John Williams Thinks J.J. Abrams Is Fixing Rey For Star Wars: Episode IX

Among the many problems with Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the “revelation” that according to Kylo Ren, Rey’s parents were nobodies who sold her off for drinking money and ultimately wound up dead.

Now the good news is that doesn’t look to be the case.

The interviewer then remarks, “I hope so.”

Williams replied, “I hope so, too.”

The interviewer also remarked that, “I assume they are pretty extraordinary. Somebody tried to tell her that they were anonymous people who died in the desert. I don’t believe that.”

“Yes. I don’t believe it either,” Williams said.

John Williams continued and let it be known the reason he agreed to compose Star Wars: The Last Jedi was because of Daisy Ridley. 

“I adore.. Rey of course is played by Daisy Ridley, who was so loved in The Force Awakens,” Williams said. “Last year when Kathy Kennedy rang me up and asked if I would do the music for the Last Jedi, I said to her, ‘Is Daisy in it?’ And she said, ‘Yes.’ So I said, ‘Yes’ [laughs].”