Warning: There are some spoilers ahead if you haven't seen "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Ever since the first full trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" came out in October, I've had one big issue with Kylo Ren.
I was hoping after seeing the movie that this would be cleared up, but it wasn't.
Kylo Ren's revenge plan makes no sense.
In the October trailer, we seem him telling a melted Darth Vader helmet that he will finish what he started.
There's just one problem with that.
There is nothing to finish. When Vader died in 1983's "Return of the Jedi" he was at peace with himself and his son Luke.
So what does Kylo think he's fighting for?
My best guess is that no one — outside of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader — really know how Vader and Emperor Palpatine died.
They don't know that, in his last moments, Vader turned against the Emperor and saved his son.
Vader's last act was for the light side. He was no longer filled with vengeance. "What he started" was finished long ago. Vader died as Anakin Skywalker.
All the Sith know is that Vader and Palpatine are dead and Luke lived. The immediate conclusion to draw is that Luke killed both of them and the Dark Side is furious with Luke.
We have proof of that.
Throughout "The Force Awakens" we know Luke is being hunted down by the new Empire, now called The First Order.
So maybe Kylo is just unaware he's on a false crusade to avenge Vader.
Here's my problem with that after watching "The Force Awakens."
Warning: Huge spoiler ahead.
We learn that Kylo Ren is Han and Leia's son, Ben Solo and Luke was training him to be a Jedi before Ben decided to turn to the dark side.
If Ben was drawn to the dark side to "finish" what his grandfather started then why wouldn't Luke tell his nephew about Vader's final moments?
It seems like that would solve a lot of problems.
Let's give Luke the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he did try and tell his nephew, but Ben didn't believe Uncle Luke's story. Maybe the new mysterious Sith Lord, Supreme Leader Snoke, convinced Ben his uncle's a liar.
If that's the case, why hasn't Darth Vader's force ghost, seen at the end of "Return of the Jedi," shown up to tell his grandson he's wrong?
I hope "Episode VIII" will help shed some light on the situation because I seriously do not understand Kylo's motivation for being on the dark side at the moment.
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