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Following the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there was a bit of a hubbub in the nerd biosphere as a small contingent had an issue with the lead character, Rey (Daisy Ridley), being as competent as her co-stars. While they claimed victory by costing the cinematic behemoth a bit of money in its march to be the most profitable film in history, by and large it didn’t make a dent. But the unfounded criticisms persist in certain corners of the internet, with people having problems with Rey’s abilities and claiming the character is a “Mary Sue” (an all-powerful, well-liked author surrogate). To answer those accusations, Jon and Al Kaplan have crafted a response that basically sums up as “Rey kicks ass, just accept it.”