| NightDragon83 said: And Luke was already established as a decent pilot who could "bullseye womprats with his T-16" before joining the rebels' attack on the Death Star... it's not like he took the helm of the Millenum Falcon in ANH and within 5 minutes could basically replace the roles of Han and Chewie on the ship in terms of both piloting and maintaining / repairing it. |
He just said he could do it and then did it (when the only thing he did prior saving the day and maybe the universe was drive a pathetic land vehicle), that's pretty lazy writing. Rey was actually shown fending for herself and fighting off those thugs with her staff. She also lived alone, not under the shelter a nice loving family, so it's clear she had a wide set of abilities needed to live in a junkyard. It's not like she was just lying there in her nice dress waiting for a white tough male to come and grab her by the hand to become a lesser character. She's the freaking protagonist of this trilogy, the sooner you deal with it the better.
