[quote=@Fabricant451] While there are lot of reasons to dislike TLJ, its handling of Rey was not one of them. [/quote] That's fair. TLJ, for its many, many flaws, was willing to put Rey in danger that she couldn't Deus ex Machina her way out of. [quote] 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? [/quote] Because it feels like it's being handed to her early on. Luke couldn't successfully use Telekinesis until his second movie and even then it was established to be pretty weak at the time, he and didn't pull off a mind trick until the third. [quote] 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] Because aside from what I've said, Rey is the hero of the Sequel Trilogy. It's about her journey, whereas Baby Yoda is but a supporting character in his series, of a species we know nothing about other than every previously seen member has been immensely strong in the Force, and fifty years of background we know nothing about, which means I'm willing to give it a benefit of a doubt, at least for the time being. [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. [/quote] That wasn't simply human characterization or natural progression. This was turning the hero of the original trilogy, the one who was to bring about the return of the Jedi Order, and one of the science fiction and space opera genres' most iconic heroes, and turned him into a failure who gave up when he hit a setback and ran from his responsibilities and went into hiding. It's not that he made mistakes, it's that he ran and hid from them and because of it, the fallout of his mistakes worsened until the galaxy went to hell. At least Yoda and Obi-Wan kept on fighting the Sith right up until things got bad enough that they couldn't continue, and even then never lost hope that they could set things right. Sure he eventually got over himself and sacrificed himself to save the day- years later, after the galaxy had gone to hell due to his irresponsible inaction. And if anything, his willingness to try and redeem his father stands in stark, insulting contrast to the foolish action that led to the destruction of his would-be Jedi Order. Making Luke flawed and human is one thing. But turning him into the mockery of everything the character once stood for is another.