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Anakin flew that Naboo ship in autopilot until it was in the middle of the fight. R2 had to disable it so Anakin(g) could fly freely and barely made it because of the mess during the conflict. Pure luck.

He got his flying skills after years because of the force and experiencie with the high speed pod racers. Luke never came close to his father skills, but was a good pilot.

Not sure if we watched the same movie! I'm not sure but I think you're just messing with him, now.

1. Rey saved herself! Jedi mind trick, etc. When Finn got there, she was already free! Luke used the Force to make that shot on the Death Star--with Obi Wan guiding him.

2. She was pretty darn amazing, flying the Falcon. So good she was able to line up the shot with the TIE Fighter when the turret was broken.

3. You know what, I'm sure your joking now! Lol! I was going to reply to everything!

I'll just add that Luke destroyed the Death Star at the expense of many of his comrades during the mission. He was protected for the chance to get a good shoot. No mind tricks. No expert sable laser (lol, he got his ass beaten easily even after Yoda's training, and that at the end of the second movie). And no expert flying.

The real pilots were Chewie and Han.

1. Only if you insist on not believing what is stated in the movie multiple times.

2. No she didn't. And piloting ships is hard. Anakin states he is able to pilot a Naboo fighter because it's similar to a pod racer.

3. Because she's needs self-defense. 20 years of scavenging doesn't prepare you for armed combat.

4. And again, this is only true if you blatantly disregard what is said in the movie. This is honestly your weakest argument at this point, and each time you argue it you show more and more how you actually don't know what you're talking about and instead showcase how unbelievably stubborn you can be in the face of hard evidence.

5. And if I make my own original character for the Star Wars universe and explain his godly skillset by saying something stupid like "he's an amalgamated reincarnation of Han, Like, Leia, and Anakin, guess what? It's still a Mary Sue. Explaining how they got the powers doesn't disqualify them as a Mary Sue. And when everyone is telling you a character is a Mary Sue and your leading argument is "but she wanted to go back to ____", guess what? You actually are wrong, and no amount of mental gymnastics will prove otherwise.

6. So your argument is that because he failed to wield it properly twice, that makes up for the fact that Rey wielded it over time to absolute success? Because "it called to her"? You're really not helping your argument that she isn't a Mary Sue.

8. You do know that TIE Fighters are extremely maneuverable and fast, right? That that on a planet with gravity while inside another space ship, the size advantage would go to the TIE Fighters?

Then you're just not paying attention, really. She's a better pilot than Han, a better mechanic than Chewy, a better Jedi than Anakin...

Whelp, after TLJ's 2nd weekend + 2 extra days, so 5 days altogether, it still hasn't matched TFA 2nd weekend (3 days) drop of 39.8%. It's at a 42.4% drop. Guess it'll take 5 1/2 days to match TFA's 3 days. Of course, that is just percentages. In those 5 days, it dropped another $83M below TFA.

Two more interesting things I noticed. One, Disney seems to be keeping the Foreign Totals up to date. If I recall correctly, usually those are only updated after every weekend. Granted, I don't follow every movie, so this may be the norm for other films. Either way, they aren't painting the best picture. Not only did it make just $40M in the past two days in the Foreign markets, but the FT also just dipped below the DT.

If you remember, foreign markets made up almost 55% of the total gross of TFA. Now, it looks like the US is going to have the larger percentage of the total gross. Foreign markets are dropping quicker than the US markets are. Then, you also have the news that presales in China, the only major market it isn't available in, yet, were lower than even Rogue One. Like I said before, $1.5B was far from guaranteed.

It'll still make 1.5B... It will be over 900M by next weekend and linger in theaters for another month or more after that.

A Mary Sue isn't a Mary Sue because she has no obstacles in the story.  The Mary Sue has very little, and what ones she does have she conquers them easily and quickly, usually herself, but sometimes with the help of someone who is infatuated with her.  Which is what happened in the movie every time.  Most of the time she did it by herself, having powers or skills she has no right to be so proficient in.  Especially when it comes to the Force, using a lightsaber, and flying the MF.

I don't think the problem with Rey is that she's a "Mary Sue," so much, I mean she is obviously Force sensitive so she's going to be super powerful. I think the main problem is the pacing of her character's growth and lack of explanation/filling in the gaps there. Her character just feels pretty hollow and wooden. There are many times where she just suddenly seems to jump to a higher level of power with little reasoning. Luke had a much slower climb to his grasping of the Force and gaining power, and struggled more in doing so (and that was WITH the training of Obi Wan and then Yoda). The result is he feels a lot more human, which is why I think he has more of a lasting impact and many can relate to hm more than Rey, who almost seems robotic in her much quicker leap in power (not to mention relative lack of personality).

As an audience we need to be able to relate to a character by seeing them with flaws, and often undergo a long and arduous struggle to get from the bottom to the top. That's what makes the hero's journey so distinct and memorable, and why I think Star Wars was so impactful in the first place. I don't really get that sense with Rey so much. Without someone we can relate to as an audience, why bother? Why should we care about the larger story around it all?