When Disney bought Star Wars in 2012, a new era began for a galaxy far, far away. Kathleen Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm, and as the first film trilogy under Disney's branch went underway, Lucasfilm prioritized a more inclusive galaxy for the next generation: over half of the primary cast of the sequel trilogy are people of color (including Naomi Ackie and Trân Loân as the first-ever lead Black and Vietnamese actresses in a Star Wars film).

Another effort that was made was to reach the female audience, by presenting them with a trilogy written through the eyes of a young woman, utilizing assets such as Maureen Murdock's The Heroine's Journey and the female gaze.

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It should be no surprise with this in mind that Rey's arc and story oftentimes mirror and alludes to several of the Disney Princesses. From Cinderella all the way to Rapunzel, here are our ten picks for the times Rey reminded us of our favorite princesses.

Struggling With Acceptance

When Rey is forced to confront her abandonment during a force vision after touching the Skywalker Lightsaber, Maz Kanata comforts Rey by telling her that she needs to move on — and take the Lightsaber, and accept her emerging powers.

Rey refuses the call to action, however, and flees from Maz's Castle (much like Cinderella at the ball) into the woods. The sequence is eerily similar to the beginning of 2013's Frozen, where a panicked Elsa flees into the frozen forest to escape the kingdom after accidentally unleashing her awesome ice powers.

Friend To All

It's almost a requirement for a Disney Princess to have a friend who isn't human, and just as Cinderella had mice that cared for her in an unforgiving environment, Rey found her own friend in the harsh lands of Jakku.

At the beginning of the Force Awakens, Rey liberates BB-8 from captivity by another scavenger. Rey engages in a short conversation with the droid, fixes its antenna, and intends for the relationship end there, but Rey can't let the abandoned droid wander the desert alone, so she grudgingly allows it to stay with her, a decision that changes her life forever.

Torn Between Worlds

When Rapunzel escapes with the help of Flynn Rider from her tower, she's eager to experience the real world for the first time, have an adventure and see the lantern festival for the first time, but she's racked with guilt about leaving Gothel.

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Similarly, Rey longs to leave Jakku and have adventures, but constantly berates herself for being gone so long from Jakku already, still desperately clinging to the idea that her family might one day return. Luckily, Rey found the courage to accept the truth about her parents and find her own purpose, just like Rapunzel.

Touching The Needle

When Sleeping Beauty is drawn to the needle, almost nothing can break her from the trance, and in that state, she pricks her finger on the needle which leaves her in an eternal slumber.

Similarly, after Finn confesses to Rey that he was a stormtrooper and then leaves, Rey falls into a trance when she begins to hear a child calling in the distance. She follows the echoes of her past in a stupor, and it leads her to the Legacy Lightsaber — which she can help but to reach out and touch, which ignites a Force Vision.

Tale As Old As Time

Rey's blossoming relationship with Kylo most often mirrors that of Belle's with the Beast. When Rey and Kylo first meet, it's a hostile relationship — after all, he does capture her for information (and drops another Disney allusion by referring to Rey as his guest while he's at it).

Belle and the Beast were forced to get to know each other after a rocky beginning, and Rey and Kylo are dealt the same cards with their shared Force Bond in The Last Jedi. Just like in “Something There, ” Rey begins to understand Kylo and sees something in there that she didn't before: light and a future together.

Trinkets From The Past

When we are first introduced to Rey, we get to experience a day in her life, which is mostly searching through a graveyard of ships for prizes that could earn food on her table. As a scavenger, it's Rey's job to find old trinkets and renew them, but there are a few she keeps for herself.

In “Rey's Survival Guide”, it's revealed that the rebel helmet in Rey's possession belonged to a Rebel Pilot named Dosmit Raeh. As a child, Rey would make up stories about Dosmit (even making a doll) to pass the time. It's reminiscent of Ariel searching for lost trinkets under the sea, and imagining what humans may have used them for.

Snow White

After she has a vision of Kylo turning to the Light, Rey decides to confront him head-on to convince him to join her. Donning a snazzy new look while she's at it, Rey ships herself to the Supremacy in a pod that's reminiscent of the coffin Snow White was placed in after eating a poisoned apple.

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Though Rey is not dead in a literal sense, her journey to the Supremacy alludes to a journey to the underworld, so in a metaphorical sense, not only is the Snow White parallel a visual one, it's also a thematic one.

Have Courage And Be Kind

Abandoned by parents that didn't love her, Rey was left in the care of Unkar Plutt, a junk boss in Nima Outpost. Unkar isn't winning any "best guardian of the year" trophies from us, due to his callousness — if Rey doesn't bring him scraps, then she won't get any food portions.

Rey's situation is analogous to Cinderella's: left in the care of cruel guardians, treated as less than, and used tirelessly for work (scavenging in Rey's case, a maid in Cinderella's), somehow both women have not lost their compassion and generosity.

Exploring The Castle

After Rey persuades a guard into releasing her from an interrogation rack, she escapes as quickly as possible armed only with a blaster. We journey with her as she explores Starkiller, searching for a way out.

The sequence brings to mind Belle curiously exploring the Beast's castle, eventually finding the enchanted rose before the Beast finds and startles her badly enough to run into the frozen, wolf infested forest — just as Rey's journey leads her to the legacy saber in the middle of a snowy forest.

Forest Meeting

Sleeping Beauty first met her true love by a chance meeting in a forest: the event set in stone her recovery from a deadly curse cast by Maleficent.

In the Force Awakens, Rey encounters the silent and imposing Kylo Ren in the forest outside Maz's castle. Unlike the sweetness of the meeting between Sleeping Beauty and the Prince, Rey and Kylo's first meeting is a terrifying but intriguing one. By the end of the sequence, Rey has even been cast into a magical sleep by Kylo using the Force, and he bridal-carries her to his ship.

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