After Rey’s childhood, there’s nothing zen about her. I can’t buy the notion that a week’s worth of stress focused her mind and turned the coal into a diamond. Show me a monk who achieves enlightenment in a week.
I don’t disagree. But I also don’t see what you mean, the finale of ROTJ is nothing like what happened so far in the ST outside Luke’s story.
Not exactly sure what you mean here. If you’re saying I’m comparing Rey’s situation in TLJ to Luke’s in RotJ, I don’t believe I did, at least not directly.
My point is that those saying a Jedi’s powers come from achieving a certain state of mind (with which I agree) have to accept that Rey has achieved at least enough “zen” to become as powerful as any Jedi to come before her, all in about a week. She may not be enlightened yet, but she’s apparently achieved enough focus and determination in a few days that her powers are only lacking in comparison to previous Jedi by mere degrees; a bit of finesse is all that truly separates her from the greats who came before.
Whether you define the scope of what it means to be a Jedi as flipping around and floating rocks or a spiritual, zen-like state of mind, neither should be possible to the extent Rey is capable within a few days.
I guess I just don’t mind it that much. It’s more believable that she figured all these things out after contact with Kylo that it is Anakin can flight a Naboo starfighter.
Anakin was the only human capable of pod racing (“He’s a credit to your race.”). Figuring out how to pilot a starfighter after the autopilot guided him out of the hangar and into space shouldn’t be that much of a hassle. Of course, I don’t believe they ever showed him landing it 😉