Rey is by far the most disappointing thing in the ST to me. DSIII is a close second.
Devil’s avocado!
While the character of Rey is a bit underwritten and a bit too perfect, Daisy Ridley is so charismatic and her performance is probably my favorite aspect of the sequel trilogy.
i know i’m in the vast minority here but i don’t like daisy’s performance in any of the movies at all. sure it was infinitely better than anything in the PT except for maybe some liam neeson bits here and there and some highlights from mcgregor, mcdiarmid, portman and christensen (mostly in RotS) but yeah, it’s nothing special imo.
that said, she’s extremely charismatic, which is why i still wanted to have hope that Rey would be redeemed for me in TLJ, which didn’t happen. i didn’t buy the balancing the force explanation for the ease of her progress in force abilities, and that made TLJ feel very underwhelming to me. if rey were a better character, i’m sure the ST as a whole would be a lot more interesting to me.
i forgot to mention my favorite part: poe, and luke comes as a close second (and i am far from being his characterization’s biggest fan)
what showed me that ridley wasn’t as amazing to me in TLJ is that hamill made me by a character i didn’t like, while she didn’t.