Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes Rey (Jedi Training) Unlock Guide

To unlock Rey (Jedi Training) in Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes, you must complete Tier VII of Rey's Hero's Journey using five specific Light Side characters promoted to seven stars: Rey (Scavenger), Finn, BB-8, Veteran Smuggler Han Solo, and Veteran Smuggler Chewbacca. The event permits no substitute units.

Character Requirements and Prerequisites

Rey's Hero's Journey is a permanent Journey Guide event featuring seven tiers. While earlier tiers unlock at lower star counts, Tier VII requires all five units at seven stars to finalize the unlock.

Before you can finish the event, you must first complete the Pieces and Plans Legendary Event to unlock and promote BB-8 to seven stars. Completing Pieces and Plans requires a full squad of five First Order units at seven stars, making First Order farming a prerequisite for Rey (Jedi Training).

Farming Veteran Smuggler Han Solo and Veteran Smuggler Chewbacca represents the primary time and energy bottleneck. Both characters are farmed on 16-energy Cantina Battle nodes. Funnel daily Cantina Energy refreshes into one Smuggler at a time to complete their promotions without splitting shard progress.

Character	Acquisition Source	Recommended Gear	Primary Event Function
Rey (Scavenger)	Light Side Hard Nodes / Stores	Gear 9–10	Single-target burst damage
Finn	Cantina Battles / Light Side Hard Nodes	Gear 8–9	Tanking, taunting, and stuns
BB-8	Pieces and Plans Event	Gear 8–9	Turn meter engine and buffs
Veteran Smuggler Han Solo	Cantina Battles (Node 8-F)	Gear 8	Turn meter reduction and ability block
Veteran Smuggler Chewbacca	Cantina Battles (Node 8-G)	Gear 8	Area-of-effect daze and target stun

Stop gearing both Veteran Smugglers at Gear 8. They require high-demand purple gear pieces, such as Mk 3 Carbantis and Mk 5 Stun Guns, which offer greater long-term roster value when saved for Rey (Scavenger), Finn, or other core teams. Proper modding allows the Smugglers to survive and land debuffs at Gear 8 without extra gear investment.

Modding and Stat Priorities

Equipping the right mod sets and primary stats enables your squad to clear Tier V and Tier VII without over-gearing:

BB-8: Assign your fastest Speed set. BB-8 must cycle turns rapidly to spread Secret Intel and reduce the cooldown of Illuminated Destiny.
Finn: Equip Health and Defense sets with Protection primary stats on the arrow, triangle, circle, and cross to absorb focus fire while taunting.
Rey (Scavenger): Equip Critical Damage and Critical Chance sets with Offense and Speed secondaries so Leverage and Flurry of Blows deal maximum burst damage.
Veteran Smugglers: Equip Potency crosses on both Han and Chewbacca. High Potency ensures Han strips enemy turn meter and Chewbacca lands dazes and stuns against high-tenacity First Order units.

Battle Tactics for Tier V and Tier VII

Tiers V and VII feature waves of First Order enemies that generate bonus turn meter and assist attacks. Follow this combat sequence to prevent enemy squads from overwhelming your low-gear characters:

Eliminate First Order Officers first: Officers grant full turn meter and bonus offense to their allies. Target and defeat them immediately.
Defeat First Order TIE Pilots second: TIE Pilots inflict high critical damage and defense down debuffs that can eliminate Gear 8 Smugglers in a single turn.
Neutralize enemy bonus attacks: Open encounters with Veteran Smuggler Chewbacca’s area-of-effect daze to disable First Order counter-attacks and assist calls. Follow up with Han Solo’s special attack to remove turn meter from any enemy close to taking a turn.
Control boss encounters: When facing Kylo Ren in final waves, apply Finn's stun and maintain his taunt to protect your damage dealers. Avoid using Rey's high-damage specials while Kylo has active protection or damage immunity shields.
Trigger Illuminated Destiny: Stall with basic attacks and Finn's crowd control until BB-8 activates Illuminated Destiny. Once active, the massive stat buffs grant Rey (Scavenger) enough burst damage to defeat the remaining bosses with Flurry of Blows.

Next Step: Post-Unlock Squad Setup

After completing Tier VII and activating Rey (Jedi Training), unlock and upgrade her leader ability, Inspirational Presence. Under this leadership, Resistance allies inflict Expose whenever they score a critical hit, and the entire team gains 8% turn meter whenever an enemy is Exposed.

To build an immediate, functional Resistance squad, pair Rey (Jedi Training) with BB-8, Finn, and either Resistance Trooper or Amilyn Holdo. This lineup controls enemy turn meter and rapidly reduces special ability cooldowns across Grand Arena and Territory Wars.