The Star Wars sequel trilogy was famous for making up the story as it went along. At first we heard that Rey (Daisy Ridley) was abandoned by her parents as a child, presumably because they had some secret we would learn in later installments. Then we found out in The Last Jedi that they were “no one”…but then we found out in The Rise of Skywalker that her dad was actually the son of Emperor Palatine (or rather an imperfect clone of him, to be specific), which makes her related to the greatest force of evil in the galaxy.
And through it all, we learned very little about Rey’s parents. For instance, what were their names? That question is answered in the new Star Wars novel Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher. In a new excerpt, it’s revealed that the names of Rey’s parents are Dathan and Miramir.
Dathan is the dad and Miramir the mother, if you were wondering; it’s not always clear with these names from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Star Wars is “moving on from the Skywalker saga”
Might Dathan and Miramir ever show up onscreen again? That’s hard to tell. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recently said that they’re looking to leave behind the Skywalker saga:
"Just staying within the construct of [George Lucas’] storytelling, to keep chipping away at that, I think would be wrong. It’s our job to step away now, but still have a connection to the mythology that George created. That won’t stop. But we are moving on from the Skywalker saga. That’s what’s taking a lot of time, discussion, and thought right now."
It would be cool to tell some new stories in this galaxy…but Luke Skywalker showed up in The Book of Boba Fett literally earlier this year, so I’ll believe it when I see it.
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h/t Den of Geek