Fair enough, but I think however it plays out it will always be weird that they hug THE FIRST TIME THEY MEET. Like maybe if they had met previously I would get it, but force or no force that scene will always require some good old suspension of disbelief.
Suspending disbelief in a Star Wars movie, unheard of right?!?! Why would anyone ever need to do that in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Space Opera about “space wizards with laser swords”?
At first I thought we were still talking about Leia and Chewie and was confused.
But Rey and Leia would make sense even if the Force didn’t come into play. I imagine that even Rey knew what Leia looked like, since she knew so much about Han Solo and Leia was a much more public figure. Leia knows who Rey is, and they both know the other must be in a bad way.