You can't have a good story without a conflict/struggle, though.
It's just a law of storytelling. Rey has picked up everything so fast and handed Kylo's rear end to him despite having no lightsaber battle experience. Wasn't much of a struggle, which is part of why the ending of 7 felt so underwhelming. The base stuff too. Poe just flew in and made it look like leisurely practice shooting. Went relatively unchallenged. Just felt too easy.
Luke had to watch his aunt/uncle die, mentor/guardian get it from Vader and loses his hand, is forced to face the ####y truth that he's the offspring of a man who represents everything he hates, and has his friend kidnapped. Also everyone tells him throughout that he is no Jedi, is not ready and cannot beat Vader. Makes for a more satisfying end to the trilogy when he redeems himself.
In order for this new trilogy to elevate its story, Rey needs to take some lumps the same way Luke did.
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