No. The story suffers from pacing issues which left most of us wanting a bit more character development, but Rey is compelling and not that much like Luke.
Luke was a petulant kid, raised by a loving family, over confident, restless and looking for adventure. Rey was an orphan, forced into self-reliance from an early age, fighting for survival every day. While Luke was cruising through life on the farm and daydreaming about something more, Rey had to be disciplined and self reliant just to survive. They shared a sense of duty and honor, a powerful affinity for the force, and some abandonment issues, that's about it.
I thought she progressed ok throughout the story. It was mostly about her discovering things about herself, but again, it is the first act.
Finn's role, once the movie settled in, was mostly comic relief and that's ok. He had his moments. They can dig more into Finn in later episodes. He still added a lot to the movie by giving us an inside glimpse of the modern storm troopers.
The main difference between Rey and Luke is that Luke had to work hard to become a hero, while Rey benefits from ridiculous levels of Feminist Plot Armour. Compare their respective arcs in A New Hope/Force Awakens.
- Luke gets KTFO by a Tuskin Raider and has to be rescued by Obi Wan.
- Obi Wan again saves him from getting curb-stomped in the bar.
- Luke rescues Leia but fails to save Obi Wan(although Obi Wan at that point was pretty much ready to join with the Force anyway)
- Luke finally gets his big Hero Moment when he blows up the Death Star. But he only manages this because Han fucking Solo runs interferance. If Solo doesn't hit Vader's ship, it doesn't matter how strong Luke is in the Force. He's dead and the Rebellion fails there and then.
Now look at Rey in FA
- Kicks the shit out of two aliens who try to snatch BB8.
- Kicks Finn's ass, even though he's been trained since childhood by the First Order(alright his MOS is Janitor, but he's still a trained soldier).
- Flies the Millinium Falcon, a ship she'd never even been on before, so well that First Order TIE Fighter pilots can't bring it down.
- Speaks Wookie.
- Drops the door at just the right time to cut the tentacles and save Finn.
- Manages to resist Ren's mind probe.
- Uses a Jedi Mind trick to make Stormtrooper 007 set her free.
- Curb stomps Ren. Yes, he was wounded, but she has zero training in the Force.
Rey is the ultimate Mary Sue. There's very little tension after you've seen her effortlessly win and escape time after time. I'm calling it right now: in Last Jedi, Rey will be even more overpowered thanks to Luke's training. She will curb-stomp the Knights of Ren, while Luke faces off against Kylo and goes Full Obi Wan.
