Rian Johson, the director of The Last Jedi, has defended his decision one of the movie?s most controversial reveals. Before Last Jedi opened one of the movie?s most anticipated questions was the identity of Rey?s parents. The theories were incredibly voluminous. Yet almost all of them circled around the fact that the Rey was someone important. Or at the very least, she was related to someone of importance. Yet in The Last Jedi the exact opposite was proven true. In an interview with LA Times, Johnson was asked why the decision was made to NOT reveal that Rey was from a lineage of ??special? Jedi Kin.? Johnson said "because it?s the hardest thing that she could possibly hear." He said that Rey was expecting to hear that she was born to a special family. Johnson went on to say "In that moment, for Kylo to be able to use that information as a knife and twist it to try and get what he wants, felt like the most dramatically potent option.?