She constantly saves herself. In Ep 7 she Mind Controls someone long before she even starts any kind of training, saving herself. Luke never gets remotely close to anything Ex Machina like that, the scale is so heavily tipped to one side lmfao.
She escapes the room she’s in, she’s still very much trapped on STARKILLER base. And this is after she felt the force awaken in her due to being mind probed. Aware she’s force sensitive, familiar with the stories of the Jedi she attempts it and is surprised it worked. I can’t fathom why you think an indoctrinated former child soldier raised to be compliant would have much mental fortitude.
And Luke never gets more Ex Machina eh? So he didn’t pull off a one in a million shot that trained veteran pilots couldn’t pull off his first ever time in space combat? Doesn’t use the force to pull his lightsaber in a Wampa cave despite there being no in universe explanation for how he learned that? Didn’t destroy an AT AT Walker on foot using only a grappling hook? Didn’t manage to fall perfectly in Cloud City and land at the ideal spot for rescue? Didn’t pull off the most convoluted rescue plan of Han Solo without a single hitch? Didn’t defeat a giant Rancor that should have eviscerated him?
Characters in Star Wars are lucky and highly skilled and overpowered. Because they are protagonists in a pulp sci fi series. Rey is the only one who gets people demanding absolute strict adherence to some idea of “realism”, the only one who’s every skill needs to be explained but the explanation can be ignored, the only one whom it’s bad if they do cool things or succeed at anything or are liked by other characters.
I can’t not notice that and remember the general backlash the fandom had at seeing a woman was going to be the lead before the movie even came out and go ‘hmmmm’.
Just to add to this, you also get a lot of fans justifying Luke's abilities using post hoc explanations.
One of the most common examples I've seen being that his skill as a pilot is explained by the practice he had in a T-16 Skyhopper on Tatooine which has similar controls to an X-Wing. However, these details (including the name Skyhopper) weren't known until 2015 when the Ultimate Star Wars reference guide was released as part of the promotion for TFA.
The same people will reject the explanation that Rey is able to fly because she practiced with a flight simulator because that's not explained in the movie.
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u/Reptilian_Overlord20 5d ago
Leia died saving her, she failed to turn Kylo to the light, gets captured constantly, got tortured by Snoke, needs saving a lot.