The reed is maybe the best/most important joke in the movie from a character/story perspective.
Close second is the lightsaber toss.
Interesting. I feel like the reed joke goes on a bit too far at the expense of Rey, making her look stupid and making Luke look mean as he says “wow, you must be really strong with the force”. I would want to shorten it a bit. What are your thoughts on it?
I don’t think it makes her look stupid at all. She legitimately doesn’t know what the force is or how it works (and I don’t blame her, considering). Luke doesn’t seem mean there (to me at least), he’s just teasing a bit.
I see, thank you for clarifying! I still think it could be trimmed a bit without losing the purpose behind it. And I would argue that in a way Rey knows some of what the force is and some ways to use it. She has heard stories about the Jedi and the force, and she instinctively used the force in a couple of ways in TFA.