- Rey being a strong female lead
What’s new about that ? Leia and Padmé were leads as well (and I would say better leads since in TFA Rey doesn’t take a single decision… in TLJ the character is better but it’s not yet enough).
Luke Leia and Han were the three amigos in the OT but it was Luke’s story, right?
I think it’s great to see a girl in Luke’s role for the new trilogy and have the guys be the supporting cast. Also to have a female Jedi lead. But I’m really disappointed they’ve done such a poor job with her character. They gave her everything she needed from the beginning of the first movie. She hasn’t had any challenges or difficulties.
Her story is now coming across as: so-and-so as a problem, and here is perfect Rey to help them sort it out. And these two characters have a problem, and Rey is going to help them figure it all out. Perfect Rey is going to help Luke make sense of his inner demons. And she’s going to save Kylo from his inner demons. And she’s going to bring these friends together, and those friends together. I think this is turning into the anti-feminist manifesto.
I would really rather have seen Rey be a character who has strengths and weaknesses, someone who has to struggle but also achieves important successes. Someone who grows and changes gradually throughout each movie and over the course of the three movies.