The Psychology of Rey Skywalker 

that's a great observation

hang on something in a sw novel mentioned about her light being so strong

Same

In time

It’s awesome

thank you!

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Couldn’t agree more

maybe someday

No we definitely don’t.

What would you call it

i realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to watch newly released tv shows online?

Agree 100%🤝🏼

@@route666official I also can’t wait until the generation that grew up with these movies can do to the sequels what the generation that grew up with the prequels did for them

@@P.I.P.E.L.I.N.E_Podcast let’s agree that the entire backlash started when the prequels came out. People made fun out of Lucas and some fans wouldn’t admit that and they just laugh it off like it’s some sort of joke but it’s not! It’s because of them he sold to Disney cuz he couldn’t take the criticism of them anymore. Fact: he sold to Disney because he needs to make a choice make another trilogy the will take another 5 years to make? Or raise his daughter? So he raised his daughter as a dad.

@@chriscage669 yeah and they want him back now to direct a movie at 80 after what they did to him!🤦🏾

I agree, this channel deserves so much more attention

Lol

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Yay! Thank you!

It’s my personal favorite. The video essays are so well done, and the community is fun to talk to

You're too kind, it means a lot to me thank you

@@echobase5774 exactly the community isn't toxic, just true pure star wars fans that don't yell at each other for having different opinions. It's a relief to come here...

criminally under appreciated

@@lordvader602 probably because of the sequel hate that's been going on in the past few years. once it fades away, this will probably be one of the go-to channels, kinda like sw theory is for the prequel fans....

This is the Rey

This is the rey!

This is the rey

This is the rey

Praising Rey is not the way

I love this analysis, and I've honestly never thought about it in this way. I have mainly focused in the way the sequels use this thematically, but I find it interesting how your point makes it clear that ever generation must grow past the mistakes of the one before it. Great stuff, man (or woman, etc. Idk)

@@bigsexy4956 "Great stuff, man (or woman, etc. Idk)" Actually, dude! Thanks. I think this theme also applies to the expand universe as well. The whole Ahsoka's arc in Clone Wars is about her not just growing as jedi but also discovering the failures of jedi order and in the end choosing to leave it and become her own warrior.

great point!

lol poor watto

That's all i can ask for, thank you for watching!

Much appreciated!

Thanks, will do!

Thank you for this comment!

Thank you! I put a lot of time into researching this stuff

thank you!

That would be great!

It's on the list!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much!

But my man, Rey is a Mary Sue! She lifts rocks!! She can’t do that, she needs a hundred million years of training to do that! She lifts rocks so she has no weakness! She’s invincible! She can’t lightsaber gfight well but everyone still thinks that she’s a master at lightsaber!! She never flies for more than 5 minutes in the trilogy but she still is apparently an expert pilot according to us, fans! She’s a Mary Sue, Anakin could eat her hand whole! The prequels are the best thing ever and the sequels smell bad because we can’t accept anything new!! MaRy SuE!!

@@tam2237 Schrodinger’s Rey: simultaneously overpowered in everything but also the weakest Jedi somehow

Rey is great at a lot of things. Being a legit Mary Sue is not one of them.

that is a great quote

Even though I despise Rey, the Mary Sue argument is exaggerative garbage. But, there are some people who are actually analytically critical of Rey.

You're so welcome!

it's on the way!

Awesome! Thank you!

But this is true, without them, the character is not interesting and you do not empathize with him. UNLESS YOU'RE A DUMB KID WHO'S ONLY SEEN SEQUELS. Do you empathize with Rey? What does it remind you of? How can you follow a character if HE is, LITERALLY, a tree? I will join Darth Revan, but I will never follow Rey

@@vladlenvolkov9034 Except Rey does have flaws. Her severe abandonment issues forced her to remain on Jakku in a naive belief that the parents who abandoned her would come back for her. Her impulsiveness caused her to smack Finn and immediately suspect him of being a thief for wearing Poe's jacket before letting him tell his side of the story. She refuses to even touch the lightsaber at first because finding out that she has the Force would force her (no pun intended) to abandon her previous lifestyle and let go of her naive belief. Deprived of the imaginary promise that her parents would come back for her, she then starts searching for surrogate parent figures that will give her a place in the galaxy and her life meaning, first with Han and then with Luke. You would understand all of that if you paid attention to the dialogue and visual storytelling. The end of TLJ made it look like she was going to stop doing those things and finally try to find that place for herself instead of waiting for someone to give it to her on a silver platter, but because the haters threw a collective Kylo Ren temper tantrum online because she conflicted with their superficial understanding of how the Force works, she was made a Palpatine in an attempt to pander to the complaints. The one positive thing that came out of this retcon is Rey Skywalker because it's the closest thing we'll get to where her story was headed for at the end of TLJ. Your inability to sympathize with a young woman who's lived most of her life on her own on a hostile world where she had no one to rely on but herself and was forced to learn to adapt to her environment in order to simply SURVIVE, painting in a few minutes a hundred times more convincing picture of a slave than Anakin ever did throughout the whole freaking Tatooine arc, speaks volumes of your values as a human being.

@@gr13v0u5 1) Where is this faith in parents, WHERE IS IT? 2) Well, she hit Fina, ofiget flaw, WHICH DOES NOT AFFECT ANYTHING. IN A MINUTE, THEY ARE ALREADY SUPER FRIENDS AND THEY, TOGETHER, FLY AWAY ON A SHIP (HOW CAN THEY FLY? ) 3) Where is it shown that she leaves her faith in her parents, IF WE WERE NOT EVEN SHOWN THIS IN THE FIRST FILM? 4)Where does she suffer? In your far-fetched past? What makes you think that it was so written in the novel? 1 your disadvantage vs: SHE DEFEATED A SITH APPRENTICE WHO EASILY KILLED THE JEDI ACADEMY, SHE DEFEATED THE SITH LORD'S GUARD, SHE DEFEATED DARTH SIDIOUS WITH TWO SWORDS, and all this without training and preparation. (Wielding a lightsaber is not about pushing objects at a distance) I empathized with Anakin ,NOT BECAUSE HE WAS A SLAVE, but because he got his freedom, but lost his mother in the process. When he promised to come back and free her... but he didn't make it. What could be more tragic than an unfulfilled promise to save a loved one who is now dying in your arms... and all because of the fact that the hero was late. - and all this is shown in the movies. While the tragedy of Rey that you write to me, you make up AS a SUPER TRAGEDY. Losing your loved ones is much scarier than what can happen to you.

@@vladlenvolkov9034 *sigh* "I know all about waiting. [...] For my family. They'll be back. One day." "Dear child, I see your eyes. You already know the truth. Whomever you're waiting for on Jakku, they're never coming back. [...] The belonging you seek is not behind you, it is ahead." "You think of Han Solo. You feel like he's the father you never had. He would have disappointed you." "I need someone to show me my place in all of this." Now, you're just making things up. They don't immediately become "super friends": "They were shooting at us." "They saw you with me, you're marked." "Well, thanks for that!" "Hey, I'm not the one who chased YOU down with a stick!" They merely work together to survive the First Order's attack and only become friendly with each other after the fact because of the thrill of victory. Surviving a life-threatening situation together tends to create bonds between people even if they were at odds when they first met. The movie gives you everything you need to know about Rey to sympathize with her. That you failed to pick up on those is your fault, not the movie's. It goes out of its way to depict her daily life by showing the marks in her makeshift home for the purpose implicitly telling you that 1. she has been on this planet and living in those conditions for a long time and 2. everything we saw her do during her introduction scene is what she's been doing for all that time, which, in case you didn't pay attention, is trudging through unstable and dangerous wreckages for spare parts to sell in order to put food on the table at the end of the day. EVERY DAY. And in case the existence of the marks in her home weren't an obvious enough clue, the vision where we see her being abandoned on Jakku reveals that SHE WAS A FUCKING CHILD. WHICH MEANS THAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING THE THINGS WE SAW HER DO IN HER INTRODUCTION SCENE SINCE SHE WAS A FUCKING CHILD. Being abandoned at such a young age BY YOUR OWN FREAKING PARENTS is just as tragic as a young man who failed to keep his promise with his mother, the tragedy of which you're purposefully exaggerating to validate your selfish opinion of Rey. HOW do you NOT sympathize with someone who's had such a shitty life unless you're an idiot who needs their hand held throughout the whole movie with superfluous expository dialogue? First, Kylo isn't a "Sith apprentice", he's a Knight of Ren. Second, he was wounded by a shot from a Wookiee bowcaster that the movie goes out of its way several times to show that it's powerful enough to send a fully-grown man flying several meters back at point blank range while SHE was mostly unharmed and HE WASN'T TRYING TO KILL HER. You also conveniently forgot the fact that even with Kylo in such a state, she spent 90% of the confrontation running away from him and using the environment to slow him down and exhaust him, thereby worsening his already-pitiful state. HE WAS LOSING BLOOD, FOR FUCK'S SAKE. HAD HE BEEN IN NORMAL CONDITION, OF COURSE HE WOULD HAVE DEFEATED HER. First, she doesn't defeat all of the guards on her own like you're making it sound like, idiot. Kylo defeats most of them by himself whereas Rey struggles with two. Second, they are faceless extras void of personality who aren't important to the plot, making them the cinematic equivalent of MMO crunch mobs. THEY. DO. NOT. MATTER. You're only attributing them an imaginary importance to comfort yourself in your undeserved and childish hatred of a character you don't even bother to TRY to understand. Her defeating Darth Sidious or being made a Palpatine wouldn't have happened if you people had been patient with the direction the story was going at the end of TLJ. But instead, you demanded that she be related to an already-existing character to give an artificial and unnecessary explanation to her Force ability, or complaining that killing Snoke made it impossible to continue the story, both of which expose your superficial understanding of the philosophical aspect of the Force or that your imaginations are so limited that you can't come up with a Star Wars story that doesn't have a Palpatine-like villain in it. You have only yourselves to blame for TROS being the way it is.

lol you're probably not wrong

I love this comment so much!

I highly doubt that these movies will get more appreciation over the years, because of the rehashed stories, the cookie cutter villains and other wasted potentials.

@@captainhowlerwilson508 People said the same things about the prequels for many years, but now there’s a shit ton of people who defend those movies. If it can happen for those movies, then there’s no reason to think it can’t happen with these movies.

@@kobypourciaux1066 The thing with the prequels though is that people are mostly finding the good things about it, and that they understand that George Lucas did have a plan to do something different with the universe, even though the overall execution of these movies was poor. Yet some people tend to overlook the flaws of those movies, which is fine if they care so much. As for the sequels, maybe J.J Abrams had some plan, but it was all thrown out of the window by Rian Johnson, leaving Abrams to rewrite so much for The Rise of Skywalker, which resulted in a generic conclusion.

@@captainhowlerwilson508 This situation happened with much worse movies , with the sequel this Will Be easy , are clearly Better movies

@@Gab2671 Not only JJ most , sagas (not adapeted) have'nt a plan

Thank you so much!

Rey is one of my favorites too!

I've never hated a character more than R*y

@@user-sk1kq3rm3bYou really are under every comment to hate on Rey. What’s wrong with you?

Only problem with the Adopting the skywalker name shows the cyclic nature of trauma. the idea that she must belong somewhere and NEEDS to belong in order to feel complete. the idea that the skywalker ranch gives her the name for the purpose of an alias cements the name is logical however when pondered over it presents the sequel trilogy as a tragedy instead of a triumph. Starts the trilogy alone on a desert planet without a sense of self worth and belonging Ends the trilogy alone on a desert planet without a sense of selfwoth only belonging to the skywalker name.

@@aidenburgess217 while I see where you’re coming from with this perspective on the ending being a tragedy, I wholeheartedly disagree with it but that’s ok, we all have different takeaways and interpretations when it comes to stories.

@@kaiserzer0468 oh No i disagree with my statement aswell the intent was to state that from a certain perspective it could be seenor presented as such (but it is not). I was not clear with my wording sorry about that.

@@aidenburgess217 it’s ok 😊👍

Great point!

I hope so too

Didn't change my perspective 😏

@@user-sk1kq3rm3b thats fine

Me too

I’m sure she will

People hated Anakin so much and now they love him. It's going to happen for Rey.

@@matti.8465 I'm calling it

she will, in time

Thank you for watching my video!

that is true

Speaking of Ben, I really want to see more of his childhood and his time at Luke's school. I want to see what drove him to the dark side.

it'll happen

unsure, I tried to give credit but on google images there is no author name

Lol

I love you

She deserves it. She's trash, poorly written trash

Adding to this, I am not at all a feminist in modern meaning… I’m really disgusted with how the search for equality and togetherness seen in early feminist movements, something based on love, is being bent into hate for men… Rey feels to me like a traumatized and vulnerable character who faces her trauma through the trilogy and only gets confidence in herself in the very end. Although I’m very happy to accept and love her character as female, nothing about my love for her character came from liking “female empowerment”; Just happy to see a relatable character represent me.

And again (sorry) adding to this, I am Non-binary, not female. Sorry if this was confusing^^

Facts!

same here!

I'll actually get right on it

Name one goddamn mistake she made.

Thank you for the kind words! Rey is one of my favorites too

that's a good point

So glad to hear that, me too!

Thank you for watching!

Your welcome 🙏 ❣️❣️❣️

Thank you for the kind words!

That would have been really nice!

Thank you so much! I will do!

🎉

Congrats again!

Thank you for watching! Let's hope they one day continue Rey's story

it would be a dream!

thank you for the respectful comment!

Thank you for watching!!! I love this character too, I hope we see more of her!

Of course!!

Glad you enjoyed it!

fair enough, thank you for watching!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much! Comment's like these keep me motivated

I appreciate the comment! I get where you're coming from, i suppose I just don't agree. Thanks for watching!

@@thegoldman25 Thank you for taking the time to read an reply 😊 And let me add, we do agree on everything else! 😁

I agree!

@@thegoldman25 Before I watched the video I thought Rey was a Mary Sue but changed my mind but she is still a badly written character. The problem is her flaws have no consequences or negative effects on her. A more realistic reaction in the Last Jedi is Rey joining Kylo Ren on the Supremecy because he showed more support than Luke or the Resistance did. I think the reason why people called Rey a Mary Sue is that she never lost a fight and never suffers consequences for her flaws so it created the illusion that she is a Mary Sue. So when Rey decided to go to the Supremacy the Resistance never suffers because of her decision nor does she face lasting consequences like almost dies or something she actually fares better than Kylo Ren on the Supremecy against the elite guards and Rey shortly after leaving the Supremecy is happy shooting TIE fighters on the Falcon. While Luke was almost killed and is miserable at the end of the Empire Strikes Back If I wrote the trilogy there will be no Starkiller base, Palpatine will stay dead because bringing him back ruined Anakin's sacrifice and bring Andeddu from legends as the villain. He will look like a mummy it will really be cool and also have Luke be a badass Jedi instead of the broken old man he is. I would also have Rey training with a group of students rather then just him and Rey and have her struggle behind her peers but having her work hard and earning the respect of her peers. Just to avoid Luke being Yoda 2.0. It will kind of be like Mulan in the 1998 version. I don't the Sequel Trilogy will be decanonized because that will not be realistic but I think Disney should make a show between Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker to develop Rey, Finn, and Poe better

@@bengheinrich7500 same here although I wish that we had the new trilogy start out with the solo siblings. All happy and a together family, who get split appart by an foreign invasion from legends

@@vikramo6994 I am more interested in the mummy sith lord Darth Andeddu I thought he was very scary and so are mummies.

@@bengheinrich7500 interesting I will look into tge character

you should definitely watch rebels if you haven't

@@thegoldman25 yeah I have 😅 but I appreciate you recommending it

@@macbeth455 shes simillar to ezra?

Yeah, both of them lost their parents, and both seemed to go straight to the dark side - the difference between them is that Rey is hopeful about her parents returning and Ezra has already grieved and doesn't expect his back due to the he has to face all over again.

that would be interesting for sure

@@thegoldman25 I already got the full saga story in my head canon, I'm kinda of an imaginist

I can learn more from them

thank you for the insightful comment! I hope we get more stories with her so her story can further develope

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

thank you so much ryan!

You're welcome

Thank you so much!

quick!

she was great!

false

I'm glad you love the video!

Luke helped her tho

This might be impopular, but... Luke is important too. In fact, from all the Skywalker family members she had contact with, he is the one who had the relationship with Rey coming full circle.

@@JGPRIME25 She spent a year training with Leia Organa-Solo, and Ben Solo gave his life for her. Luke was a dick.

@Rose Skywalker I stand by my arguments.

looks like you have a type

if people dont like the product, dont watch the film.

sure she might be good in theory but in terms of how she actually is in the movies, she's terrible. They made her a massive mary sue and none of her arcs feel like they mean anything

no thank you!

a few video's that I've made expresses my criticisms, and I have a lot of them (especially towards TROS) but I don't share them after

@@thegoldman25 Well, time to binge watch your channel then!

GOOOOOD

she really did

Thank you!!!

hi Rey!

@@thegoldman25 Hello :)

it's in the future

i hope not

thank you so much!

not quick enough!

That's kind of true, although, to be fair at least she only was able to use a succefull mind trick in her second try, so the movie showcase that she is not that perfect. It could had been done better but wasn't that bad. Besides, just because Rey only in that moment knew the jedi were real, doesn't mean she didn't knew about their powers. Considering she believed them to be legends, so she probably heard of their powers. Even characters like Jabba and Watto knew about the jedi mind tricks and weren't affected by it so why Rey wouldn't know the same? That's like hearding that Santa Claus is real but not knowing his reindeers can fly.

@@alexandrefrauches132 yeah besides universes change and sometimes you can discover hidden talent simply by trying such as goku learning the kamehameha wave or bolin lava bending heck katara discovering healing powers

I can actually agree to this

@@alexandrefrauches132 plus it took rey 3 tries to get the mind trick kylo used it on her so she tried using it on a storm trooper

@@Ncholasbloom it’s not something you can just do without understanding how it works, rey doesn’t know anyone about the force other then the Jedi could use it but she doesn’t know how said force was used

Thank you! I couldn’t find the creator of the art, thank you so much