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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare
If anything thus really really bugged me, because the journey to be great shouldn't be attained with the simplicity that Rey achieved it.
The age old term " if it was easy everyone be doing it"
Rey smashed the idea that to be excellent in a craft you have to work hard and earn it. The mystique and regard of being a Jedi is lost on the shortcut that Rian Johnson created with Rey's character arc.
I had to interject on this statement, because as a Martial Artists mind over matter is a major tenet. It's a slap in the face to the audience by conveying that anyone who has the capability will be great without effort.
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Are you talking about her fighting skills with a light saber or her force power skills?
If it's her fighting skills, Do you not see her survival on a rough planet fending and defending for herself as "hard work"? You'd know the difference between fighting with a staff as opposed to a sword better than I, but from a laymans stand point, her backstory seemed to be in-line enough to support her ability in combat. Assuming you were able to suspend belief enough to buy that Luke was one of the best pilots in the resistance the very first time he stepped in an xwing. And he was just a farmer his whole life.
If it's her ability with the force that bugs you, rian really didn't have her do much with the force in this movie. She picked up and moved a pile of rocks and had a force tug-o-war with Ren. And its been established that if you have the ability to wield the force, it doesn't take much training to actually wield it. Again, Luke was able to
blindly deflect three laser shots on just his second attempt, having no swordsman ship skills to speak of (at least not introduced in the story as Rey's was) with nothing more than a vague sentence from obi wan in the way of training.
It doesn't seem like Reys character is out of bounds at all to me.
Regardless, i enjoy and appreciate the conversation. Saw it for the 4th time just now and each time I like it even better.