It is kind of insane to me that people trump up Rey’s piloting ability when the film goes out of its way to show her inexperience. When she’s able to navigate through the star destroyer, we believe it because she literally knows it inside and out. Remember her intro scene? When she makes that incredible hairpin turn, in my mind that’s the film finally telling us “hey, she’s got pretty good instincts so… you know what that means.” In my mind when I first saw the movie I was like wow, it reminded me of Qui-Gon saying Anakin he had Jedi reflexes. It was the moment I realized she had the force.
It’s crazy to me how people can watch this and get so riled up. How dare this girl fly the Falcon better than Han! It’s a baffling conclusion to come to. It’s not what the film is saying at all. But that’s Star Wars fans these days I guess.