Why Ben Solo turned to the dark side (Theory)

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There's rumors of having a Light and Dark side embodiment of Anakin/Vader that is teaching him as a force ghost. Could this be snoke? Maybe, but I like where this is going!

 

Kylo Ren is redeemable at this point in the story, since he is being used. Even though he murdered his father, he himself is being used by Snoke, just like Vader was used by Palpatine. Both Vader and probably Ren have been seduced by their masters with obtaining a power that neither of their masters are willing to art with. Vader was seduced with the power of keeping the ones that he loved from dying. As for Ren, that remains to be seen. Perhaps their is some connection with Rey to this seduction.

 

Although I know an Anakin/Vader ghost was considered at the conceptual stage, I don't think this (or a fabrication of this by Snoke) is what Kylo Ren was referring to when communing with Vader's helmet.

I look more to Rey's story as a parallel to Ren's. In this case, I wonder if Kylo Ren could've had his own 'Forceback' vision in his earlier years, but one vastly different from Rey's, darker, and possibly influenced by Snoke. In his case, it would've been Vader's burnt helmet that caused it, which is as iconic, if not more, as Anakin's lightsaber.

Based on the film and ancillary materials, Kylo Ren seems like he has a constant conflict within himself between the light and the dark. This is pretty natural amongst any person, but when that person has a strong connection to the Force, as well as a unique legacy and expectations, this conflict is augmented. Snoke highly values this conflict, seeing Kylo Ren as an ideal embodiment of the Force because of it, and has seemingly taught Ren to use that conflict to obtain power.

Clearly they are still dark siders, but perhaps internal conflict with the light helps Kylo Ren constantly augment his allegiance with the darkness. If he had a strong background with the light side, a deep link to the dark side through Vader's helmet could have been a good introduction to the kind of power that would've seduced him. A path validates and embraces his inner conflict, and brings him glory through it, rather than seeing it as a problem that needs to be treated.

(That said, I fully believe Snoke could've influenced him to find/contact the helmet, and even influenced what he saw. Likely just the first, though. Having Snoke influence his vision seems like giving the dark side and its temptations to little credit.)

 

I really hope they dont go in the direction, that is just like recycling ANH and ROTJ, i know they want to get us familiar again but its like come on we already played to this dance.

 

Interesting,sounds possible.The whole Anakin/Vader ghosts could be another thing.What if both the spirits speak to Kylo,making it even more difficult to strengthen in the dark side.

 

Or it will push KR to go so MF'ing bad that he kills Snoke and becomes the ultimate "evil" in the galaxy without any affiliations .

 

I think that simply the knowledge that your grandfather was the most famous badass in the galaxy would weigh heavily on your mind.

Every dark thought that would be normal for a teenager growing up, you would wonder.... "Is this normal? Or have I inherited something from gramps"?

I'm not saying this would be enough to push you over the edge, but it would definitely mess with your head during those hormonally charged years.

 

Kylo/Ben probably would have been a teenager when he turned to the Dark Side. It's either about not keeping his room clean or being suspended from XBox Live.

 

It's like knowing your dad is Charles Manson or hitler is your great uncle and left you millions of dollars that you can't touch .