Kylo Ren Is Adorkable

For most of the sequel trilogy we knew Kylo Ren. But how much did we really see of Ben Solo?

The boy before Kylo Ren. The man beneath the mask. The person he could have become.

For years, we watched Kylo as a broken villain of the dark side. A product of Ben's struggle with expectations, identity, and the weight of a legacy he never asked for.

A young man who learned the truth about his family through others, carrying burdens that were never truly his own.

Yet despite all that pain, he still chose to become Ben Solo again. And then his story ended.

Before we ever saw him find peace with who he was.

Before we saw him confront the struggles that had shaped him.

Before we saw who Ben Solo could become when he was finally free to choose his own path.

His actions were never driven purely by Jedi ideals, Sith ideology, or loyalty to the First Order. They were driven by deeply personal struggles.

To me, that is what makes him so human.

And perhaps that is why so many people continue to care about him. Through discussions, theories, artwork, fanfiction, and even published books.

Not because we already know Ben Solo. But because we barely got the chance to.

Anakin Skywalker surrendered himself completely to the dark.

Ben Solo never truly did.

Even as Kylo Ren at his darkest hours, there was always something pulling him back.

A spark - the conflict - a part of Ben Solo that refused to disappear.

It shows in his hesitation, his compassion, and his inability to fully embrace the darkness he thought he wanted. 

Most of all, it shows in the vulnerability he revealed only to Rey. She was the one person who could still reach him in ways no one else ever could. Not as Kylo Ren, but as Ben Solo.

That inner struggle was what made him one of the most complex characters in Star Wars.

And recent stories have made that idea even more interesting. Even while walking the path of Kylo Ren, he was able to reach places that should not have been accessible to someone consumed by the dark.

To me, that suggests something important. Perhaps Ben Solo was never meant to fit into the old categories of Jedi and Sith. Perhaps his journey was pointing toward something different.

New paths within the Force. Ways in between, shaped by conflict, healing, compassion, and choice.

Ben Solo had only just returned to the light.

Rey was only beginning to understand her place.

Together, they could explore all this.

Adam Driver as Kylo Ren

The reylo pipeline

To me, the Skywalker story has always felt like something bigger.

It began with Anakin, a child whose birth was surrounded by mystery and the Force itself.

Over three generations, the Skywalkers became intertwined with the fate of the galaxy. They shaped wars, inspired hope, fell into darkness, and fought their way back to the light. Their choices changed lives.

Ben Solo was the last Skywalker by blood. His ending has never felt complete to me.

Rey carrying the Skywalker name is meaningful, but her deepest connection was not to Luke or Leia, the generation before her. It was to Ben Solo through the Dyad. With him gone, Rey was left alone once again.

And that is where I felt something was missing. Hope.

The very thing that has always stood at the heart of Star Wars, just as the Skywalkers have. A story that taught us that no matter how far someone has fallen, they can still choose the light.

Darth Vader made that choice in the end.

Ben Solo did too.

But while Vader's story reached its conclusion, Ben's felt as if it were just beginning. And then it stopped.

I'm not saying I need a simple happy ending. I'm saying that a family that has been at the heart of this saga for decades deserves a conclusion worthy of everything that came before.

Stand together. Die together.

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