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What is Rey's most ridiculous Mary Sue power?

posted 7 years ago by TheUltimateHippo (2250)
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For me it is always going to be her perfection of the mind trick before she even realizes she has the force. I mean this is something that Qui-Gon Jin (a trained Jedi master) failed to use on Watto and Luke Skywalker in his prime failed to use it on Jabba the Hutt.

Yes I get it, women are strong, they don't always need men to protect them, blah, blah, blah I've heard it all before I don't need Star Wars to force (no pun intended) it down my throat.

It will be interesting to see what Mary Sue powers she develops in The Last Jedi.

[–] filmtenk (765) 7 years ago

Kicking you in the ballls

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Qui-Gon Jin (a trained Jedi master) failed to use on Watto and Luke Skywalker in his prime failed to use it on Jabba the Hutt.

Watto and Jabba are immune to it.

[–] TheUltimateHippo (2250) 7 years ago

Doesn't matter, they were both trained Jedi and their powers were limited yet Rey who after immediately discovering she had the force was able to successfully mind trick someone. Even Luke after he discovered he had the force had no freaking clue how to do the mind trick, he needed Obi-Wan to do it.

[–] Volley (3443) 7 years ago

Being able to not only fix the Millennium Falcon, but pilot it despite it being a ship from over 50 years ago.

This would be the equivalent of a person who grew up with a computer from the 2030's being able to repair a computer running MS-DOS 4, 512K RAM, and a 20MB hard drive from the 80's, and then playing Flight Simulator 3 on it knowing all the keys and controls instantly.

It just doesn't add up.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Rey's caretaker, the one she works for, owned the Falcon. She's had years of access to it. Easily noticed by watching the movie.

[–] Volley (3443) 7 years ago

If that was true, then she would have ran towards the Falcon with Finn and BB8 instead of the pathetic "Quadjumpah".

The First Order TIE Fighter takes out the QuadJumpah in a single laser barrage, which is insane.

We saw the Millennium Falcon take not only multiple laser barrages from TIE Fighters throughout the Classic Trilogy, BUT also Imperial-class Star Destroyers, direct asteroid impacts, and even extreme heat from the Death Star II explosion.

QuadJumpah wouldn't have stood a chance in any of those, so why would Rey risk her life, Finn's life, BB8's droid life, for that over the Millennium Falcon which she apparently had vast knowledge of?

[–] TheUltimateHippo (2250) 7 years ago

Oh yes knowing how to fix the Falcon better than Han Solo was cringe inducing. I forgot about that one. Her ability to beat the hell out of Finn and the "don't hold my hand" scene are other examples.

[–] Arghhhh (804) 7 years ago

Yep. And not just pilot it, pull off the most incredible flying we've seen in the entire saga (lining up the broken Lazer to shoot the tie), on her very first time in the cockpit!

This movie is an embarrassment to the species.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

Are you upset that she is a Mary Sue type character or are you upset that she bested your avatar... sorry... Ahem... your favourite childhood characters?

Those are two different concepts...

[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

I thought they saved the most ridiculous Sueness for last -- her defeating Kylo in lightsaber combat. Beating a trained Sith apprentice (who himself was powerful enough in the Force to freeze blaster bolts in mid-air) the first time she picked up a lightsaber was pretty laughable.

[–] TheUltimateHippo (2250) 7 years ago

Not to mention this sith who apparently wiped out Luke skywalkers entire Jedi order is wounded by a non force user and then defeated by someone who found out 20 minutes ago that she had the force.

[–] Bubbathegut (18249) 7 years ago

...but the force awakened!

lol

[–] crc32 (2584) 7 years ago

That she can take down scores of men who are twice her mass and strength.

[–] darkpast (9030) 7 years ago

to make fanboys endlessly complain about it on message boards from their mother's basements =)

[–] PresidentAckbar (1289) 7 years ago

Getting force pushed into a tree and then falling 30 feet and have zero injuries.

[–] AckbartheHutt (1370) 7 years ago

But the snow was soft that day.