Here’s a passage from the last jedi novelization where snoke confirms outright that he had been manipulating ben by exploiting his fear of inadequacy and abandonment since he was a child.
Naw, we’re just in the tumble-weed era of Star Wars news and 9/10 times introspection involves me thinking about Kylo Ben.
Still in the boat that this is supposed to be a space opera, and that any ending that doesn’t have Ben being happy is a real bummer and not the most enduring of messages for the narrative to live on after the films.
Honestly just miss me with that “we are now too Enlightened and Civilized for easy happy endings where villains repent of their ways and never have to be drawn and quartered and used as a warning to others on the ramparts of our city” bullshit too. You guys aren’t more mature or more enlightened, you’re just more cynical, and have deluded yourself into thinking that’s an intellectual accomplishment.
“We don’t have epic space battles here on planet earth, but he (Adam Driver) said ‘A lot of kids can relate to having parents who are really devoted to like a political cause or to a business, or to their faith, their church. And that devotion sometimes makes the kids rebel against it, rebelling in this case against the actual rebellion.’“ – Anthony Breznican on how Kylo Ren is relatable
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