Famous parents

Obviously, the fans want to see a connection between the new main characters of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the ones of the original trilogy. And, even if the galaxy is big, all the newly introduced heroes have been, at one point or another, rumored to be the sons or daughters of Luke, Leia, and Han.

Out of these all, none of the rumors have been confirmed "“ only Finn was revealed to be the son of Lando Calrissian.

Nonetheless, here are those rumors, some of them very interesting. The first one, and the one with most chances of being proved true, is that Rey is the daughter of Han and Leia. There are pretty obvious hints that she is a Skywalker, in those references made to the original trilogy: a desert home planet, a droid companion, barely making enough for a living, and so on. And then you have the biggest hint of them all "“ her last name isn't revealed yet, which is no accident according to J. J. Abrams.

The other rumor concerns Kylo Ren, who seems to be the main antagonist of the movie. To many fans, he is the son of Luke, the son who has forsaken his father and who has taken to the dark side. He is obsessed with Darth Vader and he seems to have a certain connection with him "“ which could be explained if Vader was his grandfather.

Lastly, there is the rumor saying that Kylo Ren is in fact the twin brother of Rey "“ in a way mirroring the scenarios from the expanded universe, in which Han and Leia had twins, one of them turning evil. And then there is also the poster, which couldn't be blunter in underlying the connection between the characters.

Of course, there is the question as to how these two became separated. Of course, there is the question as to why did Leia and Han separate them. But we bet we will find out when Star Wars: The Force Awakens will finally be released.