The Fans Have Spoken, Last Jedi Drops A Massive 68%

[KLAMarine]

Soundwave said:

KLAMarine said:

No. Rey was a good fighter both with a staff and a lightsaber, a good mechanic and seemed to know the MF better than Han himself (for f***'s sake), a good pilot, a good shot, a good droid interpreter, and a good force user. All in the first film.

 

Harry was a good broom rider and quidditch player, sort of... He caught the snitch or rather, it landed in his mouth so it was more accidental than a deed of skill. Hermione was more book-smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oMfkHviqE

Also, Snape hated him.

All that stuff is text book golden child/chosen one archetype stuff, lol. 

Right down to the tee. "Lucky things" just seem to happen to them, and they are resented by others who are basically jealous of them being so great, they are good at most everything. 

My personal theory on Rey is that she is chosen by Anakin to inherit his power as the Chosen One if there absolutely needs to be a spelt out explanation. That would bring a lot of things full circle and it fits within Buddhist/Eastern philosophies that Star Wars very obviously "borrows" from. 

The only lesson these characters typically learn is that they should never doubt themselves because they're always right. It's basically the only thing Neo learns in the Matrix. He is the Compu-Jesus and he was wrong to even doubt that himself, let alone other characters like Cipher and Agent Smith who doubt him, those two are really wrong lol. That's the moral of the story, the only "wrong" thing Neo does in the movie is ever doubt himself, and even then everything works out great for him, lol. His plan to save Morphues, the entire execution of it, is 100% correct, even though no one agrees with him. His choice to stare down Agent Smith and fight him is 100% even though he is specifically told NOT to do this. And when he should die by the "rules" of that Matrix, he basically doesn't, lol, cuz Neo. And love. But mostly Neo. 

So what "most everything" was Harry good at?

 

Also, was he lucky or was he good? Being lucky and being good are two different things.

Simpleton said:

KLAMarine said:

No. Rey was a good fighter both with a staff and a lightsaber, a good mechanic and seemed to know the MF better than Han himself (for f***'s sake), a good pilot, a good shot, a good droid interpreter, and a good force user better than Kylo (for f***'s sake again!).

 

All in the first film.

 

Harry was a good broom rider and quidditch player, sort of... He caught the snitch or rather, it landed in his mouth so it was more accidental than a deed of skill. Hermione was more book-smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oMfkHviqE

Also, Snape hated him.

In the first half of the series whenever confronted with a threat there's always some convenience that gets him out of it and it isn't until the 4th movie where he fails at something. The writing for Harry Potter, it isn't until the very end of the series where he can solve stuff on his own without conveniences and generous writing.

Be that as it may, being lucky and being good are not the same thing.

 

Harry got lucky with some explanation, Rey was good at pretty much everything she tried her hand at without explanation.