I know we can expect Disney to go with the obvious idea that Kylo Ren is the son of Han and Leia, but is that really true? Let's consider the evidence.
1. Lor San Tekka says that Kylo Ren did not rise from the Dark Side, but also that he cannot deny the truth that is his family. Then Kylo Ren says, "You're so right," and kills him. We don't know what rising from the Dark Side means, but clearly the truth of his family is Dark Side stuff. That's not Han and Leia, or Luke, or Anakin, except during a brief period when Anakin was Darth Vader, but even then, he wasn't completely Dark, which is why Luke was able to get Vader to redeem himself and return to being a Jedi.
2. The first we hear of Ren's relationship to Han Solo is when Snoke tells Kylo Ren that the droid is in the hands of his father, Han Solo. But do we really trust Snoke?
3. When Ren has Darth Vader's helmet, Ren asks his grandfather to help him see the power of the Darkness. But Anakin returned to the Light Side. Surely, he wouldn't help anyone see the power of the Darkness. We don't know that Ren was referring to Vader as his grandfather. And even if he was, he might believe that, but that doesn't make it true.
4. Han says that one boy who was being trained by Luke turned against him and destroyed everything. But no one ever says that was Kylo Ren.
5. When Leia arrives at Maz Kanata's planet, Han tells her that he saw their son. There were a lot people there. We don't know that he's referring to Kylo Ren.
6. When Han and Leia are together at Resistance HQ, they refer to their son as being lost forever or not. But, again, they don't say that it's Kylo Ren.
7. When Han meets Kylo Ren at Starkiller Base, Han tells Ren to take off the mask so he (Han) can see the face of his son. But that's before Ren takes off his mask. Maybe Han was mistaken. Maybe he didn't see the face of his son when Ren took off the mask. Okay, granted, Han says, "Come home. We miss you." But that doesn't mean he's his son. After all, both Han and Ren refer to "my son" and "your son," respectively, in the third person.
8. Even if Kylo Ren was raised by Han and Leia, that doesn't mean he's their biological son. Granted, Han says there was too much Vader in him, but surely that's just a metaphor. Vader can't literally be in him.
9. The 2014 script says that Ren is 32. That would mean he was born in 1982. But we know for certain that Han was encased in carbonite from 1980 to 1983. That's the clincher for me.
10. On the other hand, Snoke is powerful and Kylo Ren is similarly so.
11. Snoke is Dark and so is Ren.
12. Who more would Snoke want as his protege than his own son?
13. Ren looks kind of Snokey. The sides of his mask even look like the sides of Snoke's face.
14. Ren has the same annoying personality as Snoke.
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Yes. Neat points but I think it's fairly clear in the movie that Han and Leia are Kylo Ren's parents. I also think it's pretty well implied that a younger Kylo Ren was responsible for killing the other Padawans that Luke was training. It was well acted by Harrisson Ford the concerned and loving look of a father when he encountered Kylo at the end. If he ends up not being the father I will truly be surprised.
The real question in mind is where did Rey come from or who is she related to? I keep seeing YouTube spoilers suggesting she's Anakin's daughter, Obi-Wan's daughter, but she's entirely too young for any of that. We know nothing about Luke between ep 6 and 7 other than he attempted to start training Jedi, it went bad, and he went into hiding for some reason. Perhaps one of the other Jedi that was killed was Luke's wife, assuming Mara Jade makes it into canon somehow, or potentially just killed Rey's mom. It's obvious that Rey received some Jedi training as her encounters late in the movie started to uncover it; she was far too skilled in the force to not have been trained. She was more skilled at the end of ep 7 than Luke was midway through ep 5 before he met Yoda. Not to mention her ability to figure out how to fix things and fly a ship she's never flown really does related back to traits that both Luke and Anakin had; if she ends-up being a Skywalker I will not be surprised by that one.
Obviously, Kylo Ren is Han and Leia's biological son who ruined Luke's Jedi Training School etc.
Equally obviously, Rey is Luke's biological daughter. Really, really, really not a question.
And also obvious Luke has been watching over her and communicating with her, which is how she knows so much about the Force.
Do you know the rule? Once is an event, twice is a coincidence, three times is pattern.
(1) Lor San Tekka (Luke's friend)
(2) lives on Jakku
(3) near Rey
(4) and has THE missing map fragment.
(5) Millenium Falcon is in the same place as Rey.
(6) Han and Chewie just happen to be in the area when Rey leaves Jakku, for the first time, on the Millennium Falcon.
(7) They just happen to take Rey to Maz Kanata, who just happens to have Luke's old lightsaber
(8) that calls to Rey.
How much more do you need?
she's thinking about returning to WWE
Looks more like Lucha Libre to me.
han slept with his own daughter
I'm guessing you're joking but just in-case.
She's too young. Figure if Luke is around 70 in Ep7 then Rey would have to be near 50 at least and she's most likely in her early 20's at most.