Who *actually* turned on the lightsaber?
Guys….I’ve been thinking about this, and to me, it’s the classic ‘who actually pulled the trigger’ gun scuffle.
“I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it. Will you help me?”
Forget the meta of the script for a moment. What’s clear is that Kylo’s been told he has to kill Han in order to ‘be free’, and as much as Snoke tried to play sympathetic about it and make it SEEM like it was some unfortunate thing, Kylo knew it was an order.
Kylo Ren is beefed up with the force. You think he didn’t know his dad was around the corner? He deliberately avoided him knowing what would go down, and yet Han still chased after him like an idiot which forced Kylo’s hand. Kylo then breaks down and pretty much tells Han that he’s been ordered to kill him. “I’m being torn apart…I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.” He then asks for his father’s help.
You can see it in Han’s eyes. I don’t have any gifs myself but all of you already know this scene by heart by now. Han knows what’s going to go down. He knows before he even leaves the Resistance base that he’s most likely not coming back. But I doubt he could have imagined it’d be like this.
Kylo, or in this moment should we say BEN, extends the lightsaber forward, and Han grasps it. And then, there’s a struggle. There’s a struggle over the lightsaber. They’re both pulling it towards them, but to what purpose? So Kylo can kill Han, or so Han can kill himself so Ben won’t have to and Ben isn’t sure if he wants to let him do it???
WHY would you thank someone in this situation? It doesn’t make sense, unless it was because Han is the one who yanked the saber forward and flicked the switch on himself. Ben then completes the show, pushing the saber deeper, and doesn’t move away as Han runs his hand down his son’s face….
Han Solo kills himself, saving his son from having to do the unspeakable, so Snoke doesn’t actually drag him deeper down into the hell he already lives in while all the while Kylo can claim he did it and protect himself a little longer from a situation he knows is crumbling around him. This is Han’s last act- helping buy his son just a little more time.
And that’s all I have to say on that subject.
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