probably the weirdest information about star wars i could give you is that the death star garbage compactor monster from episode 4 was sentient, was force sensitive, and it wasn’t trying to eat luke – it was trying to baptise him
“When her vision was fulfilled, and the Death Star was destroyed, she pondered what she would be in the next life.”
Rey is Omi
This is according to the short story “The Baptist” in the anthology “From a Certain Point of View,” it’s in the current canon and the short story was written by lesser known sci-fi fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor who seems pretty great.
Anyway it’s 100% in line with the weirdness of the previous expanded universe. Tales From Jabba’s Palace and Tales From the Cantina were two of my favorite books as a kid and they made the most random minor aliens into force sensitive heroes and heroines too.