Rey Skywalker
Rey Skywalker was born in 15 ABY.
Rey rose from a lonely scavenger's life in the Starship Graveyard to become the Jedi who ended Palpatine's return. Left behind as a child by parents who died protecting her from the Sith, she grew up salvaging wrecks for Unkar Plutt and waiting for a family that never came back. That changed in 34 ABY, when she rescued the droid BB-8 and fled aboard the Millennium Falcon with the defector Finn. She joined Han Solo and Chewbacca, awakened to the Force, and beat Kylo Ren in a duel on Starkiller Base. She then found Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To and pushed the reluctant exile to train her. Through a Force bond with Ben Solo she learned the two of them were a dyad. She killed Snoke alongside him, but after he refused to turn back to the light, she helped the last of the Resistance escape Crait and carried on her training under Leia Organa. A year later she learned she was Palpatine's granddaughter. On Exegol, with Ben's help and the voices of past Jedi, she destroyed the Emperor but died in the effort, and Ben gave his own life to revive her. Afterward she buried the lightsabers of Luke and Leia on Tatooine and took the Skywalker name as her own.
- Homeworld
- Jakku
- Species
- Human
- Force Sensitive
- Yes
1 BBY - A Voice Across Time
Years before she is born, Ezra Bridger hears Rey's voice in the World Between Worlds.
15 ABY - Birth on Hyperkarn
Born to Dathan, a Strand-Cast clone of Darth Sidious, and his wife Miramir. Her parents go into hiding as junk traders to keep her from the Emperor's agents.
~21 ABY - Left on Jakku
Her parents leave her with Unkar Plutt at Niima Outpost. Ochi, the Sith assassin, catches and kills them. Rey grows up alone, still waiting for them to return.
~21 ABY - The Scavenger of Niima Outpost
Rey salvages parts from the Starship Graveyard in exchange for food rations and makes her home inside the fallen AT-AT Hellhound Two.
~25 ABY - The Rebel Pilot's Helmet
At about ten, she finds Dosmit Ræh's Rebel flight helmet and makes up stories about the pilot's adventures. She also teaches herself to fly on a salvaged simulator.
28 ABY - A Chill in the Force
Rey feels a cold sensation as Ben Solo falls to the dark side, without understanding what it is.
28–34 ABY - Life on Jakku
She repairs a Ghtroc 690 freighter, only for Devi and Strunk to steal it. She also rescues Unkar Plutt from Zool Zendiat's gang and keeps working as Niima Outpost's best scavenger.
34 ABY - Meeting BB-8 and Finn
She rescues BB-8 from Teedo and turns down Plutt's offer to buy the droid. With Finn, she escapes the First Order aboard the Millennium Falcon.
34 ABY - Han Solo and Chewbacca
Han Solo and Chewbacca take in the fugitives. Rey helps them get free of the Guavian Death Gang and Kanjiklub, and Han offers her a job on the Falcon.
34 ABY - Maz Kanata's Castle
On Takodana, Luke Skywalker's old lightsaber calls to Rey and gives her a Force vision. Kylo Ren captures her during the First Order attack.
34 ABY - Starkiller Base
She resists Kylo Ren's mind probe, uses a Jedi mind trick to escape, and sees Han die. She then defeats Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel as the base collapses.
34 ABY - Finding Luke Skywalker
Using the completed map, Rey flies with Chewbacca and R2-D2 to Ahch-To and offers Luke his lightsaber.
34 ABY - Training on Ahch-To
Luke reluctantly teaches her about the Force. A Force bond forms between Rey and Kylo Ren, and she is drawn into the dark side cave.
34 ABY - Snoke's Throne Room
Rey goes to the Supremacy to turn Ben Solo back to the light. They kill Snoke and his Praetorian Guards together, but Ben will not come with her, and Luke's lightsaber is broken in two.
34 ABY - Battle of Crait
Rey clears the rocks blocking the survivors' escape and saves the last of the Resistance. She takes the Jedi texts with her.
34–35 ABY - Apprentice to Leia
Leia Organa trains Rey as a Jedi while the Resistance rebuilds.
35 ABY - Search for Exegol
When Palpatine returns, Rey follows Ochi's trail to Pasaana, Kijimi, and Kef Bir. There she learns she is Palpatine's granddaughter and nearly kills Kylo Ren before healing him.
35 ABY - Exile on Ahch-To
Afraid of her heritage, Rey tries to exile herself. Luke's spirit convinces her to face Palpatine, and she takes Luke's X-wing to Exegol.
35 ABY - Battle of Exegol
Rey and a redeemed Ben Solo face Palpatine together. With strength from past Jedi, she turns his lightning back on him and destroys him, dying in the process.
35 ABY - Resurrection
Ben Solo gives his life force to revive Rey. They kiss before he becomes one with the Force.
35 ABY - Rey Skywalker
On Tatooine, Rey buries Luke's and Leia's lightsabers at the Lars homestead, shows her own yellow-bladed saber, and takes the name Skywalker.
After 35 ABY - Jedi Master
At some later point, Rey becomes a Jedi Master.