In the Sequels, however, we are told the force likes to balance itself out. So to balance Snoke and Kylo we have Rey. But Rey wasn’t a Jedi before. The force just randomly called to her?
This sets up an interesting message: don’t work hard. Just hope you will be lucky and suddenly become the one gifted person in the galaxy. All because someone else worked really hard on the other side and we need balance.
That’s a very strange interpretation of those films. Do you remember how TLJ ended?
All the ending shows is one boy suddenly getting force powers. We have little context how he got these powers, so while I suppose its possible he has been spending his life training to be able to use the force, it’s more likely he just randomly got powers with ease. The death of Luke called upon the broom boy (the only one we see) to take his place in the light side.
You can look at it that way, but that’s not what the film is saying though.
Interesting POV. Where exactly does the film say otherwise?
The film is saying that Luke’s actions are inspiring the whole galaxy to follow his example. The kid on Canto Bight is just a random kid, just like Rey. It’s saying anyone can use the force, whether they’re poor and oppressed or their parents were nothing or whatever. For them, their force powers are because of their own belief in themselves and their ability to be part of something greater than their circumstance would typically allow for.
Anything else about Luke dying and the force choosing someone like you said is just fan theory.
I see how this could be interpreted, however, I never got that message from watching. He does it with little emotion, as if the force is a regular thing.
I think a better way to tell that scene would have been the broom boy to first look up into the sky, and to play the binary sunset. Then have him glance down to the Luke doll, inspired, and then towards the broom. He reaches out, nothing happens. Then he reaches out aagain, pulling all his might, and gets it to move a little. Then he reaches again, gets the broom, and look up smiling at the stars as triumphant music closes the film.