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He was so shocked that he instinctively triggered his lightsaber, an act he regretted when Ben Solo woke up to see his uncle standing over him with lightsaber in hand. One fateful night, though, Luke entered Ben's room at the Jedi Temple and looked at him in the Force - really looked at him, scrutinizing him, sensing the growing darkness. According to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker had always sensed his nephew's power, but love had blinded him to the darkness that roiled inside him. When compared to the promise of that Forceback vision, Kylo Ren's canon backstory is frankly disappointing. Kylo Ren's Fall To The Dark Side Is Disappointing In Canon Now, though, LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales has provided an alternative tale - one that, while distinctly non-canon, builds far more effectively on the setup. Making matters worse, tie-in comics fleshed out other aspects of his downfall, and only added further contradictions. Related: Star Wars Doubles Down On Lucas’ ROTJ Boba Fett Changeįrustratingly, Star Wars: The Last Jedi pivoted on this idea, suggesting Ben Solo's fall to the dark side happened in very different circumstances. She saw what seemed to be the destruction of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Temple at the hands of the Knights of Ren - with Kylo Ren taking charge of them. Still, Star Wars: The Force Awakens teased a complicated fall to the dark side courtesy of a Forceback experienced by Rey, in which she received visions of the past. In truth, it's now clear Lucasfilm didn't know themselves they had some details planned out - such as Rey becoming a Skywalker by claiming the name for herself - but most of the broad story beats were up in the air.
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But when Kylo Ren made his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, viewers could only speculate why he had fallen to the dark side - fallen so far that he committed patricide. Star Wars has always been a generational saga, and so there's a sense in which it's quite fitting that the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa became the villain of the sequel trilogy. The latest Star Wars special on Disney+ has given Kylo Ren a better origin story than Star Wars: The Last Jedi - it's just a shame it isn't canon.