🐱 ‘Star Wars’ Spotlights Trans Non-Binary Jedi Characters

‘Star Wars’ Spotlights Trans Non-Binary Jedi Characters for Trans Day of Visibility

To honor Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, Lucasfilm debuted an exclusive cover of the “Star Wars: The High Republic” comic book series that features two trans non-binary char…

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To honor Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, Lucasfilm debuted an exclusive cover of the “Star Wars: The High Republic” comic book series that features two trans non-binary characters.

“In honor of #TransDayOfVisibility we’re proud to unveil an exclusive cover highlighting Terec and Ceret, trans non-binary Jedi, currently featured in Marvel’s The High Republic comic,” the Instagram post read. “We support trans lives and we are passionate and committed to broadening our representation in a galaxy far far way.”

First observed in 2014, the holiday is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face. President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation that recognized the holiday.


Making their first appearance in the second issue of “Star Wars: The High Republic,” Terec and Ceret are Jedi bond-twins from the planet Kotab. Analytical and inquisitive, they have a linked consciousness and frequently finish each other’s sentences, even when they aren’t in the same room.


The “Star Wars” universe has introduced a vast number of creatures and characters over the last few decades, becoming a fertile landscape for diversity and inclusion. While Terec and Ceret may be the first trans non-binary Jedi characters, it isn’t the first time trans and non-binary characters have appeared in the larger franchise. Introduced in tie-in novels in 2016 and 2018 respectively, the first two trans non-binary characters to appear in “Star Wars” canon were pirate ruler Eleodie Maracavanya and aspiring scoundrel Taka Jamoreesa.


In late 2020, “Star Wars: Squadrons” introduced a Mirialan pilot named Keo Venzee who used they/them pronouns. The video game portrayed them as a wise-cracking joker with a Keo was revealed to be Force-sensitive, they quickly dismissed this power by saying their abilities were just a hunch. The campaign left Keo’s storyline unresolved, opening up the possibilities of the character showing up in future stories.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Oh just another daily reminder that Star Wars is for faggots and troons.

 

[Antipathy]

Oh just another daily reminder that Star Wars is for faggots and troons.

Everything owned by Disney is for faggots and troons.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Everything owned by Disney is for faggots and troons.

When you're right you're right.

 

[Standardized Profile]

Not in Disney Star Wars.

"Hidalgo says that some facts have been hard to settle on — for example, Death Star sizes.

The Death Stars were as big as the VFX designers made them. When in doubt, ask Curtis Saxton .

like the Eclipse super star destroyer from the thrawn trilogy which was literally a far more mobile mini death star with a super laser

That was Dark Empire.

(Probably wont even mention Wedge Antilles who was in A New hope and TESB as the second in command and then leader of Rogue Squadron

Rogue Squadron wasn't in ANH. Wedge was in Red Squadron. Rogue Group was in ESB, but Luke was in command. Wedge was Rogue Three but it's not clear if he was 2IC. He was also in ROTJ, but he wasn't attached to Rogue Group, he was Red Leader.

Maybe that got retconned in the EU by some illiterate who thought Rogue = Rouge = Red and these were all the same unit, even though one was a starfighter unit and the other was a speeder unit. That sounds like the kind of thing the EU would do.

 

[Android raptor]

What is a Mary Sue? A Mary Sue is a character without meaningful flaw or obstacle, who doesn't have issues, and who wins because the plot mandates it. Let's take Superman. Superman usually fights enemies of equal or superior strength to him. Sure, Superman could totally kill the fuck out of Rey, because he can walk through supernovas no problem, but that does not a Mary Sue make.

A Mary Sue isn't strong by default, Bella from Twilight is a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is a character who suffers no consequences for their actions, who is never morally, intellectually, or operationally incorrect. Mary Sues who are new in setting often twist established characters to be inferior in every way to them, and, because the people who write Mary Sues aren't good writers, this usually means making them blisteringly incompetent.

Rey is a Mary Sue. Never once does she err, lose, or suffer any injury (for more than 10 seconds) or setback in any meaningful way. Established competent, charismatic, heroic characters become incompetent, repulsive, and cowardly (Han Solo and Luke Skywalker most egregiously) so Rey is never not in the spotlight. There is never a moment where her arbitrary, unearned skillset isn't more than adequate to win whatever situation she is in. She is a Mary Sue. Anakin Skywalker got routinely wounded and very nearly killed on multiple occasions, despite being the Chosen One. Luke Skywalker got his ass kicked almost nonstop until Return Of The Jedi, and even then, he only defeated Vader by falling for Vader's bait and giving in to his emotions. Anakin and Luke are not Mary Sues, their decisions have direct, negative consequences for them.

Superman can be a Mary Sue, but he is usually not, as he fights either his own nature, or beings powerful enough to hurt him. He has capacity for error and failure, and people don't instantly love him all the time. I don't remember the story of Beowulf well and cannot speak of it here in any good faith.



Note: while I use the phrase "Mary Sue" as unisex, the phrase "Gary Stu" or "Marty Sam" is usually used for male Mary Sues. The term was coined by Paula Smith in the 1973 work "A Trekkie's Tale". This statement here is just to debunk the rumor that the phrase is sexist, a rumor started by Disney themselves.

Lol rey got her ass nearly (or actually) killed at least once per movie. She tried to run the fuck away in the and got her ass knocked out and kidnapped by Kylo, in tlj she got her ass beat by snoke because she mailed herself to kylos tidies and still failed to bring him back to the light, she also was struggling the entire trilogy with not straight up murdering him and doing other Darkside shit. How the fuck did she make han or Luke incompetent either? She also struggled with being an angry impulsive little shit the entire time.

She might not be the most amazing character even, but she's nowhere near as bad as Bella or fucking Tommy from Rugrats.

I snarked Mary Sues back in the day on the old lj group. Butthurt Fanboys learned the term after twilight an appropriated the term to bash her because they never got over the butthurt of Disney tossing out the eu and because every new sw movie since empire has been treated like it personally murdered people entire families until another one came out.

Sjw's have been calling the term sexist since at least 2012, so no Disney didn't originate that rumor. And yeah it is dumb because some of the most insufferable Mary Sues of all time like Beowulf and Kira yamato are dudes. But it still doesn't mean Rey is one.

Also lol@superman could easily kill Rey and walk through supernovas but he isn't a Sue hurr Durr. Rey was fighting against her own nature and beings strong enough to kill her as well. If that means Superman isn't a Sue, then Rey isn't either.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Lol rey got her ass nearly (or actually) killed at least once per movie. She tried to run the fuck away in the and got her ass knocked out and kidnapped by Kylo, in tlj she got her ass beat by snoke because she mailed herself to kylos tidies and still failed to bring him back to the light, she also was struggling the entire trilogy with not straight up murdering him and doing other Darkside shit. How the fuck did she make han or Luke incompetent either? She also struggled with being an angry impulsive little shit the entire time.

She might not be the most amazing character even, but she's nowhere near as bad as Bella or fucking Tommy from Rugrats.

I snarked Mary Sues back in the day on the old lj group. Butthurt Fanboys learned the term after twilight an appropriated the term to bash her because they never got over the butthurt of Disney tossing out the eu and because every new sw movie since empire has been treated like it personally murdered people entire families until another one came out.

Sjw's have been calling the term sexist since at least 2012, so no Disney didn't originate that rumor. And yeah it is dumb because some of the most insufferable Mary Sues of all time like Beowulf and Kira yamato are dudes. But it still doesn't mean Rey is one.

Also lol@superman could easily kill Rey and walk through supernovas but he isn't a Sue hurr Durr. Rey was fighting against her own nature and beings strong enough to kill her as well. If that means Superman isn't a Sue, then Rey isn't either.

God I wish I had the ability to give you the autistic rating. Calm down dude. Nobody here will take your precious Rey away from you

 

[Android raptor]

God I wish I had the ability to give you the autistic rating. Calm down dude. Nobody here will take your precious Rey away from you

Lol no shit no one is taking Rey away, she's here to stay whether people like it or not because that's what the mouse wants. That's the whole reason there's been so much autistic shrieking over her by fanboys ever since TFA dropped.

I'm autistic AF but at least I'm not acting like a fictional space wizard literally destroyed my family and ruined my life and is satanic like other autists ITT (and tbh in every goddamn thread even remotely related to Star Wars. Like...

To this day and for the rest of my life, I will not refer to the garbage shat out by Disney as Sequel. It is, was, and always shall be the Disney Trilogy, whenever I mention it, and I always mention it in disgust.

It stopped being "official" star wars after the farce engorges was a poorly written genderbent interpretation of A New Hope and they couldnt be bothered to even MENTION the 30+ years of universally accepted fan canon they threw away for no reason like the Eclipse super star destroyer from the thrawn trilogy which was literally a far more mobile mini death star with a super laser if they absolutely couldnt make a movie without a fucking death star. *Spoiler* (they cant)


Its feels like some faggot breaking into your house just to destroy your family history

Except the difference with Christian media is you'd at least get a Veggie Tales and at least with Christian media, as cheesy as it can often be, you are still getting a Christian message, which is better than Woke's Satanic message.

So let that sink in, we now live in age where there's a Satanic equivalent to media like Bible Man.

 

[CaesarCzech]

Lol no shit no one is taking Rey away, she's here to stay whether people like it or not because that's what the mouse wants. That's the whole reason there's been so much autistic shrieking over her by fanboys ever since TFA dropped.

I'm autistic AF but at least I'm not acting like a fictional space wizard literally destroyed my family and ruined my life and is satanic like other autists ITT (and tbh in every goddamn thread even remotely related to Star Wars. Like...

I mean you were loudly denying that space wizard hurt you. Which by the standarts of your friends that would have mental shutdown at seeing kiwifarms means wizard did it. Did somebody from your family dress as wizard and raped you as a child ? would explain the trauma.

 

[Android raptor]

I mean you were loudly denying that space wizard hurt you. Which by the standarts of your friends that would have mental shutdown at seeing kiwifarms means wizard did it. Did somebody from your family dress as wizard and raped you as a child ? would explain the trauma.

It is entirely too early for me to try and figure out what the actual fuck this post means

At least it's a good random.txt candidate

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

Why am I unsurprised that the lesbian feminist who spends all her time on the Abortion Debate thread bitching about pro-lifers is reeeeeing about how Rey isn't a Mary Sue?

 

[Governor Jeb Bush]

and this is relevant to REAL LIFE becos?

 

[Android raptor]

Why am I unsurprised that the lesbian feminist who spends all her time on the Abortion Debate thread bitching about pro-lifers is reeeeeing about how Rey isn't a Mary Sue?

Idk, why am I not surprised that the same dudes that REEEEEEEEEE over dead embryos and think the existence of incompatible with life potato babies should be prolonged as long as possible act like the girl space wizard character single handedly murdered their entire family and don't know what a Mary Sue actually is (and just use the term to justify their massive butthurt and autistic shrieking over female protagonists with long brown hair they personally dislike after hearing someone call Bella Swan a Mary Sue once when Twilight was big)?

BTW I'm not a feminist, baby doll

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

Idk, why am I not surprised that the same dudes that REEEEEEEEEE over dead embryos and think the existence of incompatible with life potato babies should be prolonged as long as possible act like the girl space wizard character single handedly murdered their entire family and don't know what a Mary Sue actually is?

BTW I'm not a feminist, baby doll

Here's a gift for you:

 

[Android raptor]

Here's a gift for you:
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I would reply with a puzzle ribbon but I'm too lazy to Google anything right now so I'll just page @Hollywood Hulk Hogan

 

[Antipathy]

Idk, why am I not surprised that the same dudes that REEEEEEEEEE over dead embryos and think the existence of incompatible with life potato babies should be prolonged as long as possible act like the girl space wizard character single handedly murdered their entire family and don't know what a Mary Sue actually is (and just use the term to justify their massive butthurt and autistic shrieking over female protagonists with long brown hair they personally dislike after hearing someone call Bella Swan a Mary Sue once when Twilight was big)?

BTW I'm not a feminist, baby doll

Excellent strawman, retard. Honestly? If Luke, Han, and Leia all died in an actually thought out, logical, and reasonable way in a competently written, directed, and shot Sequel trilogy, that'd be fine. Harrison Ford wanted Solo dead since Return Of The Jedi (Known as Revenge Of The Jedi early in production). It's the wasted potential, the abandonment of the fundamentals of storytelling for idpol, and for Kathleen Kennedy to live vicariously through a Mary Sue, that pisses me off. Being slandered as a Nazi for disliking those garbage films was just the piss on the shit sundae.

Read a real book, or watch a real movie, and understand what a Mary Sue is or isn't. I'd link LiteratureDevil or the longman himself, but I know you don't have the attention span for that.

 

[CaesarCzech]

I would reply with a puzzle ribbon but I'm too lazy to Google anything right now so I'll just page @Hollywood Hulk Hogan

Well you cant exactly offer your pussy over the internet so im not sure if he will bother.

 

[Android raptor]

Excellent strawman, retard. Honestly? If Luke, Han, and Leia all died in an actually thought out, logical, and reasonable way in a competently written, directed, and shot Sequel trilogy, that'd be fine. Harrison Ford wanted Solo dead since Return Of The Jedi (Known as Revenge Of The Jedi early in production). It's the wasted potential, the abandonment of the fundamentals of storytelling for idpol, and for Kathleen Kennedy to live vicariously through a Mary Sue, that pisses me off. Being slandered as a Nazi for disliking those garbage films was just the piss on the shit sundae.

Read a real book, or watch a real movie, and understand what a Mary Sue is or isn't. I'd link LiteratureDevil or the longman himself, but I know you don't have the attention span for that.

If Rey is a Sue, then so are Luke and Anakin because they do pretty much all the same shit. Hell Anakin is a super special chosen one who built a Droid and is the first human to win a podrace at half Rey's age. And that's not touching on everything from James Bond to Captain Kirk to Goku to Beowulf to Simba to Littlefoot who are at least as big of sues as Rey is yet pointing that out never fails to make neckbeards butthurt and engage in mental gymnastics that could make an sjw blush over why those characters totally aren't sues but rey is so bad of one she single-handedly ruined their lives (bless their hearts).

And I actually agree that the ST had issues and calling anyone who didn't like it a Nazi is fucking retarded, but it's equally retarded that dudes are calling it satanic in all seriousness and still the shrieking that a character that is honestly pretty comparable to Luke and Anakin is a horrible evil Mary Sue (but characters that are much bigger sues totally aren't).

Like damn even those of us that had autistic anti-Twilight phases and taught ya'll the term Mary Sue in the first place lost interest and moved on after the first movie came out. Meanwhile I'm pretty sure I'll be seeing dudes reeeeeeing about Rey until the day I die (or at least until the next star wars trilogy comes out and replaces the sequels as the worstest most howwible star wars that completely ruined the franchise and raped the childhoods of neckbeards everywhere).

 

[Antipathy]

If Rey is a Sue, then so are Luke and Anakin because they do pretty much all the same shit. Hell Anakin is a super special chosen one who built a Droid and is the first human to win a podrace at half Rey's age. And that's not touching on everything from James Bond to Captain Kirk to Goku to Beowulf to Simba who are at least as big of sues as Rey is yet pointing that out never fails to make neckbeards butthurt and engage in mental gymnastics that could make an sjw blush over why those characters totally aren't sues but rey is so bad of one she single-handedly ruined their lives (bless there hearts).

And I actually agree that the ST had

Anakin built a droid out of pre-existing parts. If it's like building a computer, a 10 year old savant could realistically be expected to do it. Actual 10 year olds can build computers out of parts if they're familiar with the process, and Anakin worked in a spare parts shop, so it isn't unrealistic to assume he saw stuff like that happen. Winning a Podrace was due to the Force, and bear in mind, Qui Gon had to cheat the dice in order for Watto to even accept that bet. Anakin also:
1: Got his arm chopped off in Attack Of The Clones, because he was overconfident and attacked Dooku alone. He would've died here if Yoda didn't save him.
2: Pushed away almost every other Jedi with his arrogance and ego
3: Fell to the Dark Side due to being manipulated by the far smarter Palpatine, because Anakin's ego again blinded him to the boons he was receiving from the Jedi.
4: Lost a duel to Obi-Wan and was horribly mangled for it. He would've died here if Palpatine didn't save him.
5: Essentially killed Padme with his anger, despite trying to save her.

The story of the Prequels was the story of Anakin's failure as a Jedi. His hubris and pride blinded him and he fell.

Luke got one lucky shot off in ANH, and aside from that needed the help of everyone else around him. He got into trouble on Tattooine by being naive, and Obi-Wan had to bail him out in the Catina. His overly optimistic plan to infiltrate the Death Star got Obi-Wan killed, and he only escaped because Vader let him, using the Falcon to track the Rebellion to Yavin. He narrowly avoided killing the entire Rebellion due to his incompetence and only trusted in the Force due to Obi-Wan's ghost telling him to. Had he not, he would've failed. He then spent ESB getting his ass kicked up and down, and by ROTJ, he was a Jedi, but only beat Vader due to falling for the bait, and would've died right there anyway if Anakin not had a change of heart and killed the Emperor.

Contrast to Rey, who, in the first movie
1: Fixes the Millennium Falcon in a way that leaves Han Solo wide mouthed and stupefied. Nobody solves a problem in that movie without her being present and helping.
2: Outfights Kylo Ren, a trained Sith, despite not knowing the Force even existed the day before. She also performs a Jedi Mind Trick, without knowing what a Jedi even is, and having never seen or heard of the technique before. Somehow.
3: Is instantly loved by everyone and instantly gains a high status in the Knockoff Rebellion.

In the second movie, she
1: Outfights Luke Skywalker
2: Kills half a dozen Knockoff Sith
3: Somehow is so valuable to Kylo Ren that he kills Snoke for her sake. Bear in mind she has no training, no information that's useful, and no signs of falling to the Dark Side.
4: Casually performs feats on the level of Yoda or Palpatine. Bear in mind, with basically no training. She had learned the Force was real not two days before.

I didn't watch TROS, but it's just more of the same Mary Sue bullshit from what I heard.

Mary Sue. Undeniably, overwhelmingly, ass-slappingly Mary Sue.



James Bond? Yeah, he can be a Mary Sue at times. The franchise is, however, sort of built on him being a Mary Sue, and doing cool things in cool places, so it isn't as egregious. Kirk? I don't know, I'm not a Star Trek guy. Goku? Same thing, but I'm pretty sure he's lost fights before. Beowulf, as mentioned, I don't know. Simba? From Lion King? How is that a Mary Sue? Because he won the day and got the girl in the end?

 

[Android raptor]

Anakin built a droid out of pre-existing parts. If it's like building a computer, a 10 year old savant could realistically be expected to do it. Actual 10 year olds can build computers out of parts if they're familiar with the process, and Anakin worked in a spare parts shop, so it isn't unrealistic to assume he saw stuff like that happen. Winning a Podrace was due to the Force, and bear in mind, Qui Gon had to cheat the dice in order for Watto to even accept that bet. Anakin also:
1: Got his arm chopped off in Attack Of The Clones, because he was overconfident and attacked Dooku alone. He would've died here if Yoda didn't save him.
2: Pushed away almost every other Jedi with his arrogance and ego
3: Fell to the Dark Side due to being manipulated by the far smarter Palpatine, because Anakin's ego again blinded him to the boons he was receiving from the Jedi.
4: Lost a duel to Obi-Wan and was horribly mangled for it. He would've died here if Palpatine didn't save him.
5: Essentially killed Padme with his anger, despite trying to save her.

The story of the Prequels was the story of Anakin's failure as a Jedi. His hubris and pride blinded him and he fell.

Luke got one lucky shot off in ANH, and aside from that needed the help of everyone else around him. He got into trouble on Tattooine by being naive, and Obi-Wan had to bail him out in the Catina. His overly optimistic plan to infiltrate the Death Star got Obi-Wan killed, and he only escaped because Vader let him, using the Falcon to track the Rebellion to Yavin. He narrowly avoided killing the entire Rebellion due to his incompetence and only trusted in the Force due to Obi-Wan's ghost telling him to. Had he not, he would've failed. He then spent ESB getting his ass kicked up and down, and by ROTJ, he was a Jedi, but only beat Vader due to falling for the bait, and would've died right there anyway if Anakin not had a change of heart and killed the Emperor.

Contrast to Rey, who, in the first movie
1: Fixes the Millennium Falcon in a way that leaves Han Solo wide mouthed and stupefied. Nobody solves a problem in that movie without her being present and helping.
2: Outfights Kylo Ren, a trained Sith, despite not knowing the Force even existed the day before. She also performs a Jedi Mind Trick, without knowing what a Jedi even is, and having never seen or heard of the technique before. Somehow.
3: Is instantly loved by everyone and instantly gains a high status in the Knockoff Rebellion.

In the second movie, she
1: Outfights Luke Skywalker
2: Kills half a dozen Knockoff Sith
3: Somehow is so valuable to Kylo Ren that he kills Snoke for her sake. Bear in mind she has no training, no information that's useful, and no signs of falling to the Dark Side.
4: Casually performs feats on the level of Yoda or Palpatine. Bear in mind, with basically no training. She had learned the Force was real not two days before.
Mary Sue.

James Bond? Yeah, he can be a Mary Sue at times. The franchise is, however, sort of built on him being a Mary Sue, and doing cool things in cool places, so it isn't as egregious. Kirk? I don't know, I'm not a Star Trek guy. Goku? Same thing, but I'm pretty sure he's lost fights before. Beowulf, as mentioned, I don't know. Simba? From Lion King? How is that a Mary Sue? Because he won the day and got the girl in the end?

Oh no, she beat up a retarded edgelord that was already badly injured and figured out how to get the space version of the shit mobile from trailer Park boys running. And lost her shit at Luke and tried to throw down with him when he wasn't feeling it. The horror.

Meanwhile her first real exposure to the force ends with her trying to run the fuck away from a battle and getting her ass knocked out and kidnapped by Kylo. And TLJ is just her doing stupid reckless thing after stupid thing and it ending with her completely failing to bring Kylo back to the light and taking over the first order instead. It also takes a while for Luke to warm up to her, and I'm pretty sure the fish nuns never do (though to be fair she also kept accidentally destroying buildings and shit and in general acting like a tard). Poe also isn't too crazy about her either for the entirely of TROS.

Pretty much the only people that actually like her from the get-go are two horny young dudes and a father who fucked up raising his own kid and regrets it. And Chewie, but Chewie likes everyone Han does.

Simba is a Sue for the same reasons you think Rey is, he's completely devoid of personality flaws and is immediately beloved by everyone except the villains. The entire movie is just how poor widdle Simba got exiled through no fault of his own and how everyone should feel sorry for him and what a noble and righteous hero he becomes. Even as a kid I couldn't stand that shit. Simba is a bad enough Sue that retarded 6 year old me noticed. I think that says something about how bad a Mary Sue is when a young, autistic child notices it.

Say what you will about Rey but I'm pretty sure an entire kingdom didn't come and literally bow down to her and act like it was the greatest thing ever when she was born (complete with grand orchestral fanfare), with the only characters that didn't being immediately identifiable as villains.

James Bond? Yeah, he can be a Mary Sue at times. The franchise is, however, sort of built on him being a Mary Sue, and doing cool things in cool places, so it isn't as egregious.

So being a Mary Sue is ok when you personally enjoy the character/franchise, got it. BTW I'm pretty sure Star Wars is also built on characters doing cool things in cool places but I guess when it's a random white trash girl doing it instead of a 60s spy version of Sonicgokuverine it's suddenly not ok.

 

[Antipathy]

Oh no, she beat up a retarded edgelord that was already badly injured and figured out how to get the space version of the shit mobile from trailer Park boys running. And lost her shit at Luke and tried to throw down with him when he wasn't feeling it. The horror.

Meanwhile her first real exposure to the force ends with her trying to run the fuck away from a battle and getting her ass knocked out and kidnapped by Kylo. And TLJ is just her doing stupid reckless thing after stupid thing and it ending with her completely failing to bring Kylo back to the light and taking over the first order instead.

Simba is a Sue for the same reasons you think Rey is, he's completely devoid of personality flaws and is immediately beloved by everyone except the villains. The entire movie is just how poor widdle Simba got exiled through no fault of his own and how everyone should feel sorry for him and what a noble and righteous hero he becomes. Even as a kid I couldn't stand that shit.

She tried to run away, got captured, broke herself out without effort, and then basically made Kylo her bitch, and proceeded to never lose a fight to him. Do you need to remember that Kylo is a Sith, and Rey is an untrained idiot, except she can do high level Force techniques, because Mary Sue. It's also absurd because Finn was (probably) combat trained (being a Stormtrooper), and got his ass kicked in seconds under the exact same circumstances.

TLJ is her not doing anything of substance, other than, you know, beating (a horribly out of character) Luke Skywalker in a fight, getting Snoke killed and saving the Knockoff Rebellion with a feat of Force power on the level of Yoda, and killing half of Snoke's Red Guards. Without any training. Because... Mary Sue. With Anakin, he was trained by Jedi Masters. With Luke, quite a bit of time passes between each movie of the OT, so there's realistically time for him to advance. With Rey, she is not trained by anyone and no time passes at all between TFA and TLJ, so where the hell did she get so strong from? Mary Sue.

None of her actions have negative consequences for her. Everything she does succeeds either in the short or long term. She also never lost a fight, aside from that tiny moment of weakness in the throne room, which, of course, lead to Snoke's death anyway. So she won there. She just didn't instantly win right there and then by converting Kylo because there needed to be another movie.

Even the original Mary Sue got captured in a moment of weakness, just to break herself out again. Rey is the gold standard of Mary Sue, worse than Kaldor Draigo, Captain Marvel, or Bella Swan.

1: Everyone, even the villains, love and respect and fear her instantly. She's the thing everyone talks about. She instantly is trusted and liked by all the good guys, and even the antagonists have an obsession or infatuation with her that is completely illogical.

2: She instantly and randomly has or gains powers that would take years, decades, or even a lifetime to master, often without any training or advanced knowledge of said powers. Sometimes, she has them without being aware they even existed. She can use the force and duel with a lightsaber on the level of a master... in a day or two after learning these things even exist.

3: She has no meaningful character flaws. They're all either informed, or don't actually get her into any trouble. None of her actions hurt her or cause any issues for her allies, and she wins fights and encounters she realistically should not. Never once does anyone say anything negative about her. Never once does she make a mistake.

4: Other, established characters bend and twist around her. Luke Skywalker became a cowardly, homicidal hermit. Han Solo became a gaping, widemouthed dumbass. Leia got shoved into a corner because Carrie Fisher was dead, but also because there's only room for one strong woman anyway. Poe and Finn don't do anything that she can't do better, despite realistically having training or experience that would make them better at either flying ships or fighting people, respectively.

5: Everything is done by her hand. Basically the entirety of TFA and TLJ were people blundering around until Rey, through no initiative of her own, sets the plot in motion, with the exception of Death Star III getting blown up by Poe.