I’m going to talk about Rey today. I’m shall be honest from the beginning - I did not like the Sequels. TFA, TLJ and TROS were enjoyable watches, but I despised them as Star Wars movies. I, however, do not condone bullying the actors/actresses that partook in the Sequels, I quite frankly believe their performances were one of the Trilogy’s saving graces. Sometimes I need to vent my feelings about the fandoms I find myself invested in, and Tumblr is the best place to do it. (Daisy Ridley is an amazing and beautiful actress. She did beautifully with the material that was handed over to her. It was by no fault of hers that Rey is a poorly developed character.)

I understand why Disney wanted to have a female lead. In fact, I do not think it was a bad idea. Quite the opposite actually. Yet, Disney and Lucasfilm went about the wrong way doing it. Rey, for one, was a very generic character. She did not have any special or new about her. Potentially powerful Force user stuck on a desert planet, lost and without purpose until they come across a droid - that was literally Luke’s storyline. The ‘Chosen One’ arc in the Rise of Skywalker - that was Anakin and the fact that they robbed that from him still pisses me off. That isn’t all - her character was literally a mashup of the Skywalkers that preceded her. Though the journey was far easier for her. She was able to best Kylo Ren with a lightsaber she was using for the first time. She had no difficulty learning how to use the Force. It took Anakin and Luke years to master the Force. Even after training they failed in the face of experienced duelist. Anakin lost to Dooku despite being the most powerful Force user to exist. Luke lost to Vader. If one took in account the Legends, it took years for Leia to master the Jedi Arts. Rey has everything handed to her on silver platter. She was approached by the Force Ghosts in the last movie when Anakin did not even try to talk to his grandson that was idealizing his sins. Rey had no real struggles. She had no development. Making her a Palpatine changed nothing and that was frankly stupid. Finn had struggles which we should have had seen more of. Kylo Ren had legit struggles. Both of them were better characters and would have better served as the main protagonist. I’m not being sexist. Some times that is just facts.