A capacidade de um usuário poderoso da Força se comunicar diretamente com outro usuário da Força (especialmente aquele com quem se compartilha uma conexão pessoal) foi mostrada em Star Wars: The Empires Strike Back quando Vader fala brevemente com Luke.
O último diretor do Jedi, Rian Johnson, falou sobre a metodologia do universo e também sobre o raciocínio do filme em uma entrevista.
“It was always through the demands of the story. With the Force connections between Rey and Kylo I thought, ‘OK, I need to get these two talking. But if I put them face to face they’re going to either fight, or one of them has to be tied up.’ So I knew I wanted them to talk, and to talk enough to where we could go from ‘I hate you,’ to her being forced to actually engage with him. That’s where the idea of these ‘Force connections’ came from, which is kind of a new thing. It’s a little bit of a riff on what happens with Vader and Luke at the end of ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ but it’s entirely new in some regards.”
The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson Explains Kylo/Rey Force Connection
Snoke afirma que ele fez isso intencionalmente, a fim de atrair Rey em suas garras.
Snoke: Young fool. It was I who bridged your minds