Hardcore Legend said:
Ok, but we just have to assume that because she knew who Luke Skywalker was?We dont have to assume that, we can deduce that through the evidence shown through the text.
So how did she know that Jedi can control minds. Just look at the film and the most likely answer is that since she knew OF the Jedi she probably knew what the Jedi could do. In TFA she get excited when she hears the name Luke Skywalker, Its a moment of “I know that guy and everything about him”, we can deduce that she’s heard the stories and knows them back to front. In TLJ She says the force is for “Lifting rocks” without ever seeing a Jedi lift rocks. Rey is basically an In universe star wars fan.
What evidence? It isn’t that she knew about Luke because he was a Jedi, it was that she knew the stories of the Rebel Alliance. She was just as much a fangirl of Han Solo. Can we deduce she knew how to fix/fly the Falcon bc she knew everything about Han Solo, back to front? If so, no wonder Owen never told Luke stories about his father. He’d have become the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior right there on the ground in the desert.