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Timeline
2015
The Force Awakens premieres
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2016
Photos of Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill in Ireland for filming The Last Jedi
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2017
The Last Jedi premieres
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Waffle House posts a picture labeled "a waffle for the Reylos"
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2019
The plot of Rise of Skywalker is leaked 9 months before the premiere and correctly mentions big plot points
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The leaked plot is used in a German Burger King commercial a week before the movie premiere, using information the company believed to be fake but was completely correct.
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The Rise of Skywalker premieres
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2021
|Ali Hazelwood's book Love Hypothesis comes out, beginning the Reylo book trend
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2023
Disney releases From a Certain Point of View, a anthology book that features two Reylo authors - Ali Hazelwood and Thea Guanzon
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2026
A movie about Rey is in production and though there is no official date it seems likely 2026 could be when it is released
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Glossary
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Antis/Ants – An individual or a group of people who are against a ship. The name ants or an ant emoji is used to avoid engagement with the Anti’s
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Anon – An anonymous person who usually send questions to a user
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Archive of Our Own (AO3) – A website to post fanfiction
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Alternative Universe (AU) - A fanfiction term that means the story is not set in the original genre, time period or setting.
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Canon - Elements in a story that are confirmed to be true by the creator or plot, example: It is canon Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father
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Cosplay - Fans wearing costumes that look like what their favorite character wears, or a representation of an object or blending two types of media together into one outfit
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Doxxing - Finding out a person’s real name, address, workplace, etc. and releasing it online for the purpose of sending hate to that person, a terrible crime
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Fandom - A group of fans can apply generally in that you being a fan of something puts you in the fandom, there are also sub-categories such as Disney fandom, fans who love Disney, or Reylo fandom
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Fanon - An element in a story that is not confirmed to be true by the creators or the plot but is accepted by the fans as true
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Fanvid - A video made by a fan, usually about a ship with a song that the fan
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Headcanon - An element in a story that is not confirmed to be true by the creators or the plot but is a fan’s personal belief, this can become a fanon if enough fans believe it to be true.
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Manip - Means manipulated picture, fans put their ship together in gifs and images to imagine new scenarios in the story or to create new stories
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Mary Sue - A term used for “overpowered” female character, “Rey is such a Mary Sue because she can use the Force so early in the film!”
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Reylo - A group of fans who like the pairing of Rey and Kylo Ren from the sequel Star Wars movies
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Shipping - The act of liking a relationship, whether the ship is in the storyline or imagined by the fans
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Stan - A step above a fan, some believe the term was created by Eminem where he combined “stalker” and “fan” to create “stan”
