There’s something special about Rey. Since it’s highly unlikely that it’s a case of famous parents, the other obvious explanation is that the Force was awakened in her for some purpose, and I think it’s logical to conclude that it’s for the purpose of finding Luke due to her proximity to the Falcon and so forth.
Yes, but how about the kid at the end of the film. He uses a force pull. Like Rey he just get’s it, totally going against the idea, that you have to study hard to control the Force. Did it awaken in him too?
I don’t think that just anyone can be a Jedi, you have to have a special talent for it. But to some extent, everyone in this universe can be attuned to the Force. The Force controls a person’s actions, but very few manage to get the Force to obey their commands.
That goes directly against George Lucas’ statements on the subject:
“The Force is really a way of seeing; it’s a way of being with life. It really has nothing to do with weapons. The Force gives you the power to have extra-sensory perception and to be able to see things and hear things, read minds and levitate things. It is said that certain creatures are born with a higher awareness of the Force than humans. Their brains are different. The Force is a perception of the reality that exists around us. You have to come to learn it. It’s not something you just get. It takes many, many years…Anyone who studied and worked hard could learn it. But you would have to do it on your own.”
Anyone can do it. Some may have more talent, like Luke and his father, but it’s not limited to a very few. The only reason it’s limited in the OT, is because you have to study many years to learn how to control it. Nobody believes in this stuff it anymore, and there are no more Jedi around to teach people these things. In the PT the Jedi only appear teach the most talented from a very young age, limiting their number, but this still doesn’t preclude the average Joe from learning how to use the Force.