There’s no question that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is the focal point of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. She sits at the epicenter of everything, figuratively and literally: both new posters for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker feature the character prominently. Despite the character’s growth over the course of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, some still see Rey as a “Mary-Sue” to whom her skills come too easily. She’s not; in fact, she’s all Kylo Ren’s fault.
Rey first became aware of her Force abilities the moment she laid hands on the Skywalker lightsaber. Now, admittedly, I can see why some would trend towards believing her to be a Mary-Sue. The visions she experienced when she touched the saber were the result of her latent psychometric power. Thus far we’ve only seen one other Force user who could wield such strong power (the ability to see through the Force visions generated by touch): Jedi Master Quinlan Vos. But… it wasn’t until Rey encountered Kylo Ren and his hubris that her powers truly awakened.
Kylo Ren is responsible for Rey
Kylo Ren, in is arrogance, determined that he didn’t need a droid to find the map to Luke Skywalker. He’d extract it directly from “the girl.” Little did he know. Rey’s connection with the Force became readily apparent, to Ren and to Rey, when he tried to probe her mind. She, in turn, immediately discovered that she possessed the same skill. The floodgates opened from there, and Kylo Ren was responsible for opening them.
That led directly to Rey’s ability to manipulate the Stormtrooper’s mind to free her. Her duel with Ren on Starkiller Base also triggered something within her. His misguided offer to teach Rey in the Force unlocked a Force-driven, meditative state. That allowed her power to surge, and ultimately allowed her to defeat Ren before the planet tumultuously tore apart.
Ren enables her growth in The Last Jedi
In some ways Kylo Ren did become a teacher. Their connection, and his continued efforts to lure her to the Dark Side, propelled her forward in the Force. Her desire to do good, to redeem him, only focused her power even more. And his claim that she was a “nobody” only seemed to strengthen her drive to find herself in the Force all the more.
Lastly, their battle in Snoke’s throne room gave Rey a glimmer of hope of his return to the light. Ren would, of course, shatter that hope by mimicking his grandfather’s words and asking her to join him at his side to rule the galaxy. That was the final push the would-be Jedi needed to fully embrace her abilities, for the galaxy’s sake. Expect her to only hone her skills up to and including the final, anticipated battle between Rey and Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker.
So Rey really isn’t a Mary-Sue at all. To the contrary: Kylo Ren is directly responsible for her rise in the Force… from a certain point of view.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrives December 20.
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Still a Mary Sue
Rey is a Mary sue, she legit hasn’t lost a single fight. Even against motha fraking LUKE!
What ‘growth’ has Ma Rey Sue gone through? She, from the second she picked up a lightsaber, was a better Jedi than a guy trained by Luke Skywalker from childhood
Despite the character’s growth? LOL once I read that I knew this article was a joke.. Character growth lol..
No character growth at all
This is just liberal propaganda for someone on par with the Hollywood agenda to promote this fake fem Nazi agenda. Rey’s the biggest Mary Sue character in the history of Hollywood. What character growth are you stupid? Whoever wrote this article I have only one question; how does Kathleen Kennedy’s butthole taste?
Complete garbage. Ever since Kathleen Kennedy took over Star wars has been doomed. Rey is the biggest Mary Jane character ever. All these articles coming out are by liberals who support a Hollywood feminist agenda. Every Star wars movie does less sales than the previous one who are they kidding when will Bob iger realize the pair he used to have when he was a man fell off long ago.
As you read this, America hating liberal censors block more comments than they allow. Yes, Rey is still the absolute biggest Mary Jane character you will ever see in any movie and the writers who continue the pump out this propaganda trying to convince you otherwise are part of the liberal Hollywood agenda.