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I’m slowly becoming more and more convinced by the “Rey is Obi-Wan’s granddaughter” theory and it’s actually very disappointing that there’s a 95% chance she’s Luke’s daughter because narratively and thematically Rey Kenobi would be infinitely more interesting

#imagine: rey and ben reenacting the battle of their grandfathers while one of them is named in honor of the other’s ancestor #a Kenobi succeeding in dragging a fallen Skywalker back to the light #where her grandfather had failed #a Kenobi #pure and faithful and undeniably *good* #the poetry of a Kenobi being in all nine films #and saving the Skywalker clan in all nine of them #rey being called to Anakin’s lightsaber because Obi-Wan was Anakin’s brother in all but blood #and he carried it around with him for twenty years #Rey giving Luke back his father’s lightsaber #in an homage to her grandfather giving it to him for the first time #rey’s first successful (on-screen) attempt at using the force being a mind trick #rey potentially wielding a double-bladed lightsaber and being the first on-screen Light Sider to do so #callbacks to her grandfather fighting Darth Maul #a Skywalker training a Kenobi and bringing us full circle #oh I’ve got feels and it’s probably not even true 

Ooh ok I want it, I want it

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Quick reminder that Luke had about five minutes of training with a lightsaber and NONE of it included actually fighting against an other opponent. Remember Ben sparring with Luke? Nope. It was just him playing around with a robot that tased him

Do you remember Yoda sparring with Luke? Nope. He was teaching him about the Force but we never saw him ONCE teaching him how to actually fight with a lightsaber. Luke had precisely ZERO experience when it came to fighting with a lightsaber.  And yet none of you said anything when Luke actually kept up with Vader and later on actually defeated Vader

Rey on the other hand spend her ENTIRE LIFE defending herself with her staff. She is very well versed in fighting with a melee weapon. But when she fought against a HEAVILY INJURED Kylo Ren you immediately cry Mary Sue and unrealistic.

Think about that. Think about what this attitude says about you.

Also an important thing about fight choreography:

A great deal of thought was put into that scene, particularly Rey’s fighting style. She may seem pretty well adapted to lightsaber combat, but in reality she struggles a lot during the fight. 

This is a character who has trained exclusively – as far as we know – with a quarterstaff, which is completely different from fighting with a two-handed weapon. Form, stance, strategy – you name it. And this is actually quite apparent in Rey’s choreography for the first half of the scene.

She starts attacking Kylo Ren with these jabs that would probably crack his ribs if she were wielding her quarterstaff. But since she has a brand new weapon in her hands, the strikes are completely ineffective. 

But that’s what’s so amazing about this scene. Rey adapts. She’s analyzing Kylo Ren’s form the entire time and she’s learning how to apply it to her own fighting. When she uses the Force to help her focus, she overcomes the translation between one style of weapon to another and secures her victory.

Rey is the first character we’ve actually seen learning how to use a lightsaber against another opponent. And we see it happening in the middle of a fight.