Doctor Who's Ruby Sunday reveal was inspired by Russell T Davies' biggest Star Wars frustration
Russell T Davies says the identity of Ruby Sunday's mother is inspired by the Rey retcon in the Rise of Skywalker
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If the whole ‘no one special’ parentage motif rings a bell, that’s because it should. As showrunner Russell T Davies explained in the BBC iPlayer commentary of Empire of Death (H/TCinemaBlend), it was a response to an infamous retcon in a galaxy far, far away…
““This is kind of my reaction to – bear with me now – the Star Wars films. I can’t remember their titles but, in the last trilogy, [The Last Jedi] said that [Daisy Ridley’s Rey] was nothing special. There was nothing special about her parentage,” Davies began.
“That she just got the Force…an ordinary person with the Force. And then, in [the Rise of Skywalker], they changed it all so that she was this child of the Emperor…and I really loved the version where she wasn’t special.”
Rise of Skywalker frustrations aside, Doctor Who fans can start speculating on a …
