People hate the Force dyad stuff but from my understanding, Revan and Bastila Sharn had the same thing.

In the old canon, force bonds happened a lot between masters and apprentices and they are something that happened over time when they understand each other. Also KOTOR II SPOILER: >! The exile was a natural leader and had a gifted ability to form force bonds. !< . In the case of Revan and Bastila their bond formed when >! Bastila saved Revan's life with the force !< . And these bonds transmitted images thoughts and feelings, those bonds didn't "download" abilities and were formed by positive interaction.

Kylo and Rey's dyad was a cop out to explain why Rey could use advanced force techniques without training. This bond was overpowered to an extreme and appeared just because. They didn't have any positive interaction before the bond manifested and it was a contrived coincidence that those two characters were the ones that were bonded.

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