A Star Wars rant thatâs five (six?) years too late but for some reason still feels like it needs to be brought up:
To some Star Wars fans, I got a question: does Rey changing her last name to Skywalker instead of Palpatine seriously still bother you? Like, actually?
Like Iâm seeing people to this day say âSheâs not a Skywalker, sheâs a Palpatine.â âSheâll never be a Skywalker.â âShe doesnât deserve to be a Skywalker.â etc, etc. And I just think yâall need to grow up.
Like, yâall know we have multiple real life examples of this, right? Letâs list them.
1. Any of yâall have a mom? Does she have the same last name as your dad? Yeah, thatâs not her actual last name. Are you gonna walk up to your mom and tell her sheâs not a true Johnson or Davis or *insert your last name here*? No youâre not, because thatâs stupid.
2. Adopted kids chose to take the name of the family that adopted them all the time. Are you gonna tell them they havenât earned it? That they never be a true *insert last name*? That no matter what, theyâll always have *insert former familyâs last name* blood in their veins? No, you wouldnât (or I hope you wouldnât) because thatâs a cruel and kinda evil thing to say. This is essentially what happened with Rey, as itâs very obvious that Luke and Leia either gave permission or had no qualms with Rey choosing their name.
3. You can literally go and change your name right now. Legally. No one will stop you. You could go by any name you want. Your name is yours. It can be anything. YOU could go and become a Skywalker.
4. Lot of celebrities go by different names that arenât the name they were born with. Like:
If you said Elton John, youâre wrong. His name is Reginald Dwight.
If you said Michael Caine, youâre wrong. His name is Maurice Micklewhite.
If you said Vin Diesel, youâre wrong. His name is Mark Sinclair.
If you said Martin Sheen, youâre wrong. His name is RamĂłn Gerard Antonio EstĂŠvez.
If you said Lady Gaga, youâre wrong. Her name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Like yâall are still calling Eminem Eminem, 50 Cent 50 Cent, Ice Cube Ice Cube, The Rock The Rock, The Undertaker The Undertaker, etc, but when a fictional character changes their fictional name to another fictional name, youâre suddenly up in arms? Make it make sense.
Also, kind of a more serious point here but are yâall gonna go up to the descendants of Hitler and tell them that they arenât allowed to change their name? That theyâll always be a Hitler? No, you wouldnât because thatâs insane. In Star Wars, Palpatine is just space Hitler, so it makes sense why she doesnât want to go by that name. Itâs a name that deserves to die out.
Basically, if you still have an issue with Rey choosing her last name to be Skywalker, I think you need to grow up and find some actual things in life to have issues with instead of letting a fictional characterâs name take up so much space in your mind that you still feel the need to comment on it years later.