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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Like the twitter explanation for Luke's motivations (both of them  ).
Makes a lot of sense.
Re: Rey - she didn't need Jedi training because she spent her whole life alone defending herself. Luke was a looked after farmboy. Anikan was a small child. Both of them needed to learn how to fight. Rey clearly demonstrates her abilities with her staff early on.
She knows how to fix the Falcon because she's similarly been employed since the age of 4 as a technology scrapper. She knows how components work, and work together. She's also clearly smart.
She can effectively fight Kylo Ren because she's got practical experience, and he suffers from "Lindros" syndrome - his force powers have allowed him to fight without needing to be an expert in lightsaber combat (much as Lindros' size let him play with his head down for a long time).
Anyway - that's why I don't see any issue with her abilities. |
This was part of what made the movie so bad....
Having Rey grow up in a troubled background and then not use that in the story was a huge waste of an opportunity. People from those backgrounds usually have severe issues. Rey's only issue was an abandonment issue, which the movie didn't properly explore. The abandonment issue is there, but it in no way actually affects Rey's actions. It would have been a much better story if Rey failed in several parts of her story due to the issues caused by her background. This is what happens with Luke. We see Luke, due to his naivity and lack of experience, fail is his first attempt to take down Vader and fail in his initial attempt at Jedi training.
Rey on the other hand speaks with a perfect Oxford accent and has knowledge of all things, despite never having proper parents or any kind of formal education. While other Jedis have shown talents in certain subjects, Rey seems to be proficient in all things. It would have just made for a better story to have Rey have some major failing. Her background allowed for a perfect setup. I'm not saying they should have made her a down and out drug addict, but something...anything would have been better.
Having characters with shades of grey and complexity is really what separates what I would call a "good movie" from your classic Disney fare. This is my major issue with the critics. Many have stated that this is a complex movie, on the level with ROJ. In reality, it's just an effects driven action movie.