Rey nods; it's one of the early things that had drawn her to the legends. Luke Skywalker, Jedi hero, had been a nobody from a desert planet for his entire childhood too.

"He did. He was raised by an aunt and uncle. He joined the Rebellion at age nineteen and destroyed the first Death Star soon after. He helped defeat Palpatine... twice, I suppose, considering that he did help me in the end."