As I said, we know nothing about Yoda's species, except as I've mentioned, every single one seen previously both in the old EU and the new Disney canon is that every single one was a Jedi master.  They may have had centuries to train, but they were all force-sensitive, something that can't be gained by training.  It makes sense for a species that is universally force-sensitive to have some sort of instinctual ability to use the Force, and is a lot more plausible than a human, a species which is not only only rarely force-sensitive, but even those that are typically require extensive training to learn to use.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I still find Baby Yoda more tolerable because for all of his powers, it doesn't make him unstoppable- most of the struggles in the series are solved by the Mandalorian and his allies.

Compare Rey to Luke, or Anakin for that matter.  They were also chosen ones, but they required actual training to use the Force.  Prior to being taught by Obi-Wan, the only abilities they could tap into by themselves were supernaturally good reflexes and perhaps a bit of a sixth sense.  True, Luke could pull his lightsaber to him on Hoth in Empire Strikes Back, but that's partially explained by a midquel novel [i]Heir to the Jedi[/i] (in a bit of trivia, it was originally intended for the previous EU, but was folded into Disney canon, so its intentions apply to both canons) which details Luke's attempt to learn to harness the Force without Obi-Wan, and also has him try and fail to use a mind trick.  By contrast, Rey is able to figure out a mind trick in about a minute without presumably having ever seen one in action, and is able to use telekinesis with enough strength to overpower Kylo's own telekinesis.  And then she does herself one better by figuring out how to force heal by herself...somehow.

Rey basically gains her powers on her own with minimal lead up and no training, just because The Force wills it for some reason.  The real reason is that Disney wanted a strong poster girl but didn't want to have to take the time developing her into it like was the case with Luke, who spent most of the OT being little more than a farmboy who could barely use his powers, struggling constantly and having to be rescued repeatedly.  The more cynical explanation is that they simply wanted someone who was straight up superior to the Jedi hero of the OT.

I don't disparage Rey's ability to fight any more than I disparage Luke's ability to pilot.  They're skills that are established early on (or at least seemingly intended to be), and they're pivotal to the respective character's success in the first movie of each trilogy.  That's not what this is about.  I'll admit that Anakin blowing up the Trade Federation command ship was silly and unnecessary, but it was a good example of the old EU idea of the Force having a sense of humor when it comes to chosen ones, that sometimes destiny gets silly, kind of like that anecdote in KOTOR about that guy with a great destiny...who got thrown into a reactor shaft by a warlord, which caused the ship to be destroyed and the political course of the sector to be changed for centuries to come.

[quote=@Penny]
While Luke's piloting ability is highly suspect, I never stopped to consider he is the kind of asshole that shoots at animals from the back of a pickup. 
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To be fair, Womp Rats are disease-carrying pests that also happen to be aggressive pack hunters.  Imagine the Pandyssian Bull Rats from Dishonored, except they can grow to be over 2 meters each.