[quote=@BrokenPromise] Ultimately, it's bad story craft to have a perfect character with no real opposition. [/quote] Good thing we didn't have that story. [quote=@Crimson Paladin] Yes, but before the Sequel Trilogy, the heroes actually had to work to be able to tap into it. You're right that the Force seeks to rebalance itself and that force bonds can make it easier for someone to learn to use the Force even in the EU, a good example being KOTOR II (which was also a far better subversion and deconstruction of the setting than TLJ was).[/quote] TLJ wasn't a subversion, it was just answering questions TFA didn't want to answer because JJ doesn't like doing that and people didn't like the answers given because it didn't match their theories. Rey doesn't even do anything that remarkable with the Force until TROS by which point it doesn't matter because she's got the texts, Leia's a Jedi master now, and also her blood is magic because fuck it let's ruin all our established characters because people weren't happy. [quote]Narratively, however, it feels unsound because they basically give Rey the power on a silver platter by giving her the force bond shortcut instead of having to spend a few films working hard and having to constantly be rescued until she can stand on her own two feet so to speak, and again I reiterate that I believe that it's because the execs didn't think that Rey would be as initially marketable if they made her take as much time as Luke did in the OT to get to around his level, because they believed "morally conflicted but already capable fighter" would sell more toys than "idealistic aspiring hero who starts out with no skills other than barnstorming and creativity with a grappling line, and as a result has to be rescued constantly until the third film".[/quote] Rey [i]does[/i] have to be rescued in TLJ. Kylo rescues her from the mess she put herself into. She initially assumed she needed rescue in TFA but then the Force awoke in her and she tried her luck and then the character that we saw to be a loner, survivalist who looks out and takes care of herself out of necessity thanks to her harsh environment....decided to survive and take care of herself until she ran into her friend and father figure. The movie itself, the script of the movie, and the novelization of the sequel movie have all given legitimate reasons as to why Rey was able to use [i]one single Force ability after being told how she's Force sensitive and how to let it flow through and guide her by two different people[/i] but it's rejected because in the first movie she didn't have Luke or Leia step in and go "Let me train you on our trip to Starkiller Base". Why would that have been more agreeable instead of having the villains (and a hero) remark how strong she is and her realizing that, like the great hero Luke Skywalker that even she has heard of in her backwater nowhere planet, maybe she can do something too? Why does Rey need training to justify a mind trick because she's a human but Baby Yoda doesn't need anything to justify more impressive feats just because he's of the same unknown race as a centuries old Jedi Master. [quote]And then Disney has the audacity to turn him into a jaded failure who sits in hiding drinking sloth milk while the mess he created continues to snowball into a bigger and bigger disaster, so they can plug their new, superior chosen hero to save the day. [/quote] Yes, we saw Disney take an idea George Lucas had and run with it to give Luke Skywalker a more human characterization because the Jedi constantly deal with the dark side. Their 'superior chosen hero' literally left because she thought [i]Kylo[/i] was the one that was going to save the day, she was wrong, messed up, and then Luke Skywalker had to be the [i]biggest and best Jedi ever[/i] to save the day but yes let's act like Luke's development doesn't make sense or is a slap in the face instead of a natural progression of a character who for three movies was an impatient kid who only believed Vader could be redeemed in the last twenty minutes of the last movie.