Valheru_84 said:
It is not my intent to be overly literal and logical about it all (it’s just how my thought process works), my initial feeling that Rey didn’t have the right to just take the saber from Luke was just that - a feeling, which contributed to my dislike for the character. It is only in discussing and trying to explain it that I am looking deeper myself and laying out my detailed perspective on why I happen to see it this way, often in response to simplistic replies that seem to brush it aside as nothing of consequence despite it having an impact on the judgement of Rey’s moral fibre (which is why I also tie the matter into her physical abuse of Luke and threatening him with the saber which at this point is not even her’s to use).When exactly did Rey “steal” Luke/Anakin’s lightsaber. It was offered to her by Maz, and she rejected it. It was then given to Finn for a while, and then she picked it up to protect him (and herself) from Kylo. There’s the deleted scene where Maz gave it to Leia, who clearly let Rey keep it as she later traveled to Acho-To to return it to Luke, who promptly threw it away. At that point I’d say she has as much a right to keep it as anyone else.
“Steal” is I agree probably too strong a word. Acquire/keep without consent is more like it but doesn’t help Rey’s image. Regardless of what Maz said and what happened in between then and finding Luke, it’s been returned to it’s rightful owner who at no point actually gives her leave to take it. Just because he throws it away doesn’t automatically mean he’s happy for Rey or anyone else to just take it off the island and keep using it. The fact she wacks him over the head right before threatening him with his own saber that was his father’s before him is just all kinds of wrong. She then proceeds to keep it for herself without so much as a “by your leave” to Luke and also goes and just takes the Jedi texts at some point before flying away.
I’m not the one who wrote the story. Just pointing out what I see as factual wrong doings by Rey which affects her character in a negative way on top of a number of issues I already have with her.