So...Rey is a nobody?

Agree. Lucas is ab great visionary and story teller but he needs someone to translate that vision into dialogue and film. I had hoped that Disney would still use his vision to deliver these films.

I'll second that also. GL can write a great story, but sucks at dialogue and direction. As footlegger said, the stories of the prequels are fine. Harrison Ford apparently complained about how GL doesn't really direct while on the set of ANH, and infamously said to GL's face (while waving the script under his nose): "George, you can write this shit, but you can't say it!".

I think ANH worked anyway simply because it was such a fantastic story, the casting was perfect, and nobody had seen anything like it at the time. Basically, it worked in spite of GL's poor direction skills. ESB and RotJ worked because he got someone else to direct them. The prequels would have been better if he'd gotten someone else to direct (which was apparently his original plan, then he changed his mind).

Lucas isn't a bad director, just not suited for the big Space Opera laden with special effects. The original Star Wars was a great movie and if it wasn't we'd never have anything beyond it. The whole franchise are really sequels to "Empire Strikes Back" which created the Mythology. "A New Hope" is really a stand alone movie whose pretense was that it was an episode in a serialized movie franchise.

Funny, I thought that was jam... ;)
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What is the problem with midi-chlorians?

The Star Wars story is still about skywalkers. Ben solo has sky walker blood and is part of the ensemble. Star Wars has never been about just one person, with a new hope being a possible exception.