Summary
- Rey's parents, Dathan and Miramir, have a Star Wars history tying them back to Emperor Palpatine and the Sith, but they have done the work to distance themselves from their past as much as possible.
- Dathan is a clone of Palpatine who was considered a failure because he couldn't wield the Force, but Miramir may have been Force-sensitive.
- Palpatine considered Rey's parents nobodies because they fled Exegol, lived a simple life, and lacked strong Force abilities, but they sacrificed their lives to protect Rey from Palpatine. Rey's true legacy lies with Dathan and Miramir, not Palpatine.
Despite their brief appearance in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, the parents of Daisy Ridley's Rey Skywalker have an important Star Wars history, and it explains many things about Rey's own character. Following her debut in The Force Awakens, Rey's parents quickly became a hot topic among Star Wars viewers, generating many theories of who might have been the ones to leave her behind on the desolate planet of Jakku. When The Last Jedi insisted they were simply "no one," this idea wasn't bought, and the theories continued in a fun madness that even received a spoof promotional video by Star Wars in 2019, where multiple actors from the franchise tried to get Daisy Ridley to tell them her parental secret ahead of The Rise of Skywalker.
The official reveal of Rey's parents at long last arrived in that very same film, and many were surprised to discover that they truly were nobodies who lived as junk traders on Jakku – aside from an interesting link to Emperor Palpatine and the Sith. Now, other media have been working to bring all the pieces of their story together, painting the picture of Rey's true life and childhood before the events of the sequel Star Wars trilogy. With a bloodline tied somehow to Palpatine himself, here's everything that's known about Rey's parents, including the reason why Rey isn't actually the granddaughter of Palpatine.
