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Originally Posted by Roughneck
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.
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Yeah...but they don't pilot the ship. Luke is cocky and states that they could buy a ship for that price, but Obi Wan in no way takes that as a serious option. A far cry from jumping into the falcon and maneuvering it through the hull of a downed Star Destroyer at full speed.
The whole idea with the Falcon was that it was a good ship, but difficult to get the hang of and prone to falling apart. It had been sitting in a junk yard when Rey decides to take it, and presumably decayed more, but Rey is able to hope right in and maneuver it better than anyone else ever did. She also does this without a co-pilot. There's no adversity for the character. She seems to solve all the problems in the Star Wars universe, including repair of the Falcon.