Star Wars 9: Rey's MOTHER revealed? Huge casting news leaked

It was one of the two great mysteries built up before The Last Jedi.

Rey’s parentage along with the origins of Supreme Leader Snoke consumed fan forums for almost two years before Episode 8 hit the big screen. When the dust and red sand of Crait had settled, the choices made by Rian Johnson and Disney divided opinion in a way never seen before in the Star Wars universe.

Many fans still believe that Lylo Ren was purposefully misleadng Rey and lied about her parents.

Is her mother about to be revealed as Mara jade, after tantalising casting news was leaked by That Hashtag Show? 

The report said: “(JJ) Abrams, along with casting director Nina Gold, who has worked on both Episode VII and Episode VIII, are searching for a female lead, 40-50 years old, to play the role of “MARA.”

This immediately reignited speculation about beloved Legends character Mara Jade.

Not only did she become Luke’s wife in the non-canon novels, her age and close links to the classic Skywalker story mean she is still a hot favourite to be Rey’s missing mother. 

Luke even had a wife in the opening pages of the Last Jedi novel, before it was all revealed to be a dream.

In the novels Mara Jade was a powerful Force user under Palpatine’s mind control. After the Emperor’s death, Luke was able to break the control and the pair eventually married, had children and founded a Jedi academy.

The movies have already used the academy storyline and Mara Jade could be worked into Episode 9 as Luke’s fellow teacher, lover or, of course, Rey’s mother.

But fans shouldn’t get too excited just yet…

That Hashtag Show quickly added: “It’s common practice for film’s to use code names during the casting process, and that could be the case here.”

The Force Awakens used Kira as Rey’s code name for months and many fan sites were quick to shoot down excited Mara Jade hype.

Fansided said: “Honestly, it’s just a code name protecting the identity of the actual character name for Star Wars: Episode IX. That’s it. Plus, Mara Jade has been rumored to pop up in both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, to no avail. It makes no logical sense for her to appear in Star Wars: Episode IX.”

Jeremy Conrad from Manabyte added: “Mara Jade was rumored for EVERY Disney Star Wars episode so far. In TFA people claimed that Karen Gillen’s hair would be used for Mara’s wig in the movie. In TLJ people claimed Mara was buried on Ahch-to. Now in Ep9 people claim she’s going to be in the movie and 40yrs old.”