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RogueLeader
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Rey and Jedi Training
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17-Feb-2019, 2:26 PM

What a great argument, Poppa!

I think it is a good point to break down what actually Luke’s training was all about, too. Not only were Luke’s lessons with Yoda more about mindset, even Luke’s brief lesson from Obi-Wan on the Falcon in ANH, although it involved a lightsaber, involved about “letting go” and letting the Force guide your actions, which fits in well with how Rey managed to beat Kylo at the end of TFA.

With Yoda’s dialogue, when he says, “That library contained nothing the girl Rey does not already possess.” I think he, again, is referring primarily to something fundamental within Rey’s character. Maybe that she has the goodness that it takes to be a Jedi. But while it works figuratively, he is also being literal since he knows Rey took the books with her when she left.

I agree though that this line does work better better after we know she has refused Kylo Ren’s offer to turn. On the other hand, Yoda follows up with, “Lost Ben Solo you did, lose Rey we must not.” Which might not work as well knowing she didn’t turn, but it could refer to losing her as in abandoning the call of the Force in general. Not sure.

Also, it is unfortunate that what exactly Carrie’s scenes will be limited as far as what they can have her too, but that scene with Yoda does seem to hint that Luke will train Rey as a Force ghost, since Yoda is still trying to tell him to pass on what he’s learned even after she already left.

And I wanted to add that I’ve heard complaints about how Rey didn’t even convince Luke to come back, and that it was Yoda instead. But Rey was the one who encouraged Luke to reconnect to the Force, and Yoda wouldn’t have been able to give Luke that pep talk without that.