I don't either and yet here we are, with people throwing theories like Finn is Mace or Lando's kid and Rey is Luke's kid or Han and Leia's missing daughter.  I just think it's too simple and obvious to jump to these conclusions.

We know that the British accent is quite a trade mark of the upper class and Imperial/First Order factions of the Star Wars universe so let me throw this out there; Rey has a strong British accent and sure you could just say that it's because Daisy is British, but what if it signifies something else? So here's my thought (though I'm not fully committed to it yet); Rey is the child of Luke Skywalker and Captian Phasma. What other female with such a strong British accent do we know to be alive by this point? If J.J. And co. wanted someone with an American accent they could have definitely cast someone else, but I think the casting of someone who is British is very deliberate. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it was a thought I had while reading though everyone else's opinions.

I'm intrigued, but not sure how that would work. I'm all for seeing a homosexual relationship in Star Wars (if done right) but that's not generally how babies are created. Is there a Skywalker I've forgotten?

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

That makes a lot of sense. While there isn't a precedent for that kind of detail in the movies (yet, and notice I'm just saying movies here, not referring to any of the other media) I would love for something like this to be the case. I really want Obi-Wan post-RotS to be fleshed out, especially after watching Clone Wars.

Also, I read this interesting article. It's very true: the effect of diverse casting is so subtle, but honestly necessary.

I think you might be. It's just as easy for two unrelated characters to have an English accent (British accent is kind of a fallacy) as it is for them to have an American accent. I'm not saying that there 100% isn't something behind it, but I think it's highly unlikely, especially if it's Luke and Phasma (who, let's face it, is little more than an extra in the final cut of the film).

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"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

I think that Luke is a likely father, but I'd be very surprised if they revealed something like that in the video game seeing how secretive they had been with this movie.

Rei has memories of an island, where she appears at the end of the movie.  This is where Luke is found.  It could be a clue that she is a Skywalker.  Or she at least saw the temple where he trained young jedi.

I dont think they are "memories" as she and Kylo thought, but, the force calling to her....

and not forgetting the helmet she wore looked like his a bit...

I think luke + Rey's Mum(name pending) have daughter. Luke leaves Rey with her mum when he goes and does something. maybe even when Kylo turns. luke hides. trying to draw attention away from Rey and her mum.

Someone gets on to reys mum so she leaves drawing them away from jakku.

Kylo then thinks this powerful peasant girl mentioned on Jakku, might be his cousin. whom he has never meet.

I figured that, but still felt they where cousins when I was watching 7.

I think people are referring to her having to be the daughter of any pre-existing characters.

She doesn't, it's true.

I think they're unlikely to retread the prequels and have another Jesus I mean Perseus I mean child of the Force.

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein