Let's wait for the movie and then you can bash any character, but only after seeing what he/she does in that context.
If only that were true. Any criticism at all of TFA was immediately attacked by rabid jackals on this site. Those of us who dared to criticize TFA were ignorantly labeled JJ-haters, sexists, misogynists, and racists. We were called trolls, simply for venting our own personal frustrations with the film. We even started our own thread, just for those of us who didn't care for the film, leaving the TFA-lovers to wallow in their own TFA lovefest--but we were followed there by many of the rabid jackals, whose clear goal was censorship, as they cried out in each post that our thread should be shut down! I've been a member here for 14 years, and it was the most loathsome and despicable display of trolling I've ever seen.
So no, my friend, anyone who does not care for Rogue One after they've seen it, will not be able of post those opinions on this site without being personally attacked by those same rabid jackals, I'm afraid.
Now, I do agree with you that we should not jump to any firm conclusions about characters or the movie until we've seen it. But @
CessnaDriver said it best,
"once bitten, twice shy". Those of us who were turned off by Rey's absurdly fast and advanced facility with the Force have just been shown a trailer featuring another scrawny female lead who's shown kicking ass in close combat. And this girl, presumably, does not have the Force to explain her abilities.
It's just a glimpse, to be fair, but it's made me and some others think, Oh God, here we go again. Girl power run amok. Listen, I agree that some women are way more capable than the classic Hollywood stereotype of them falling down as they attempt to flee the monster or bad guy. But apparently it's not good enough for girls to not fall down as they flee danger. No, they have to turn around and beat the living crap out of that danger, even when it defies the laws of physics and common sense. The pendulum has swung waaaay too far to the other side. I'm hoping it will settle in the middle, in reality, some day soon.
If this new girl kicks ass the way Rey did, if she's another Mary Sue, Disney will never see another dime from me.
But I don't think that will happen. I think the filmmakers heard the Mary Sue gripes, and will avoid repeating that mistake. I'm cautiously optimistic.
The Wook