u/Due-Cucumber2233

I’ve recently rewatched the sequel films (tough) and I’ve thought to myself how different of a character/story Rey could have had if the first film hadn’t been a carbon copy of A New Hope. Found myself asking questions like can you be trained by a force ghost? Would Rey have benefited as a character if she had to build her own lightsaber? Imagine the narrative if Rey was trained by Anakin Skywalker’s force ghost, while Kylo Ren is still worshiping Darth Vader. I feel like this would also merit her taking the Skywalker name a lot more at the end of the trilogy and sets up a powerful almost religious conversation where two sides worship/are influenced by the same figure in different ways leading them down different paths and eventually conflict.

It just goes to show I don’t think there was anything outright wrong with the actors cast or the bare bones characters, they just fell down the trap of making Rey all powerful because she is a woman and Hollywood still haven’t worked out how to build those characters.