Star Wars: The Force Awakens Family Quotes

Family isn't something you can walk away from. Okay, it is, but there's going to be consequences if you do. Lor is letting Kylo Ren know that he may wish to separate himself from his family, but they may have other ideas…and if he's not careful, that's going to muck up the whole Dark Lord of the Sith thing he's trying to get going.

This is Rey's defining trait early in the film. She waits for a long-lost family, hoping they'll come for her. They're not. Seriously, like ever. But that hope is all she has. It's what defines her…at least until a better option comes along.

Regardless of who Rey's family really turns out to be, Luke is, in essence, her spiritual family: the guy who can give her that sense of belonging that she's missed and help guide her on the right path.

Daddy issues alert. Ren is motivated in large part because his father let him down. We're not privy to the reasons, but when dad's a career criminal with a habit of stepping out on his responsibilities, you can make an educated guess.

In response, Ren turns to another relative for inspiration: his grandpa.

That mental interrogation thing works both ways, doesn't it, Ren? Rey pulls Ren's dark, dirty secret out of him and sheds a whole lot of light on why Ren is doing what he's doing. Daddy let you down, look to the elder generation to provide a path. (The irony, of course, is that Darth Vader eventually renounced the dark side and was redeemed. That may explain why Ren may have some conflicted feelings…)

It's interesting that, while Ren has completely abandoned his living family, he still clings to his dead gramps in order to feed his power. Seems he's not comfortable going it completely alone, and he still needs some contact with his family after all.

Aw, you crazy kids. Family is blood, true, but family is also the people you welcome into your life…especially when you marry them and start a whole new family. These two have been bickering for a long time, but they clearly still love each other.

Neither Han nor Leia can forget their son, which is why they're willing to do anything to save him…even if that means leaving themselves open to an attack from him.

We don't know who's on that departing ship…and frankly, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that Rey feels abandoned by them, making them a family that wasn't there for her.

Time will tell whether Han was right or not…though considering that Kylo Ren made a Han-kebab out of him, it will come too late for him if it does.