Is Rey from Star Wars a Mary Sue?

[Azuren]

Ivant said:
https://youtu.be/CALcI-4vM8E

This explains it very well, also points out another major star wars character as a Marty stu.. Phantom menace anakin.

I haven't seen nor heard a better explanation than this, nor a more balanced or reasonable one that covers the other bases (it not being sex is, daisy ridley doing a good job etc)

This is even before TLJ, Where the Mary Sue-Ness is just magnified.

I find myself wishing this new trilogy didn't exist, and I quite liked the prequels despite their flaws.

Post phantom menace the Marty - stu Ness of an akin was bearable, he had decent training and there were already 4 movies establishing he was very very powerful, and even then he was more fallable than Rey.

Anyway, just my two cents

Gary Stu Anakin was acceptable because he was less Gary Stu and moreso just a master at the things they decided to make him good at.

 

Example: He didn't hop out of his ship, grab a lightsaber, and take down Darth Maul after Qui-gon got taken out. He had zero experience in combat, much less lightsaber dueling. No, instead he noticed the ship he was in was very similar to a pod racer (which his skill with was explained by having advanced reflexes due to the force, not Rey's godly level of force powers sans training). So he applied his established pilot skills to fly the ship (badly, mind you; he was still figuring out aileron rolls and whatnot, and his kill count was awful). He accidentally crashed into the mothership because of his lame skills, where he happened to be within during range of the mothership's main generator.

 

In short, Anakin didn't manifest unwarranted talent for the sake of being the main character, he applied his established talent as best he could and was mostly lucky.