Star Wars star Daisy Ridley has weighed in on fan backlash toward Rey in the sequel trilogy. Chief among the discourse in a galaxy far far away was fans' reaction to an emotional climactic moment between Rey and the First Order baddie-turned-good-guy Kylo Ren.
In a recent episode of the pop culture podcast, Happy Sad Confused, Ridley reflected on the divisive fandom response to Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. Chief among the discourse was fans' visceral reaction to Rey's final moments with Kylo Ren where the two share a kiss. The kiss comes after Kylo Ren turns his back on Emperor Palpatine to revive Rey. Unfortunately for "Reylo" shippers, Kylo Ren dies shortly after their kiss.
While some fans found solace in the pairs' enemies-to-lovers final moments, others felt the force-sensitive heroes' smooch was unearned. Ridley, on the other hand, felt the force-sensitive heroes' smooch was deserved.
“I felt like we all…it felt earned,” Ridley said. “What was interesting again is intentionality. My feeling in that moment was that it was a goodbye, and that felt earned. You can call a kiss a thousand things, but I felt it was a goodbye. That whole scene felt emotional and I felt I was saying goodbye to the job, too.”
'It was beyond my pay grade'
During the podcast, Ridley reflected on fans' sentiment toward Rey changing between the release of The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. One point of contention is Rey's parentage. While The Last Jedi says Rey is the child of "no one," Rise of Skywalker instead retcons that plot point to instead reveal that she's the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine (who's somehow alive).
“Well, J.J. [Abrams] was the one who was like, she is of no one, so it wasn’t just ‘The Last Jedi’ where that was the message,” Ridley said. “What was interesting about the last one, for me, was that you can be a hero and not come from anywhere or you can be a hero and come from literally the worst person in the universe. You’re not your parents, you’re not your grandparents, you’re not your bloodline and you’re not the generations before you. So, I always was like, sure.”
Still, the decision was "beyond my pay grade,” Ridley said. “I say the words, do the thing. I do love the version of, you can be anyone you want to be, but I also love the version where you can rectify wrongs and can’t help what you’re born into.”
One way or another, Ridley still has rough feelings about the various controversies surrounding her character.
"It's still upsetting," Ridley said. "You don’t want people to feel like you’ve not served the thing they’re a fan of. But [‘The Last Jedi’] was so divisive…it felt like the first one everyone was responsive in the same way. The second, super divisive. The last one, super divisive. It didn’t change how I felt about it."
Regardless of fans' hard feelings toward her character, Ridley says she feels primed to reprise her role as Rey in the upcoming Star Wars film.
"I feel like a grown-up now,” Ridley said. “When I first started, I was, like, 20. I was the youngest on set. It took me the first two Star Wars films to feel worthy of being there. Now I’m in my 30s. The whole thing feels quite different. I’ve been able to work with other filmmakers, and hopefully, I’ve got better as a performer."
The new Rey-centric Star Wars film is being directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and will focus on Rey's journey rebuilding the Jedi Order fifteen years after the events of Rise of Skywalker.
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
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