PC is killing SW.
Here is how to destroy a franchise: Make the heroine an inexplicable Mary Sue (Han, Luke and Leia all had back stories to explain their abilities), ensure that from now on ALL “heroes” will be NOT be Straight White Males, tell your fan base to f themselves, change the narrative to ensure the victory of the heroes lasted only a few years and might as well have never happened, then tell your fan base to lay their johnsons on the sidewalk so you can run over them with a steam roller.
You know — the hiLIARy 2016 campaign strategy.
Modern Hollywood and all of its hanger-ons never learned the one key truth of making successful movies - You make movies for the fans not yourself or friends or studios.
When you take away all the hype the fans are the ones with the money you need. If they don’t like your product you go hungry not them.
Han was "merely" a hot-shot pilot. However, he knew his spacecraft and all its idiosyncrasies (and customized upgrades) intimately. He was something of a braggart, but - when his bluff was called - could actually back up most of his braggadocio with his piloting and sharpshooting skills. Nevertheless, he was not an aeronautical "god," like Rey, and we (the audience) could see that he knew that his bluster was in part just that. None of the other characters stood "in awe" of him.
Luke was a naive, over-confident, hot-headed country boy who often wouldn't listen to older, wiser, and cooler heads (not because he discounted their wisdom, but rather because he had to save his friends). His uncle catches him in a lie ("Going to Hoshi Station to get power converters - My ass!) He underwent lengthy training, during which he was frequently shown to fail - sometimes spectacularly (e.g., with Han "breaking his balls" while Luke practiced against the "remote" en route to Alderaan; failing to balance the stones and Yoda on Dagobar; his "failure in the cave;" losing a hand while duelling Vader). No one "stands in awe" of Luke; he needs Ben to "save his bacon" in the cantina; Han dismisses him, calling him "kid;" Leia asks him if he "isn't kind of short for a stormtrooper".
Leia shows genuine fear vis-à-vis Vader and Tarkin, and is emotionally devastated when Alderaan is destroyed. She needs to be rescued (but is not totally passive - rather, she soon takes charge). She is apparently unable to fly the Falcon or fire the Falcon's weaponry.
Rey almost never fails (at worst, she sometimes needs a few seconds to familiarize herself with some piece of complex machinery she has never seen before - but then she masters it). She needs two tries to master the Jedi mind-trick. Everyone she meets is in absolute awe of her within seconds - most notably Finn (well, awe mixed with puppy love), Han (who offers her a job), Maz ("Who is this girl?!"), Leia (who ignores Chewie and embraces her, a stranger).
Rey is a classic Mary Sue.
Regards,