Umuyobozi ushinzwe ubuhanzi Lucasfilm Phil Shostak ku rupapuro rwe kuri Twitter Yasohoye inyandiko yavuze ko mu ntambara "y'inyenyeri: Skywalker. Izuba rirashe "nshaka gushyiramo umurongo wuruhande kubyerekeye inkota nshya yoroheje ray umuhondo. Kubera iyo mpamvu, abanditsi bagombaga kureka iki gitekerezo, kandi inkota yumuriro yumuhondo igaragara gusa kumpera yishusho. Shostak yashyize ingabo z'intwaro z'intwaro nshya Ray, kandi isubiza ikibazo, Kuki byari ngombwa kurambirwa cyane kubwa mbere, yaranditse ati:
Iri tara ryoroheje ryagombaga kugaragara mu bihe birenze kimwe. Filime yagombaga kuba inkuru yinyongera, ivuga uburyo Rei azakora inkota nshya kugirango akoreshe ibyanditswe bya Jedi nkinyigisho.
Igishimishije, mugihe kimwe, iki gitekerezo cyashyizwe mubikorwa mubitabo bya "Intambara yinyenyeri: Skywalker. Izuba rirashe ", wari umwanditsi wa Ray Carson yabaye. Igitabo gishyiraho iyo ray yashakaga kubaka inkota yoroheje ifite icyuma cya kabiri. Muri icyo gihe, muri firime, iyo "rei yijimye" igaragara kuri ecran, ihindura inkota ifite icyuma cya kabiri cyumutuku. Uyu mwanya ushushanya Ibyahishuwe Rei ari umwuzukuru wumwami Palpatine.