Opinions vary on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, even on TechRadar one of our writers liked it while another certainly didn't, but it's hard not to see the movie as a series of missed opportunities. In some ways, his worst crime is deliberately removing the best parts of the previous film, The Last Jedi, in favor of unsuccessful attempts at fan service that leave a sour taste in his mouth. The worst example of this reconnection is the film's reveal that Rey (Daisy Ridley), star of all three consecutive films, is, in fact, the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine (like she came back from the dead!). In a revelation that surely won't surprise anyone, that twist wasn't always planned from the start, according to a new interview with Ridley herself. "No. At first we were playing with an Obi-Wan connection... there were different versions. And then it really became like she was nobody. And then episode 9 came along, JJ m' introduced the movie and I was like, 'oh yeah, Palpatine's grandpa,' and I was like, 'awesome.' And then two weeks later, he saw 'oh, we're not sure.' So he kept changing…he was filming and he wasn't sure of the answer ". Ridley is very nice about all of this, probably because she has better things to do with her time than sit and think about Episode 9 almost a year later (although not us, mind you. It's a pandemic and we have a lot of time on our hands). This is highlighted when she asked who Rey's grandmother was soon after. You can watch the interview below. The Star Wars talk begins a minute later.