Um…was the Dyad thing not the explanation?
Also, the idea that a “nobody” can have such innate talent with the Force was kind of the whole point/message, wasn’t it? Bloodlines don’t matter, anyone can be the most important person in the galaxy?
Totally agree, although to be honest, I did not understand what a dyad was after seeing TROS for the first time, which I think is a failure of the film (assuming that’s something they really wanted us to understand).
I find it interesting that so many people associate training with character development. People bash Rey as a “boring OP character”, while her internal struggles made her more interesting to me than Luke, whose struggle didn’t really develop until the third act of ESB. I also enjoyed Rey’s charm, charisma, and Luke-ish optimism ™, despite her struggle. Daisy Ridley made her instantly likable.
That Rey was a natural with the force was cool and new, I thought, and made me think that’s how these powers would have been originally discovered thousands of years ago. The rigid concepts of Jedi training felt like something we as viewers were meant to oppose because we love our heroes. Luke was technically too old for Jedi training, but didn’t we all want Yoda to train him, anyway? I never found the Jedi Academy model introduced in the prequels attractive, and I don’t think it was supposed to be. The real training is the personal journey, not a leveling up of powers. But there’s so many different things people like about Star Wars, I think it’s been interesting to see that come to the fore with the new Disney movies!