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But Yoda was insistent (in Empire Strikes Back) that only a fully trained Jedi could face Vader (another fully trained Jedi). So what happened after Luke ignored Yoda's warning? He got his ass whipped and his right hand cut off. And that was already after a lot of training.

On the other hand, Rey was able to kick the crap out of seasoned Jedi warriors, could use the "Jedi mind trick" instinctively somehow, and just about everything else a fully trained Jedi could do with little or no training. So this basically negates every Star Wars movie up until then.

And by the way, I don't like the term 'laser sword'. A laser is invisible, doesn't just stop at a certain length, and can't block another laser because it doesn't follow the Pauli exclusion principal. Adding science to space fantasy makes it bad science fantasy.

I’m not a huge Starwars nerd, but I am perfectly willing to accept that someone more naturally in tune with the force (as I understand the concept of it) would require significantly less training to tap into it.

What’s so hard to believe about using the jedi mind trick without training? It seems more likely to me to do that intuitively than to successfully parry a charge. As you even bring up, Yoda was insistent that Luke be fully trained to face Vader, but was it his physical skills, or his mental readiness that he needed to be ready?