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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
In Empire he doesn't have much skill and gets his hand chopped off. If not for jumping down the exhaust shaft, he'd easily be killed by Vader.
This is about the reasonable skill level Rey should be at.
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I agree. There's something that both scenes have in common and that's that neither foe really wanted to kill the hero. They were both trying to get them to join them. So again, Rey ending up getting a strike in on a very injured Kylo Ren I don't really have a problem with.
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ROTJ is supposed to take place about 1 year after Empire and 4 years after ANH. When we first see Luke in ROTJ, he is evolved, and his increased training and understanding of the force is shown throughout the movie from how he's dressed, his demeanour when entering Jaba's ship and his interactions with Yoda. This is a new Luke who has had time to hone his skills.
You have taken his time with Yoda to be 1 week, but in actuality it is implied to be a year in full training with Yoda (and Force Ben would be logical too).
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Yeah I agree, but there is still no way Luke would have ever been at the ability of someone like Kenobi or Anakin for lightsaber abilities. And Ben was likely only training with Luke for a couple years before turning.
The point is that swordsmanship is a diminishing asset in the Star Wars universe. It's not like either of Rey or Ren tore up Snoke's guards like any other old Jedi would/could have.
As for the point of Rey's general OPness, I agree it's a little bothersome. Something caught me though in what Snoke said. He said that as Kylo's power grew stronger, so would his equal in the dark. But maybe Rey is not Kylo's balance, maybe she was Snoke's.