MalàStrana said:
Rey has no conflict,
And what exact conflict did Luke have in STAR WARS?
she is passive the entire movie and never takes any strong decision
Embracing The Force at the end and going to be trained by Luke is one.
she blames Finn for being shot at by troopers
So?
she does not want to help BB-8 any further
No, as soon as her and Finn escape from the TIE Fighters she asks Finn where the Resistance base is and even pleads Han to help them.
she refuses a job offer because she just wants to stay the same (“I need to go back”)
And Luke didn’t want to go with Obi-Wan because of Uncle Owen.
she does not take the saber
She has a very alarming first encounter with The Force via a vision so of course she’s going to be reluctant to take it and embrace her destiny. She knows she has this power and she doesn’t know what to do with it nor does she know what to make of the conflict that is consuming the Galaxy. Especially after seeing Kylo Ren and the rest of the knights.
she has no inner story, no inner journey
I think her overcoming her fear, reluctance and embracing a family of her making is her journey
To sum up: she does not do shit to earn anything,
There no initiation process when it comes to The Force. You’re literally born with it and Anakin was born of it.
When it comes to her other skills she had to earn them. She spent YEARS as a scavenger and around others who know about mechanics so that’s how her skill in that area came about, she’s decent at melee combat and with her staff because Jakku is a harsh place and she probably got a lot of beatings when she was younger but adapted. She’s a decent pilot because she has flown crafts before (but not off world) and used a flight simulator.
she does not struggle except when she’s forced to.
What does that even mean?
Rey just wants to wait her relatives on a shitty desert planet
How is her wanting to reunite with her family not an aspiration?
not interesting
Your opinion
no tangible backstory
Again, what the fuck does that mean? They’re setting up her backstory to be revealed in the sequels
If some of you don’t see that, I understand why you would rank TFA higher than ANH: you like Star Wars only because of action stuff and dude wearing masks.
And here comes the childish behavior again. If you like/dislike something you only like it for reasons XYZ.
EDIT:
MalàStrana said:
Why not, but as far as we know within the inner movie logic the saber goes to her, she does not take the saber.
She had her hand extended outward even before it came to her meaning she used a Force Pull.