- Rey possibly getting her mind wiped which would explain her being competent with the lightsaber
Do you mean she learned to use a lightsaber in the past, and then her mind was wiped, and then she can use the saber because of muscle memory? Just curious if that’s what your point is here, because I got super confused the first time I read that sentence.
If we’re going by Knights of The Old Republic mind wiping principles she could have gotten training at any point in her life from ages 5-14 and after Ben Solo betrayed Luke and slaughtered the Jedi Order she could have had her mind wiped and re programmed with a new identity (just like Darth Revan in Kotor) and left on Jakku. Either when she touched the lightsaber or when she got in Kylo’s head did her suppressed training start to resurface. Kylo Ren even says
“She’s just beginning to test her powers. The longer she’s free, the more dangerous she becomes.”
Which is something else that happened in Kotor. She also dreams of the planet Luke is on (which indicates she might have been there already) just like Revan and Bastila had dreams of the each piece of the map that lead to the Star Forge. I know it sounds crazy but seeing as how concepts like the good guys facing off against a remnant of The Empire like in the Thrawn Trilogy or having Kylo Ren be similar to Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus it’s not farfetched to believe that they wouldn’t use this element from the EU as well.
But muscle memory is something that I hadn’t thought of.