Star war : The Force Awakensco - author Lawrence Kasdan explain why the Skywalkers ' lightsaber flew toRey(Daisy Ridley ) and went by past Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver ) during their vivid struggle in the moving picture . Director J.J. Abrams ( who co - wrote the story ) kick off the current continuation trilogy with the 2015 film , and now he ’s back behind - the - camera to close it out with next month’sStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker . As the storyboils down between Rey and Kylo Ren , Kasdan looks back at one of their first brush since debut in the current celluloid serial publication .

The blue - bladed sabre was being kept by Maz Kanata ( Lupita Nyong’o ) in the basement of her castle in Takodana until it"called out"to Rey inThe Force Awakens . While she first declined to have it , the reluctant heroine eventually take and used it during her duel with Kylo Ren in Starkiller Base - at one point during their duel , they both called to it . However , while Ben Solo has a transmitted connection to it , being that it belonged to his granddad and uncle , it ultimately went to Rey . While the scavenger - turned - Jedi attempt to give it back to Luke ( Mark Hamill ) inStar Wars : The Last Jedi , the saber has rest with her go intoThe Rise of Skywalker .

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Kasdan speak withEntertainment Weeklyto look back at that first time Rey summoned the lightsaber , and explained why it opt her instead of Kylo Ren . Apparently , Abrams decided early on that the lightsaber will fly to Rey at some point in the movie . It   has to do with her Force abilities , despite the fact that at that point , she had n’t gone through any proper education . It did n’t help that Kylo Ren was secretly dubitable of himself .

“ Rey is full of The Force — you know that pretty early on . We ’ve control other demonstrations that she did earlier in the moving picture that she has in her . You bang she ’s not unimportant . The sabre fly into her hand because it belong in her hand . While the arcanum to Kylo is that he ’s massively insecure . He require to be Darth II , but he is n’t because he ’s very conflicted about everything he desire . He wants to be that thoroughgoing force of wickedness and index , but he ’s not purely any of that . I do n’t know what happen in [ Rise of Skywalker ] , but I ’m certain that will continue to bring out . He sound out right before , ‘ That lightsaber , it belongs to me . ’ So when it fly by him into her hand everything he worries about is confirmed . ”

Rey and Kylo Ren once again shuffle for the arm inThe Last Jedishortly after they team up up against Supreme Leader Snoke ( Andy Serkis ) and his Red Guards . Before this , Ben necessitate Rey to join her in his endeavors to let go of the past , but Rey could n’t , leave in a Force engagement . The cavalry sword finish up splitting in one-half - although it was disclose that Rey got   both parts . Andbased onThe Rise of Skywalkertrailers , she was capable to repair it .

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