Is Rey from Star Wars a Mary Sue?

[Azuren]

Goodnightmoon said:

Azuren said:

None of those appeared in one of the largest franchises with the same severity of Mary Sue that Rey is.

Tell that to characters like Harry Potter, James Bond or Neo.

Harry Potter is a lucky kid who constantly falls back on Hermione and Ron for help (the former of the two appearing closer to a Mary Sue in the movies than Harry does). Without Hermione's intellect and Ron's heart, Harry would have failed repeatedly throughout the series. The idea is the trio makes up for each other's weaknesses rather than Harry being the smartest, bravest, most capable wizard in the series. Not only that, but Harry starts off being absolutely helpless in most cases. He doesn't become competent until he's forced to do so by life and death situations.

 

Not gonna touch James Bond, since I don't know jack shit about him.

 

Neo prior to the end of the first movie was full of flaws and imperfections. It wasn't until the end of the first movie that he became a god of the Matrix, which was not only the entire point of the first movie, but also why the series had a massive dip in quality following it. Even then, Neo gradually loses spotlight to the more vulnerable characters because *gasp* it's really boring watching some guy walk around succeeding all of the time.