If the idea is to make the new Star Wars more “populist” and less about destiny, then why is Rey a magical superhero who doesn’t have to work to control the force and is explicitly (by Snoke) stated to be an equal to Kylo Ren. As his power rises so will hers, even if she doesn’t do anything. She’s just destined to be…

This is entirely, almost laughably incorrect. Can you get a criticality incident where you give yourself and anyone else in the room a lethal dose of neutron and gamma radiation by smacking two hunks of Plutonium together with your hands, yes. Can you make it blow up in a nuclear explosion? No, absolutely not. That’s…