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Originally Posted by blankall
Luke,very early on, needs a pilot for transportation, despite having lots of experience piloting smaller vehicles. They run into Han, who flies the Falcon, a fast yet finicky ship. Rey is capable of flying the Falcon immediately and outmaneuvering trained First Order fighter pilots. Later she knows how to modify and repair the ship...a ship that was held together by sticks and gum by Han, that nobody but Han and Chewie would know the intricacies of.
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Well in Luke and Obi Wan's case it wasn't so much they couldn't pilot one, they just didn't have their own ship.
When Han names his price you've got
"We could buy our own ship for that."
"Who's gonna fly it kid, you?"
"You bet I'm not such a bad pilot myself!"
Not to mention Luke shows he can pilot a spacecraft at the end of the movie, and used to "bullseye womprats in my T-16 back home"
And then if you factor in the prequels and Obi Wan could have piloted it as well. But Han had the ship and the ability to transport them and the two droids.
Rey's ability to fix and pilot the ship is believable since that's where she spent all her time and was at the very worst force sensitive, and did mention that she had piloted some ships before (also believable, you'd take the ship for a bit of a test to see if it works, just like a mechanic and a car). Showed similar young abilities as Anakin and Luke. Nothing too crazy about that.