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It's cause she was a jedi. Didn't anyone notice how Kylo reacted when he heard that there was a girl with Finn? My speculation is that she has some connection with Kylo (love interest, sister, etc.) and he didn't kill her along with the rest of the jedi he killed. Didn't anyone notice that she didn't speak ANYTHING of her past and that she's waiting for somebody, but she her self doesn't know who. Also, Jedi memory wipe.

Rey is Luke's daughter and Luke must have wiped her memory before leaving her on Jakku for safety purposes after Kylo defected.

She probably learned from watching. You remember how Kylo Ren said she grows stronger as she starts learning her powers. Its because she say what Kylo Ren was doing and tried to do the same thing back and discovered she could.

There's a much stronger version of the force that works in her favor. All force sensitive people can use, to a certain extent, "the force." But Rey taps into what is known as "The Plot Force," which is infinitely more powerful than the force and can perform miraculous feats that would be otherwise considered impossible.

It made me believe The Force is more of a living thing than a sheer natural force like gravity or magnetism, and more like Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.

Personally, I think that after being exposed to the ability she was made aware of the opportunities of the force, and then attempted it herself. Then later on again in the fight she connects with the force and is able to best him.

That's true, I misremembered what he was doing.

Rey winning the fight makes perfect sense, He was shot, stabbed, mentally unstable even before Killing Han , tired out from both fighting Finn and probably from running outside to catch them while also being injured.
Not to mention he isn't that great of a fighter relatively speaking, while Rey is a pretty decent fighter and is very force sensitive, also he was probably holding back because he wanted to make her his apprentice.
I got nothing for the mind trick though unless they're setting her up to be absolutely insane with the force.

Finn is a trained soldier and actually pretty talented if you read that little prequel book they made and would know the fundamentals of melee combat, I think he lasted about as long as he should have being a non force user and all.
Kylo Ren isnt supposed to be threatening, hes supposed to be a whiny wannabe Darth Vader who is getting pulled between the light and dark sides constantly and will have huge character development over the next episodes.

Rey beat Kylo Ren because by the time she got to him, he'd already taken a Huge direct hit from Chewie's bowcaster (that sends groups of men flying) with barely any visible discomfort - so clearly he's a tough ****** , then he goes up against Finn after beating his own wound to make the pain greater so he can use it to channel the dark side easier (either way you spin it, he's injuring himself and just making it worse) and Finn manages to score a glancing blow on him too before he's defeated

Plus, Rey didn't Actually start to beat Ren specifically until after she decides to let the Force into the fight on her side, she just couldn't have got the upper hand without it, and she's clearly very strong in the Force thanks to her senses and mind trick ability

But in all seriousness - being able to pull off a mind trick in only 3 attempts without even properly knowing what it is? **** off....

Yeah, don't forget that Mike Tyson got shot with a ******* bowcaster and is barely staying conscious.

In the movie it said luke had been training him and several others before Kylo turned and killed the other students.

No idea about the mind control, but how the heck did Ren survive getting hit in the freaking side Chewbaka's blaster? That thing took out 3 storm troopers just by hiting the ground NEAR them.

I know this article is lengthy but it's a worthwhile read. You're asking the right question, but consider there are still two movies to come that will provide answers. Episode 7 is all about characterbuilding and setting up for some really interesting revelations.

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Well **** fun then, amiright? Jeez, just enjoy the movie.

1) kylo was heavily wounded(you can see what that crossbow thingy does on multiple occasinos in the film) and maybe even didn't want to win, like vader in empire. 2) Her vision points towards being trained by luke when the knights of ren attack. so she seems to have had some experience already and has been kinda mind wiped or something (my theory.)

Eh, they're gonna pull out the whole she's Lukes daughter, so shes the strongest jedi ever thing

That would be cool, but in the movie Luke is already super old, as is the rest of the gang. If Obiwan had a child, even if it was near the end of his life, Rey would have to be older. So i hiiiiiiiiiiighly doubt she's gonna be Obi Wans daughter

That being said, i doubt it

The Sith Interrogation technique opens up a two-way channel when used on someone that's force sensitive. This fact is why many Jedi can end up falling to the dark side as a result of sith torture as the Jedi can be forcefed the results of the Sith's memories and experiences, their spite and anger.

Someone that doesn't have full control of their powers, is poorly trained, or is off their guard, such as an impulsive cunt who doesn't know how to identify a force sensive e.g. Kylo Ren, this channel can basically be Hijacked and reversed.
Essentially Rei was able to absorb knowledge of what a mind trick was and how it worked, especially as it was only tue surface thoughts of Kylo's mind, since he was currently in the process of it; as well as other basic **** like redirecting a lightsaber already in motion.

This is because It's very similar to a force-bond the Jedi develop, but this of course is unwilling and used to malicious ends like many things the Sith adapt.

You also have the distict possibility that she grew up next to a tree that helps develop or increase force sensitivity, since there are a lot of low-key connections related to the Force-Sensitive Tree shown in the Clone Wars cartoons and continued in the Comic prequel to Episode VII. So any kind of extreme force sensitivity means she would able to do a lot with the limited knowledge she had, even though she partially ****** up twice at the mind trick because of a lack of personal skill.

could be the force itself is taking a more active role in the conflict? "the force awakens"?

im probably wrong. someone post the han solo "thats not how the force works" pic

Lightsabers are actually incredibly well balanced and light-weight by virtue of essentially being made of crystals and aluminum, with the blade being made of energy, therefor not needing counter-weight AT ALL

You can't apply standard medieval weaponry logic to Sci-fi tech. It'd be one thing if you were talking about vibroblades, but light sabers are entirely different from normal swords. Especially when many of the arts based around it reflect real life staff or rattan stick martial arts, as it's a balanced light-weight object involving a lot of collisions between weapons, and revolving around landing a single solid blow.

except despite the lack of blade weight, sabers tend to contain internal gyroscopes, which provides resistance when swung.

It sucked, get the **** over it

this is how i understood the scene when i watched it

Being able to whip a stick around and using a laser sword aren't the same thing, though.

My personal headcanon is that Kylo Ren fell to the dark side because he was so garbage at using the force that he was willing to take any shortcut to actually get good. The reason why Rey managed to out-force him is simply because Rey is as strong as an average force user, while Ren only got training because he was solos son, and had some minor force powers. Would also explain why he throws whiny hissyfits when things don't go his way, and how he could get btfo'd by an untrained scavenger and a stormtrooper who struggled to take on another stormtrooper 1 on 1.

You know that scene in Resurrection of F where Freeza socks Goku in the face, but Goku just turns back with his fist still on his face like Freeza ain't **** ? That was badass, but how much more sense would it have made to just move out of the way?

Pff, kylo clearly meant to forcechoke him and ended up screwing up. That's why he wears the mask, to mask the complete and utter look of shock on his face any time he actually manages to pull something off.

He's being a whiny little bitch who took a bowcaster bolt to the gut on top of being really losing his **** after killing his dad. The Force, from what I understand, kind of works like psychic powers. You've got to focus pretty hard to use said abilities properly, and he was having a bigger emotional episode than normal, hence the "Light is tempting me" line.

Read somewhere that also cuz Rey knows melee weapons, and tries to use lightsaber like a quarterstaff. Also because Kylo is a little bitch.

I would put money on Rey developing a Saberstaff...

the real question is: What colour?
my three guesses would be. in order: Blue, Purple, Green.

wont be purple