![]() Now we have Anakin's grandson at the front and center of the new trilogy. Anakin's story was so important that three additional movies were created to delve more deeply into this redemption, laying the foundation for it. Episodes IV through VI were about Luke's hero journey and Darth Vader's turn to the Light Side. You can't say that the "Star Wars" franchise isn't built on redemption. His redemption would tie in with the series' message. Without any of those men in his life and with Rey no longer fighting for him, there's hope that he will choose the latter-for himself.Ĩ. Regardless, it's up to Ben now to choose what he wants to do: continue as Supreme Leader or find redemption. Their influences in Ben's life doesn't by any means negate his own responsibility for his actions, but if Han had been more involved or Luke had tried to help instead of kill, maybe resisting Snoke would've been easier. ![]() While Snoke's death is the only justifiable murder, Ben is at least now free to choose his own destiny, no longer influenced by any of them, however good-intentioned they may have been. Now all of them are gone, and Ben is responsible for all of them. Snoke has been manipulating him to join the Dark side for years, and once he has, there's emotional and physical abuse that follows. Snoke's toxic and abusive influence is the most obvious and evil of the three. However brief or instinct-driven that attempt on Ben's life was, Luke was still more naturally inclined to kill Ben than to try to save him. Luke Skywalker was meant to be his mentor, and instead he tried to kill him. Han Solo was an absent father, as his reunion with Leia in "The Force Awakens" seemed to suggest. He's free from the toxic male influences in his life and to choose for himself.īen Solo's life was marked by three particular men who all, in their own ways, pushed him further to the Dark Side. No other villain, besides Anakin, has acted for others-and we all know how that ended (hint: with his redemption).ħ. None of these are villain-esque motivations and instead point to his eventual redemption. He wanted to rescue her, kill his abuser, and start a new order with Rey. ![]() While killing Snoke for himself wouldn't have been a terrible thing-I could even excuse it as something bordering good and healthy-given the abuse he endured for years, he was only set against Snoke after forming a bond with Rey and seeing her tortured. ![]() It's only when Rey rejects, attempts to fight, and leaves him that he decides to take up the role of Supreme Leader.įurthermore, he seemed mostly affected when Rey was in danger. If he had merely wanted power, he wouldn't have suggested creating a new order of things or letting the past die. After he and Rey destroyed the praetorian guards, he begged her to join him as they, together, left behind both the Jedi and the Sith. This line of thinking doesn't hold up for multiple reasons.įor one, Kylo Ren didn't even want the position, initially. Many have told me that his reason for killing Snoke was selfish and purely strategic, doing so only so he could take his place as Supreme Leader. ![]()
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