The Rise of Skywalker will address Rey and Kylo Ren’s connection

Are you a Reylo stan? Do you spend sleepless nights wondering what will happen between Kylo Ren and Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. If so, Daisy Ridley has your back. She talked about Star Wars fans — from Reylo shippers to fan theorists — to Entertainment Weekly.

“It does not bother me, people writing theories,” said Ridley. “It’s really fun hearing them. Plus, because I know what’s sort of going to happen, I think it’ll be really interesting to see people’s reaction to [the final film]. Obviously, there’s this whole Reylo thing and some people are very passionate about it, some aren’t.”

Rey and Kylo Ren have had a connection since The Force Awakens, a connection that deepened in The Last Jedi when they used the Force to talk to each other despite being separated by great distances. It’s like magic Skype!

Put a shirt on, Kylo! This isn’t Mustafar.

Anyway, Ridley promises that director J.J. Abrams will address the connection between these two in Rise of Skywalker.

"J.J. does deal with [it]. It’s a very complex issue. People talk about toxic relationships and whatever it is. It’s no joke and I think it’s dealt with really well because it’s not skimmed over."

“Toxic relationships,” huh? It sounds like Reylo shippers might go on disappointed.

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 24: (L-R) Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Keri Russell, Naomi Ackie, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Producer Kathleen Kennedy, and Director/producer/writer J.J. Abrams of ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ took part today in the Walt Disney Studios presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2019 in Anaheim, Calif. ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ will be released in U.S. theaters on December 20, 2019. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

Speaking of Abrams, he also talked to Entertainment Weekly about concluding the Skywalker Saga:

"This is about bringing this thing to a close in a way that is emotional and meaningful and also satisfying in terms of actually answering [as many] questions as possible. So if years from now, someone’s watching these movies, all nine of them, they’re watching a story that is as cohesive as possible."

Abrams is well aware of the sky-high expectations Rise. How do you cap off nine legendary movies made over the course of 42 years? “While there were many things that were planned for and discussed — George Lucas himself said when he created this he saw it as three, three-act plays — that doesn’t mean there isn’t discovery, that doesn’t mean there aren’t things that come up that make you realize, ‘Oh, here’s an opportunity.’”

"It also doesn’t mean that there’s a list of payoffs that we have to do because of setups. But we also were very much aware this is the end of the trilogy and it needs to satisfy. We went into this thing knowing it has to be an ending. We’re not screwing around."

It sounds like Abrams was the right pick to end the trilogy he began in 2015 with The Force Awakens.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on December 20.

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