She isn’t just a person. She’s a person who was born with incredible power. Power that makes Luke Skywalker pause. She may have come from no where, her parents may not be special, but so what? She’s awesome all on her own.

I’d say it’s worth building up for two films because it needs to appear really important for the seemingly anticlimactic answer to hit home. If it’s just asked and answered straight away you wonder why it’d be brought up in the first place. That, and it provides a nice parallel with the original trilogy’s second film…

The thing is, the identity of Rey’s parents is important *to her*, and we need to see that. Rey is desperate to find her place in the galaxy, and she thinks knowing who her parents are will tell her this. Part of her growth as a character is learning that there are no answers there, and whatever her purpose is, she…

We don’t. We don’t need to know anything more about Snoke than we already do. Same with Rey’s parents. They are not important.

I find that certain Star Wars fans value lore, details, backstory, and interconnectedness more than they value other dramatic concerns.

There are people who want all nine movies to fit…

You’re saying “I’ll eat this tasteless food now in hopes that someone will give me something good to chase behind it later on.” Got it.

Rey’s parentage was never a mystery. It’s perfectly reasonable for Rey to wonder why she was abandoned as a child and to finally come to peace with the idea that it was because her parents were shitty people.

Did we really need to know about Snoke though? I think the whole message of TLJ was that the tropes and “cycle” we’ve seen before is silly and it’s time to break free of that, in-universe and out. Snoke was just going to end up being some regular old bad guy who was either burned by the Jedi, or messed with the dark…

There will be other media that will explain how Snoke took control of the First Order for those who feel like they want to know.

But in the context of the sequel trilogy, that information is not important. Snoke was a bland character. Which is why destroying and disposing of him is a great choice. It negates any need…