Post by simplemoviecommenter on Dec 14, 2017 2:17:41 GMT
Dec 13, 2017 21:35:47 GMT @painbow said:
It's part of Star Wars canon that some people are just born being good with the Force and that it manifests itself sometimes without training. And again: I know for a fact this wouldn't be an issue for you or anyone else if she were male.
Look at the scene. Luke is already in the middle of lightsaber training. Chewbacca and R2D2 have been playing a long game. Han is taking it easy lounging around.
It can be easily inferred that a considerable amount of time has passed, like an hour or more. In which Luke receive hands-on training from a master. The sensor ball and deflecting shots is basic intuition shit. And by the end of the movie, the only Jedi thing Luke does is use the Force to intuitively know when and where to react with a torpedo. He never mind tricked any Death Star personnel or Force Grabbed Obi-wan's lightsaber and dueled Darth Vader to victory. That would've been bullshit.
Yes, canon says some people are born good at it, but Rey is so goddamn boring because of it. And you don't know that we wouldn't care if Rey were male. We've explained time and time again the big differences between Rey and Luke and we never used her gender.
Well, for me I used her gender one time to disparage that TFA scene where she screams at Finn for holding her hand. That scene would never have happened if she were male. But the developers really felt they had to bludgeon in such an unnecessary in-your-face girl power thing. "Rey's a strong independent woman who don't need no man!" Did Princess Leia ever do something like that with her rescuers Luke and Han?