Sophie Turner has withstood the wrath of King Joffrey, Ramsay Bolton and Littlefinger as Sansa on “Game of Thrones.” And those eight years of constant anguish have well prepared her for a somewhat more nontraditional hurdle: Being hit by a giant solar flare.

Yes, the spark that sets “Dark Phoenix” in motion is an actual spark.

That’s the first brow-raiser in this new “X-Men” film, which is pretty far-fetched even for a franchise about rare genetic mutations that allow people to read minds and shoot lasers with their eyes. It’s not bad, just crazy.

The movie begins with the team — Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Quicksilver (Evan Peters) and Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) — heading into outer space to rescue the crew of a NASA craft from the dangerous energy burst.

But in order to save the astronauts, Jean Grey (Turner), a powerful telepath, must bravely absorb the flare like a ShamWow. The other worldly force should kill her, but it doesn’t — instead she becomes the most powerful being in the universe.

Sound familiar? That’s because a few months ago we met Captain Marvel, arguably the most formidable Marvel Comics superhero there is. But you know what? I’m Team Jean. Because the alien Capt. Marvel was given a flimsy back story and the expressiveness of a walnut, she was ET: extra tedious.

Jean, on the other hand, is textured and relatable. When she discovers her new abilities at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, she can’t control their destructive nature. Things go haywire. A favorite character dies; cities are damaged; and the normal humans, who have coexisted peacefully with mutants for years, start to distrust them again.

Worried she’ll hurt the ones she loves, including her boyfriend Cyclops, Jean runs away, instead of hurting people she doesn’t much love.

Here’s where things get especially wonky. It turns out that Jean’s solar flare also destroyed a planet and the survivors of that alien race, the D’Bari, have been trailing it in an attempt to harness the energy and rebuild their world. Somehow that noble pursuit quickly leads to “All humans must die!” It’s a messy plot that takes away from the excellent acting, which is better than the Disney-run Marvel Cinematic Universe (this is a Fox picture).

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Turner might be a one-trick pony — I don’t see her signing onto “The Hangover: Part V” anytime soon — but it’s a winning trick. She’s intensely vulnerable here, and you feel for her quest to fill the childhood void the death of her parents left.

James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, as Charles Xavier and Magneto, respectively, have also consistently elevated this prequel series with performances that go way beyond the usual park-and-bark of the genre. They will be missed.

For thus ends Fox’s X-Men series that’s lasted nearly 20 years. As Disney and Marvel Studios take the reins, I hope they embrace the stakes, humanity and scrappiness of these special characters. And, for the love of God, go easy on the quips, Mickey.