Quote Originally Posted by SheltonChoked View Post
Rey in the dark side hole is to show how she is not afraid of the dark side of the force, but she still rejects it. Unlike Luke who fears the dark side. Rey demonstrates the dark side has no power over her.

The fact she is a nobody ( just like Vader was) shows the force is for everyone. She is "special" in that the force has balance. Ren is a super strong dark side character, the force made Rey a super strong light side character to balance. That's why Luke had to die. Snoke was killed, so to balance the force, Luke had to die. Or maybe the others were not listening. Or maybe it's just survivorship bias.

I understand the casino plotline was a dead end, and some of the revelations could have come from dialog only, but I think the point was to introduce the stable kids so that the broom boy at the end was a less "random" force user.

Why no one thought, on either side, that a Kamikaze attack was a god tactical move to allow the rebel ships to get away, or for that matter to shield them with the cruiser, I have no idea.

They should have left Phasma dead from the last movie.
I think what Rey and Broom kid are showing and what Luke was talking about is something along the lines of a basic tenet of Christianity - if you let go of yourself and invest in believing, then you become one with the grace of God. You don't have to be special. You don't have to be from a privileged bloodline. You just have to believe. Chirrut Imwe in Rogue One kind of embodied this idea too. What I see happening is that that Rey will inspire some sort of Force revolution where all you have to do is believe. It sounds kind of corny from a modern Hollywood perspective, but if you know anything about Campbell and the Hero's Journey, it would make a very interesting way to tie up the story arc of all 3 trilogies.