And this Rey ‘Mary Sue’ thing is just so tedious, and whether or not you have any pro-male agenda behind it - I’m not saying you have - but it smacks of selectiveness and decades of women not being allowed to do what men can do. I’m a father of two young girls, and I’m involved in the science and engineering sector which desperately needs more women to engage with and fulfil their potential (grade for grade girls score higher in sciences than boys), so this is something I feel strongly about.
Anakin had no training before his pod race “I’m the only human who can do it”.
Luke had maybe 3 to 4 days training on Dagobah, same as Rey has on Ach-To.
Snoke even says in the script that the ‘light’ has manifested in Rey as a counter balance to Kylo growing in power. So it is there in the script and it is consistent enough at least for me to go along with and not cry foul.
So please don’t come out with comments like Rey has “insta-force”, as for me it comes off as selective and patronising.
Please stop with this anti-feminist nonsense.
Luke went through multiple scenes of training, and his progression as a character and knowledge of the Force was developed over years in in-universe time. Luke went through hell and back. He was challenged spiritually and physically. He learned the father he had worshipped all his life was an evil monster. He was completely humiliated by Vader, and lost his hand. He even attempted suicide to avoid capture, and needed to be rescued by his friends.
Rey has faced non of the challenges Luke has. She doesn’t struggle with the Force, and has won any challenge put before her. She faced both Kylo and Snoke, and walked out without so much as a scratch. She went from a nobody to super hero in a matter of in-universe days. There’s just no comparison. I don’t care that she’s a girl. Good for her. I liked her in TFA, even if she was a bit too good and perfect, and I expected her to go through some serious struggle in this one. Alas it was not to be, and she’s turned out to be the most shallow, and underdeveloped Star Wars protagonist in four decades, in my opinion of course.