Rey feels a twinge and sees a small gathering of lights that seem to beckon her to follow them. As she does, she hears voices like notes on the wind. The lights bring her to another door. As the vision becomes clear, she sees her parents frozen in time on the ship they were taken on, while being interrogated by the one who captured and murdered them as ordered by Sidious. Rey: "Why am I being shown this?" Serenity: "The Force wants to give you this gift." Rey turns to face Serenity confused, "Gift? What gift?" Serenity: "To have what your spirit has needed for so long, the closure that will allow you to at last move forward." Rey distraught says, "But can't I..." Serenity: "Say goodbye and let them tell you what they need to tell you." Rey enters the door and finds herself on the ship seeing her parents' souls out of their bodies just as their bodies are about to be killed. They all lock eyes and stare at each other for what seems an eternity. Rey's dad asks, "Who are you? And, what's going on?" Rey responds, "Daddy." Her parents are so confused, but Rey's mother recognizing her instantly and softly says, "Rey. Is it you."? Rey responds with tears of joy, "It's me, mother." Rey's dad then retorts, "Can't be. Rey is only seven." Rey: "It is me, dad. I am your daughter from twelve years in the future, and for some reason the Force brought me back here to you." She then sadly tells them, "To say goodbye." Rey's mom looks back at their bodies and then says, "We're not coming out of this alive, are we?" Rey shakes her head. She then tells her parents, "We only have this moment." Rey's dad, realizing that everything she said is true, responds "Then let's make it count. And I think I know what to do." He walks up to her and gives her the best hug Rey has ever imagined with her mother immediately joining in. Tears of joy flowing down their cheeks. Rey: "I lost you guys and tried to convince myself that you would come back. But I knew that you wouldn't because you were dead. I just never allowed myself to believe I'd get to see and hold you again. And now that I can, how can I ever let you go after all...this...?" Rey's mom comforts her by saying," Hey...Hey... sweetie come on don't be sad. I don't know how, but I just know we're going to be OK. That even if we are to die here, we'll always be with you." Rey's father holds Rey at arm's length and says in response, "That's right darling, even if you can't see us, hear us, or touch us, we will always be with you. Do you know why?" Rey shakes her head again. Rey's dad: "Because we love you. So much that we are willing to die for you. At this point, all that matters to us is that you are safe so that you can do what you have been called to do. So, we are not afraid to die here, and seeing you so grown up means that our deaths were not in vain." Rey: "Was it worth it?" Rey's mom: "Even if we had to die like this a thousand times, it is worth it because you are worth it. My sweet child." Rey then asks, "Could you have saved yourselves?" Rey's mom responds with, "We will never know what could have happened, dear. But what will happen is a different matter completely." Rey with a look of fear says, "I'm afraid I'm not strong enough." Rey's dad gently puts his hand on her right shoulder as he says, "Not on your own, of course. But something tells me you won't face what you are about to face alone. A single strand will break, but many who are tied together are strong enough to endure the strain." Rey's mom then tells her in response, "He's right. I just know you will not stand alone in your struggles." They hug a second time and then stand at arm's length from each other as Rey's dad says, "Make us a promise our mighty warrior. Save the galaxy. Nah, save the universe sounds better." Rey sobbingly responds, "What if I can't?" Rey's mom: "Just do your best and let destiny, or The Force, handle the rest." Rey: "But what if my best isn't good enough?" Rey's parents then both say together, "As long as you act with love in your heart. Then whatever you do, it's good enough for us." Rey's Mom holds her tenderly and says, "Rey honey, always remember that love will always guide you to where you are needed. Though sometimes the journey is fraught with many perils, love will guide you to where you are needed at the moment you need to be there, and to those who need you. And whenever you don't know what to do or where to go as you take the journey, never be too proud to turn to your spirit and ask from it to help you learn to always accept the things you cannot change or control; to give you the courage to change the things you can, and the wisdom to know the difference." They all hug one more time with Rey saying so sweetly, "I love you." Her parents, as they begin to fade away, say, "We love you too, our darling, now, forever and always." Rey finds herself back in the World between the Worlds standing infront of another door watching a woman on her death bed. She sees that the dying woman is surrounded by many people who have come to see her in her final hour. Rey sees her tenderly touch the children whom she knows must be the woman's grandchildren or great grandchildren. As the old woman exhales her final breath, Rey sees her vanish while the two oldest adults there are saying, "Goodbye mother. She is now one with the Force and is with the masters of the past. Now she belongs to the ages for all time." Just as Rey realizes, "Wait! Was that..." "Me," says a voice that makes Rey turn around to see the old woman all a glow as a Force spirit. She then stares as the old woman reverse ages and becomes an adult version of Rey. Future Rey then says, "That's right. That was me, or rather us, surrounded by our loved ones as we became one with the Force after saving everyone from Sidious and giving the galaxy a new beginning. We left the mortal plain fulfilled." Rey: "Incredible, so you're saying if I go back now then you and what I saw in my vision will be my future?" Future Rey rest her right hand on Rey's left shoulder as she responds, "Well that's all up to you. For the future is not set-in stone. For the future is always in a state of change and that means that are an infinite number of possible futures that result from the choices you make here and now. Whatever pitfalls and failures you experience, you must always be ready and willing to pick yourself back up. Learn the lessons you need from the past, then let it go. Live and keep your concentration in the present, look ahead, and just keep moving forward." Rey then asks her future self, "Does this mean we, I, do defeat Sidious?" Future Rey: "You can only find that answer in your own time." Rey chuckles and then says, "You know I just somehow knew you would say something like that." Future Rey: "That's because we are one amazing girl!" They hug and Future Rey fades out as Rey looks back at her friends and mentors who are smiling now that she is hopeful again.
