The Force Awakens spoiler thread

[Millhouse]

Obviously the most basic plot line of the whole movie was Rey discovering and using the force on her own. We know she is highly intelligent, highly agile, skilled hand-to-hand combat, and highly independent. She already had all the traits of a forceuser as I call them since the Jedis and Siths are idealoigies of how to use the force.

But really it was after Han telling her that the force was real, not mumbo jumbo, and then of course the picking up the lightsaber scene which is crucial to discussions above. That was literally the moment she took her first steps in using the force with the visions. Obi-Wan reached out to her as she also heard Yoda, though she has no clue who they are just yet. But somehow she knew it was real from that point on, and the confrontation with Kylo she tapped into it for the first time with her determination to block him. And it was then she started to manipulate it in those few seconds to work on Kylos mind.

The escape was her knowing the Jedi mind trick stories out there which is common lore in the systems. And with everything that just happened, she gave it a shot, though the second time it worked when she focused on it.

I believe she will be the Skywalker that finally brings peace and justice to the galaxy. At least until a new Sith lord emerges years later and they start this all over again. lol