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Lawlight said:

Nuvendil said:

Or it is because the term is highly imprecise, vague, debated, poorly defined (see here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue ), and usually only flung as criticism of an unliked important character.

And going by the loosely held set of ideas that passes for the definition of the term, Luke falls just as close to the term as Rey.  I do feel her defeating the villain head on is too fast, but I think that's a failing in writing the villain, not because she is a Mary Sue.

No, it's because it's accurate. And Luke doesn't perform the same feats as her. It's been discussed multiples anyway - there's no way around the fact that she's a Mary Sue/flawless/everyone's world revolves around her, etc. and therefore a terrible character.

She didn't seem flawless to me as she made the mistake of letting the Rathars out when she intended to close the doors on the two gangs to protect Han Solo from them. She also initially decided to run away after touching the lightsaber instead of listening to Maz. Still, I understand why she would be seen as a Mary Sue (even though I disagree with that).