But how would she? She lives in the arse of an AT AT and works as cheap labour for food by some fat git behind a grill...and apparently has done this since she was abandoned by her folks as a small kid.
Again, she has done nothing to actually earn her knowledge.
Now, if she'd been shown to have worked with droids, like Luke, or been knocking around the galaxy freighting crap from here to there with a wookiee, like Han Solo. Then her knowledge would make a bit of sense. But, none of that is shown or even indicated. She's just brilliant at everything, straight out of the box, without the history to be so or even the hint of a history.
I mean she, literally, does as Jedi mind trick out of nowhere. The fans know what that is, but she hasn't been shown to have a clue. In fact, she actually states it's all a "myth". Her character actually eliminates the possibility of such knowledge.
That's just awful writing.
As to her arc...think of it this way. Her's is a character that was found by happenstance by BB8. She leaves her home because the First Order come looking for the droid. She does Jedi minds tricks and sword fights like a pro, out of nowhere. She then goes to Leia and the restistance who, bizarrely, decide to send her (someone randomer they JUST met) to go find Luke. She farts about with Luke in Kerry for a bit and then she decides to go and save Kylo Ren (a guy SHE just met). She swordfights again like a pro, against highly skilled (supposedly) blokes, hand picked by Snoke (presumably). She then fies off again to save the resistance, by mind lifting some rocks.
All of that in the space of a few days, at best.
She may have been slightly better in 'The Last Jedi', but it's not by much and over all her character is terribly written and not just for a Star Wars film, but for any film. But, part of the reason she is so badly handle is that the other two members of the stooges, Finn and Poe take up too much screen time, that should have been devoted to her. JJ only wrote them into the script so it matched the star numbers of the original film. But they should have been even in the film at all. They're completely unneeded. 'The Force Awakens' should have focused on just Rey primarily. Poe should just have been killed after he released BB8 and Finn just shouldn't have been even written. When we first see Rey, she's pretty much the same, but we see that she's a sort of self taught Force layman, as it were, who has some skill. But, is frustrated at her lack of control and clearly needs training. Perhaps, she's come across some ancient Jedi texts somehow and has learned some stuff from those. But her knowledge is incomplete. She could be shown in her AT AT house trying to force stuff, but failing and getting pissed off. The film can pretty much play out as does. But, at least, the audience sees that she's already skilled in some way and when she succeeds at something Forcey, it isn't completely out of nowhere.
'The Last Jedi' should primarilly have focused on Rey and Luke on the island. With her being trained in a more fullfilling way. The resisitance and the First Order are still having a barney out in space, but there's no stupid muntiny subplot and no wasting time on Paddy Power planet. However, Luke should eventually agree to go back with her to help save his sister. The idea that Luke Skywalker won't budge from his hidey hole and go help Leia is one of the worst character assassinations in fiction I've ever seen. He can die on the salt planet saving her and what's left of the rersistance. Or better yet, remain alive and help build the resistance in IX, cos Carrie Fisher's dead.
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