Daisy Ridley plays “Rey” in the new Star Wars movie, and she kicks some serious butt. Check out some of the training she had to go through before filming:

She sat down with Mark S. Allen for a few minutes today to talk about everything that Rey represents, how selfless and caring yet powerful of a character she is, and why she’s such a great role model:

Rey has got to be one of the best characters in this new film, which is awesome by the way, if you haven’t seen it, you need to go fix that. You’ll leave the theater in awe, and probably want to watch it again.