A refresher course on what actually makes a Mary Sue, the history of the term, and how men online have ruined it with their misogyny. Take it from us, we're the experts.
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Sun Mar 07, 2021 at 9:50am ET
Daisy Ridley didn’t have it easy when she was portraying Rey in the Star Wars sequels.
Complaints about Rey in Star Wars
Trolls called Rey a “Mary Sue,” which was a term to indicate she was given power without earning it just because she was a female character.
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It was the same simple minded statements that chased Kelly Marie Tran off Twitter.
It is a terrible statement because Luke Skywalker went from being a farmhand to a Jedi warrior who could pilot a ship and destroy a Death Star. Rey was a self-sufficient character who fought her entire life just to survive before becoming a Jedi Warrior.