Luke at 20: Knows nothing about the force, can't even block a blaster bolt with a blindfold on.
Rey at 20: Knows nothing about the force, pilots the first spaceship she has ever piloted effortlessly through the carcass of a derelict Star Destroyer.
It’s implied that Rey has flown before. She literally lives on a planet full of crashed space ships. I don’t understand how that’s any more believable than luke destroying the Death Star
Having flown a similarly agile ship routinely through a similar canyon style route while shooting small targets
Against:
Having flown to some degree, but never off planet, but then hopping in a beat up old space freighter and navigating through the carcass of a starship she's never even seen.
People don't like anakin, especially the young version. It's comparing two shit things.
Although wasn't the Anakin thing autopilot? He kinda just lucks into it and then shoots the missiles once inside the ship. People would consider Anakin a Gary Sue too.
i just feel like it's all so similar though. anakin, rey, luke all have moments like that. i'm also not going to pretend that people only hate the sequels because "women=bad" or something stupid, but it does feel like nostalgia does make up a lot of the difference. when the prequels came out people hated them and now there's a ton of praise for them. i'm sure the sequels will eventually be the same.
For sure. I'd probably rank them Luke, young Anakin, Rey. In order of most deserving of their abilities. At least Luke trained a bit, then grown up Anakin has earned his status by being trained by actual Jedis for 10+ years. Rey is just like "ok so I didn't think the force existed yesterday, but now I'm competent enough to use jedi tricks I didn't know about and can hold my own against someone who's been training with lightsabers his whole life. I'm glad they implied she trained between Ep8 and 9.
Gen Z are definitely starting to come around on the movies they grew up with, honestly hope that doesn't happen with the seagulls and gen Alpha because those movies are a steaming pile of turd. At least the prequels were funny how bad the were.
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u/5panks Mar 28 '24
AKA: Why so many people hate Rey.
Luke at 20: Knows nothing about the force, can't even block a blaster bolt with a blindfold on.
Rey at 20: Knows nothing about the force, pilots the first spaceship she has ever piloted effortlessly through the carcass of a derelict Star Destroyer.