Hey Star Wars Fans, This is Urban Acolyte TV, and my name is Prince.
I haven’t done much on the various fan speculations floating around the web about Kylo Ren, Rey,
and all these speculations about the Skywalker family in the new saga.
I came across this post on the Collider Jedi Council Facebook group about Kylo Ren that
I want to share with you all.
Credit for this goes to Matthew Benvenuti.
Now I’m not saying this is what I think at all— I am only sharing this because it
sums up what I’ve been seeing from you guys down in the comment section, so I’m using
this video to kind of gauge where you all are with your speculations about Rey and Ben
Solo.
So Matthew wrote that Ben has always shown signs of being a force sensitive, but he is
self conscious about being weaker than the rest of the Jedi in the Skywalker family.
Ben is known as Luke’s nephew or Anakin’s grandson.
Ben eventually becomes a student at Luke’s Jedi Academy.
He is the equivalent of a legacy and is a strong force weilder, so he becomes well known
amongst students.
While Ben is the top student, he still is incredibly self-conscious that he is not “Skywalker”
strong.
He tries to create an identity of his own and creates a group that refer to themselves
as the Knights of Ren, and he gives himself the name of Kylo Ren.
One day a new youngling named Rey is brought in with no pedigree (but she could be a Kenobi),
and it is clear that she possesses incredible potential.
Seeing Rey’s potential, Ben becomes incredibly jealous that his uncle, Luke Skywalker, is
showing her so much attention and looking at her as his top student.
Ben’s insecurities erupt and he looks anywhere he can to find more power in order to be the
strongest Skywalker.
His pursuit leads him to Supreme Leader Snoke, who manipulates his insecurities to turn him
against the Jedi, and he promises Ben the strength to rule the Galaxy and create the
dictatorship that his grandfather, Anakin, wanted.
Kylo and the Knights of Ren destroy what they believe is all of the Jedi academy as Snoke
ordered, but Luke and his prize student, Rey, got away.
Rey is planted on Jakku and wiped of her memories, and realizing his mistake leaves to find a
way to fix that mistake.
During the movie Rey is tapping more and more into her memories and force capabilities after
the lightsaber triggers her repressed memories.
Ben is still a powerful member of the First Order, but he constantly shows frustration
when his power is brought into question or he fails.
Ben is triggered by “the girl” on Jakku, and later is unable to control her mind and
has to physically remove himself to get his act together when she locks him out and tells
him he will never be as strong as Vader, which implies she instead went into his head.
He still shows how he is being manipulated by the pull of the light side until he kills
his father,Han Solo, showing how he is being manipulated to gain something powerful in
the dark side.
Afterwards when Ben is shot by Chewbacca’s bowcaster, he is clearly injured.
Had Ben been stronger, he would have been able to parry the shot away.
While Kylo Ren fights in the snow, he is clearly wounded, but even though he disposes of Finn
quickly, Finn still manages to land a solid blow.
Rey then pulls a lightsaber harder than a hurt Kylo Ren, but that should not affect
his force ability.
Rey is initially being bested until she lets the Force take over and then quickly bests
Ren in combat.
The injuries played a part, but Rey seems to have bested a trained Skywalker legacy.
A lack of elite force ability seems to be Ben’s main motivation as a character.
Matthew concludes his speculation by asking for your opinions.
Now although I have done a few videos on Rey, such as the 10 Reasons Rey is not a Skywalker,
I am yet to share my actual thoughts on Rey or Ben Solo.
I will say this much about what I’ve just presented— there are some clear holes that
I see, along with a few mistakes.
I don’t want this to turn into my critique of this speculation because I’m planning
to do my own video where I will cover my thoughts on Kylo Ren’s motivation, Rey’s family,
and how I believe she ended up on Jakku.
For now, I would like to hear from all of you.
What do you think is Kylo Ren’s main motivation, and do you believe Kylo Ren had anything to
do with why Rey was on Jakku?
If you do, I’d like to know why.
So let me know your thoughts down in the comment section below.
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the things you may have missed in the Force Awakens.
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Y’all keep on breathing, and May the Force Be With You.