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Originally Posted by Skoob

It's not personal. I hate the movies, not the characters. Most fans don't care about the new characters because they're so hollow and undeveloped (the writing is so rotten) that there's no reason to care. What they did to Luke in particular was atrocious, like a stranger deliberately smashing your favorite toy or burning your favorite book.

She washed the old Jakku mummy wrappings, so that's something. Why she needs a training droid is anyone's guess, since her powers are already godlike.

Well, to be totally honest, ALL the star wars movies are horribly hollow and undeveloped. George Lucas was repeatedly quoted even back in the 70's saying that the dialog doesn't matter. For mindless fun, they are great. For a deep character study, they are severely lacking.

As for Luke, I thought TLJ was the most believable thing Luke did. He's EXACTLY like Yoda and his father. Life doesn't go his way, he instantly gives up. Yoda was unable to defeat Sidius? He runs away to a swamp instead of leading the resistance. Anakin loses Padme, he shuts himself into the Darth Vader persona and becomes the Emperor's lapdog. His ideals and sense of self gone. Luke loses a few students and his nephew, he hides. Yeah. Jedi are wusses. Completely within character. ESPECIALLY with Luke. Since Yavin he's seen as this miracle worker. Everything goes for him. He defeats the Emperor, blows up death stars, all these wonders... his first personal defeat and he can't handle it. He's a millennial from far, far away.

As for Rey, my guess... and this is pure conjecture on my part... she's a 2nd attempt at a sith creating life from midiclorians (Palpatine says that Plageis told him everything he knew)… She is the personification of the force, and a better attempt than Anakin was. Explains her natural skill.

That, and a lone girl stranded on a planet with a bunch of nasty older men, I'm sure she's quite well trained in combat to defend herself from perverts.