Mate, I think it’s ‘Mary Sue’ not ‘Merry Sue’? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue
I agree with a lot (not all) of you what you say above - I don’t think Rey is a ‘Mary Sue’ either, much in the way Luke wasn’t (though he possibly fits the description more than Rey does in Ep4).
It seems to me it is a lazy criticism - not understanding the characters in the SW universe, or not thinking through the events in the film itself as a whole (her environment, how she struggles initially to the events occurring around her, the decisions she makes, then how she evolves and adapts through those situations she encounters etc - ultimately ending with her ‘Letting The Force In’, as it were, to not be defeated by Ren in the lightsabre fight at the end of the film).
An example of a similar sort of lazy and not very well thought-through click-bait ‘journalism’ here:-
Which was quite well retorted to in here:-
That’s not to say there aren’t valid criticisms of the film or the characters therein - as there will be for almost any film out there… but the Mary Sue thing just doesn’t seem applicable to Rey in this film.
Darn it! This is what I get for posting when I am half awake. Thanks for pointing that out and thanks for the links.
I do have to wonder if some of the people being so critical of this film have seen all the scenes they talk about in context or if they just saw the trailers and have not seen the movie.
Rey is a perfect example of this. She is really good character and I don’t think she fits as a Marry Sue at all.