want to hurt Rose anyways. Rose dies at some point, Finn and Rey realize they always loved each other, and start a new life together at the end of the movie. Happy end, big marriage with the Porgs as special guests, etc.

it would suck to have Rose sacrified only for a love story to happen, though.

 

In TFA I thought their relationship felt more like one of siblings than of possible lovers.

I am ok with Finn/Rose, and Rey/Ben.

 

To be fair, considering how obsessed with Rey Finn is, we can assume at least that he's in love with her.

 

I understand what you mean, but we can agree that love can manifest in different ways. His obsession towards her comes, I think, from the fact that she is the first time he has created a bond with another person (I believe some books or comics stated that he had some friends among the first order, but since it is not mentioned in the movies, it could as well have never happened).

 

Well he asks her if it's her boyfriend she's waiting for on Jakku, which is the kind of question that an infatuated guy would ask... To be honest, I find Finn a bit bold for someone who's supposed to have been raised as a soldier slave, and who probably had zero social interactions with girls outside of the FO environment...But Rey doesn't behave like a girl from an hostile planet like Jakku should either, so i guess they complete each other well...

But yeah, FinnRey could become a great friendship as it could end up as a romance, though I personnally see more a friendship for them. Sorry for those who absolutely hate the idea, but I rather see Rey having a romance with Ben (a redeemed Ben, not evil Kylo) than with Finn.

 

Finn and Rey is really the only romance option for IX that I would look forward to seeing. I'm not opposed to some others, including Finn/Rose, Finn/Poe, Poe/Rey, but I don't have any active hope to see those. It's not a make or break thing for me, I'm also happy with them being found family as friends, but I would be very pleasantly surprised to get a Finn/Rey love story at the end. There's a super simple reason for that (besides their chemistry of course) - Finn and Rey are the heart of the story to me. I don't mean individually each is part of the heart. I mean their mutual connection is the heart of the story. Their hug in TLJ is the most emotional part of the film to me. I was let down that RJ denied them dialogue and separated them again after that. Their affection for each other is maybe the only part of this story that I have emotional investment in. No surprise here that TLJ did nothing for me, and I hope IX does give me something to look forward to.

 

I'm definitely Team FinnRey before anything else. It really is one of the best relationships in all of Star Wars for me and quite frankly, it would be a real missed opportunity to not have a wonderful loving interracial couple that takes over pop culture for a hot second (granted Finn and Poe would be huge too). We've all seen couples like Reylo before. The main girl getting with the hot, brooding bad guy is nothing special.

Although, I must say I find a lot more love for Finn and Rey's relationship than I do anywhere else on the internet.

 

So FinnReyPoe is the thing now, I reckon.