Rey and Kylo Ren were the perfect pairing for fanfiction writers. Their dynamic was full of angst, their personalities couldn’t be more different, and their romance was just ambiguous enough to spark imaginations. It’s no wonder that “Reylo” fanfiction quickly became one of the most popular pairings in the Star Wars fandom, and from there, it was only a matter of time before it broke into the mainstream.
Ali Hazelwood’s hit fake-dating romance novel The Love Hypothesis is actually a Reylo fanfiction (originally titled Head Over Feet) with the identifying details changed. Rey became Olive, and Ben became Adam, but because the original fanfiction was set in modern-day academia, the main plot remained. The book was just adapted into a movie starring Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart and Daisy Ridley’s real-life husband, Tom Bateman, and now the book is getting a follow-up — and the movie might, too.
