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The story of Ben Solo/Kylo Ren from the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Background[]

Han Leia and Ben

Ben Solo, son of General Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, was born one year after the Battle of Endor.

Ren was born as Ben Solo, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, a year after Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, in which his parents and uncle Luke defeated the Galactic Empire and its leader Emperor Palpatine. He proved to be sensitive to the Force like his mother and uncle.

Fearing that Ben was too much like his maternal grandfather Darth Vader, Leia sent him to Luke to teach him about the ways of the Force and become a Jedi. However, Luke sensed a force of darkness inside Ben and contemplated on killing him, but could not bear himself to do so because it would break both Leia and Han's hearts. However, Ben soon learned of Luke's intentions and took this as a sign of betrayal, fearing that he'll never be as powerful as he wanted to be. This insecurity is what allowed Supreme Leader Snoke, the leader of the evil First Order organization, to corrupt Ben's mind. Snoke was actually a creation of Emperor Palpatine that was once again trying to manipulate a Skywalker to fall to the dark side of the Force. Sensing that Ben was on the edge of being turned to the dark, Luke decided to go to Ben's hut - located away from the Jedi Temple - and to talk to him about it. He went into the hut where he found Ben sleeping. To his horror, Luke sensed the darkness in Ben and realized that he had already been corrupted by Palpatine through Snoke.

Wakey wakey Ben

Everything changed for Solo when Skywalker nearly killed him in his sleep, having sensed great darkness in his nephew.

For instance, Luke thought that killing Ben would end the danger and he drew his lightsaber but immediately ignored the thought. However, it was too late. Waking up at the sound of the lightsaber, Ben saw his armed uncle standing above him. Surprised by Luke's betrayal, Ben brought down the entire hut with his Jedi powers in an attempt to defend himself, burying Luke underneath. In this same night Luke's Jedi Temple was destroyed by lightning and most his pupils where killed. Ben took the blame for the Temple's destruction and left to meet Snoke feeling that he had nowhere else to go. Meanwhile, when Luke finally freed himself from under the hut, he only found death and destruction around him.

Later, Ben would join the Knights of Ren and become their master after killing their former leader, adopting "Kylo Ren" as his new name. He would also don a uniform similar to the one of a Sith, with a black cloak and a mask (resembling Darth Revan's Sith attire from the Legends series) and officially join the First Order as Snoke's disciple and a warlord of the First Order. He also developed a rivalry with General Hux for Snoke's appreciation.

Star Wars: Bloodline[]

The reason for Ben becoming evil was not just Snoke's corruption and Luke's supposed betrayal, but also his parents' tumultuous relationship, given Han's career as a smuggler and Leia's role as a political figure. 6 years prior to events of The Force Awakens, Leia's political enemy Carise Sindian exposed her parentage to the public, which is likely the reason how Ben learned that he was the grandson of Darth Vader.

Star Wars Resistance[]

They also said that someone called "Kylo Ren" was leading the First Order army.
~ Kazuda Xiono reporting to the Resistance about Kylo Ren

Kylo Ren is mentioned in the episode "The Children from Tehar", in which he murdered a prominent family in the village on Tehar. The children witnessed him wielding a lightsaber, which they've heard in the old stories about the Jedi. Kazuda Xiono reported this to the Resistance, the information was later sent to General Leia Organa. He later appears in the Season Two finale "The Escape", which takes place after the events of The Last Jedi.

If you're not capable of dealing with them, then I will find someone who can.
~ Kylo Ren
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Kylo Ren talk to Tierny and Pyre.

In retaliation against the Aeosians who supported the Resistance, a fleet of Resurgent-class Star Destroyers invaded their homeworld of Aeos Prime and devastated it. After completing the orbital bombardment, First Order Security Bureau Agent Tierny and Stormtrooper Commander Pyre reported their actions to General Hux but found Supreme Leader Kylo Ren waiting on the other side of the holoprojector.

Ren had been keeping track of Pyre and Tierny's failure to defeat Colossus resistance and declared that he would not tolerate the existence of any Resistance cell. Reaching out through the Force, Ren influenced the two to stand and point their blasters at each other. He then severed the transmission, leaving his subordinates with an ominous warning about the price for failure.

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Ren would brook no failure, and so he unleashed his wrath on Agent Tierny as a demonstration of his power.

Though they managed to locate the Colossus station in the Barabesh system, the ensuing battle did not turn in the First Order's favor. Betrayed by the TIE fighter pilot DT-533, the First Order failed to prevent the Resistance operatives Kazuda Xiono and Jarek Yeager from warning their allies of the impending attack. Rather than retreat, however, the citizenry of the Colossus held their ground against the forces of the First Order. While the Ace Squadron intensified their attack run on the Resurgent Star Destroyer, Tierny received a transmission from Supreme Leader Ren. She beseeched him to send reinforcements, but Ren rejected her request, declaring the First Order had no tolerance for the weak. Once again, he reached out with the Force, but this time Tierny found herself struggling to breathe as Ren unleashed his final punishment on the First Order agent.

Star Wars Battlefront II[]

Tell me where Lor San Tekka took the map.
…Bayora. He took it to Bayora.
~ Kylo Ren and Del Meeko


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Ren personally oversaw the First Order's efforts to locate and destroy the last Jedi, his uncle and former Master Luke Skywalker.

The hunt for Skywalker caused Ren to undertake a journey the planet Pillio. Although San Tekka was not found on the world, the First Order's allies captured and detained Del Meeko, a veteran of the Galactic Civil War who served the Empire and New Republic, in turn, as a member of Inferno Squad. Upon his arrival, the dark warrior was greeted by Protectorate Gleb of Jinata Security. Dismissive of the formalities, he instructed the Aqualish officer to lead him to Meeko. He found the former soldier wounded and alone on the bridge of the Raider II-class corvette Corvus.

Ignoring the prisoner's sarcasm, Ren used the Force to probe through Meeko's mind, determined to learn where San Tekka took the map. For all of Meeko's efforts to resist the probe, invading his mind was a relatively simple task for Ren, who saw memories ranging across the former commando's life—from his service on Scarif as a coastal defender stormtrooper to his participation in the Battle of Endor and the skirmish on Vardos. He also learned that Meeko encountered Skywalker on Pillio and subsequently discovered his faith in the Force. Ultimately, Meeko was unable to resist Ren's powers and revealed that San Tekka took the map with him to Bayora.

Having gained the information he sought, Ren turned the prisoner over to First Order officer Gideon Hask, one of Meeko's former teammates in the Inferno Squad prior to the Empire's fall, who executed Meeko shortly thereafter.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens[]

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Kylo launches an assault on Jakku.

Knowing that somewhere on the planet Jakku there is a map leading the way to Luke, Kylo arrives on the planet. His stormtroopers quickly round up all citizens of the nearby village, including village elder Lor San Tekka, who gives the map to Resistance pilot Poe Dameron before Kylo arrives. Poe witnesses the chaos the troops cause and gives the map to his droid BB-8, telling him to get away as far as possible. Kylo interrogates San Tekka, who recognizes him as Han's son and tells him that he cannot run away from the family he was born into. Kylo then murders the man with his lightsaber and orders Captain Phasma to kill all the captured villagers before putting the village off the map.

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Kylo tortures Poe using the Force.

While the First Order Stormtroopers carry out the gruesome task, one of them, Finn, does not participate in the slaughter. Poe, witnessing the murder from a hiding spot, fires his blaster at Kylo, but Kylo stops the laser blast midair, freezing it. Kylo then uses the Force to overpower Poe and has the stormtroopers take him captive. After Poe is brought onboard, Kylo leaves the scene and frees the frozen laser blast. Aboard the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer, Kylo interrogates Poe and questions the location of the map. Poe's unwillingness to cooperate prompts Kylo to torture him using the Force to the point where he gives in and confesses the location. He sends his troops back to Jakku to find BB-8, who has already met a scavenger named Rey. Poe is then saved by Finn, who has chosen to turn against the First Order, and escapes with him to Jakku. After being told about Poe's escape, Kylo furiously demolishes the ship's interior with his lightsaber.

Kylo Ren kidnaps Rey

After realizing that she had seen the map to Luke Skywalker, Kylo kidnaps Rey and carries her to his shuttle.

After Finn and Rey have met Han and Chewbacca, Kylo talks with Snoke, who tells him that the droid is aboard the Millennium Falcon and that he soon will have to face his father. Kylo replies that, with Snoke's training, he is prepared and will not be seduced by the light, but Snoke nonetheless calls it the hardest test Kylo has to face. Then, after General Hux's speech, Kylo witnesses the destruction of the New Republic's capital planet as well as the Republic fleet by Starkiller Base. Right after, Kylo tracks the signal of the Millennium Falcon to Takodana. While his soldiers attack the building Finn and Han are in, Kylo tracks down Rey in the forest. Upon finding her, Kylo demands to know the location of BB-8, but after realizing that Rey has already seen the map, he takes her captive, planning to get the information out of her mind. Kylo tells his troops to retreat, as he now deems BB-8 unimportant.

Kylo interrogates Rey

Kylo interrogates Rey and is intrigued by her mind, but fails to obtain the map.

Kylo brings Rey to Starkiller Base. When Rey expresses discomfort in being chased by a "creature in a mask", Kylo takes off his helmet, revealing how young he really is, and Rey looks at him suprised. When she refuses to tell him Luke's location, Kylo uses the Force to search her mind. While looking into her memories, Kylo senses how lonely she was on Jakku, he sees that she dreams about an ocean surrounding an island, and that she sees Han Solo as the father she never had. He then comments that she would be disappointed with Han as a father. Ren tries to search further, but is surprised when Rey blocks him out of her head, instead reading his mind and revealing his greatest fear: That he will never be as powerful as Darth Vader. Disturbed by the fact Rey is actually strong with the Force, Kylo leaves the room, leaving Rey behind with a stormtrooper guard.

Kylo seeks his master for guidance, and tells him that Rey is strong with the Force and that she had resisted the interrogation. Snoke replies he sensed that his apprentice has compassion for the girl and that Kylo's own weakness must be what is preventing him from overpowering her, not her strength. Snoke tells Kylo to bring Rey before him. But while Kylo is not in the room, Rey uses a Force trick on the stormtrooper to force him to free her. When Ren returns to see Rey's chair empty, he flies into a berserk rage and destroys the room's interior with his lightsaber while calling the guards, prompting two nearby stormtroopers to leave the scene before Kylo can harm them.

After witnessing the power of Starkiller Base, the Resistance plans to destroy the facility before the First Order can destroy them with it. Han, Chewbacca, and Finn plan to infiltrate the base to turn off its shield generators as well as to save Rey. Before they leave, Leia tells Han to try to get their son back, which he promises. At Starkiller Base, they deactivate the generators and rig parts of the facility with explosives. Kylo, who is present on the base, senses his father's presence and tries to find him.

I've been torn apart... I want to be free of this pain. I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it. Will you help me?
Yes, anything.
~ Kylo Ren and Han Solo
Kylo impales Solo- Impact of Vader's fall from grace

Kylo impales Han Solo with his lightsaber.

Han instead sees Kylo, who is just crossing a bridge; he then calls out to him by saying his birth name, Ben, and approaches his son. Although Kylo states that Ben Solo was weak and therefore eliminated by Kylo Ren, Han tells him that Snoke corrupted him and that he still has the choice to change. He also tells his son to come home, as his mother misses him. This touches Kylo, who admits that he is torn. Knowing that he would feel drawn to his family as long as his father is there, Kylo begs Han to help him in executing the choice he has made. Han promises to help him and Kylo slowly hands him his lightsaber. But then Kylo activates his lightsaber and thrusts it into his father's chest, thanking him for making this choice possible, as without his father, he believes that his ties to the Light Side are forever severed. Han fondly touches his son's face one last time before he falls to his death into the abyss, causing Kylo to feel a little remorseful of what he had done to his father. Chewbacca, furious about his friend's death, activates the explosives and shoots at Ren, hitting him and dropping him to the ground.

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Kylo is fascinated at Rey after seeing Anakin's lightsaber fly past him to her.

Kylo sees Rey and Finn leave the building, then pursues the two into the frozen woods outside of Starkiller Base where he confronts them. Rey calls Kylo a monster and tries to attack Kylo but he uses the Force to throw her far off into the trees, knocking her out. While Kylo accuses Finn for being a traitor and demands him to hand over Anakin's lightsaber, Finn refuses and activates it. The two engage in a furious sword fight in which Kylo injures Finn by ramming the crossguard of his lightsaber into his shoulder. Though both of them are hit and injured multiple times, Kylo in the end defeats Finn by slicing his back, causing Finn to drop the lightsaber and fall to the ground unconscious. Kylo then tries to use the Force to get his grandfather's lightsaber, but the lightsaber flies right past him into the hands of Rey. This surprises Kylo and for a moment he stands looking at her fascinated. Rey ignites the saber and now angrily attacks Kylo. As a climactic fight progresses, the Resistance manages to destroy Starkiller Base, which results in a massive earthquake which creates deep rifts in the surrounding landscape; one of these chasms opens right behind Kylo and Rey.

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Kylo duels Rey in the forest of Starkiller Base and offers to train her.

Kylo drives Rey towards the edge of the rift. While pressing his lightsaber against hers, Kylo offers to train Rey instead of pushing her down, hinting that he has no true intention to kill her. This, however, causes Rey to realize her potential and, with the Force, she drives Kylo back, hitting him multiple times with her lightsaber and eventually slicing him across the face, scarring him. Badly injured, a defeated Kylo drops to the ground, but before Rey can finish him off, a rift opens right between them, separating Rey from Kylo. Chewbacca then steers the Millennium Falcon towards Rey and she boards the ship with Finn's comatose body, leaving Kylo behind on the imploding planet. Shortly before the ultimate destruction of the planet, Snoke gives Hux the order to evacuate Starkiller Base and to bring Kylo before him so that Kylo's training can be completed.

Though Kylo is only last seen when a rift separates him from Rey, he fails to prevent the return of the Jedi when Rey finally finds Luke and tries to convince the last surviving Jedi Master in the galaxy to rebuild the Jedi Order once more with her aid.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi[]

I gave everything I have to you

Ren's failure cost him the respect of his master, who derided his apprentice as a sentimental child hiding in a mask.

Following the destruction of Starkiller Base, Kylo feels that he is growing weaker ever since he killed his father; even a disappointed Snoke compares Kylo unfavorably to Vader by calling him an immature child hiding behind a mask, a statement that left Kylo very angry, causing him to destroy his mask and even tried to attack Snoke, only to be quickly beaten to the ground with a single burst of Force lightning. As Snoke becomes delighted to hear that Hux found a way to constantly track down the Resistance fleet and deduce their current location through hyperspace and orders Hux to lead a series of assaults on the Resistance fleet, Kylo decides to intervene to try to regain his master's acceptance, unaware that Snoke was merely inspiring him to make him go deeper into the dark side.

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Kylo is unable to destroy the bridge of the Raddus, after sensing his mother onboard.

During the initial attack on the Resistance ship, MC85 Stat Cruiser Raddus, Kylo uses his own TIE silencer to attack, but hesitates after learning that his mother Leia is onboard the ship. However, his wingman Poldin LeHuse relentlessly continued the attack on the Raddus, killing everyone onboard, though Leia saved herself by using the Force to pull herself to safety, while Poldin LeHuse is then shot down by the Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster Ninka in response, leaving a saddened Kylo in tears, as he is unable to do anything to help his mother.

Around the same time, Kylo and Rey discovered they had a Force-bond, which later is revealed to be the result of them being a dyad in the Force. During their Force Bond connections, they can communicate through their minds, and even see and touch across spaces. Ren at first tried to control Rey but found he could not, as they were too far and he is quick to realize that she is not projecting herself as it would kill her with her current abilities instantly, but he manages to find out that Luke is currently her mentor. Ren, fascinated by his connection to Rey, sought to understand it better and soon it reached levels where they can see each other's feelings and he grows attached to her, even showing a level of sadness when she referred to him as a monster and somewhat ominously warning her of Luke due to his past experiences.

I've never felt so alone.
You're not alone.
Neither are you.
~ Kylo and Rey
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Rey and Kylo seek comfort in each other, when they touch hands through their bond, Rey senses the light that still lives in him.

Seeking to squash Rey's hopes of her parents being any significant, when they connected again, Ren was at the time bare to the chest yet he still taunts Rey for continuing to want parental figures and reveals Luke's attempt to kill him while he was sleeping caused him to turn to the dark side. In one of their later connections, Ren and Rey finally genuinely bond over their common sentiment of abandonment and loneliness, touching hands across spaces. This moment is interrupted by Luke, who deactivated it with his regained Force powers. Nevertheless, Rey decides to bring Kylo back into the light side in hopes that the war would end peacefully but Ren believes otherwise. He believes that Rey is destined to join him and turn to the dark side. To that end, Rey surrenders herself to Kylo in the Mega-class Star Dreadnought Supremacy, and he takes her into custody.

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Ren and Rey stood back-to-back against the Supreme Leader's vengeful Praetorian Guards.

Being brought over to Snoke's throne room occupied by Snoke and his Elite Praetorian Guards, Rey is horrified to learn that Snoke plans to use his Force skills to torture her into giving out the location of Luke so that he can destroy the Jedi legacy and cement the First Order's reign across the galaxy. Snoke even confessed that he used the connection between Rey and Kylo as part of his plan. However, this reveal also infuriates Kylo, that realized the manipulation and abuse of his master and that had developed feelings for Rey during their interactions. As Snoke psychologically tortures Rey, he sadistically orders Kylo to kill her by gloating of his ability to read Kylo's mind and calling the girl a 'foolish child' for believing that his apprentice would betray him. However, Kylo tricked him into believing he's striking Rey but activated the Skywalker lightsaber and used it to slice Snoke in half by the waist, killing him instantly in an act of treachery.

I want you to join me. We can rule together and bring a new order to the galaxy. [...] You come from nothing. You're nothing, but not to me. Join me. Please...
~ Kylo begs Rey to join him
Kylo asks Rey to join him

Ren offers his hand to Rey, asking her to join him and rule the galaxy by his side.

After helping Kylo finish off Snoke's guards, Rey tries to convince him to return to the light and help the Resistance as he finally killed off Snoke for good. Unfortunately, despite of his feelings for Rey, Kylo has no intention in returning to the light or helping the Resistance. Instead he holds out his hand to Rey and offers her a place by his side to build a legacy far more different from that of either Snoke's or Luke's, letting the past, the Jedi, the Sith, and all old things die. Rey hesitates, but in the end, refuses to take his hand even after he pleaded to her. She escapes completely heartbroken and disappointed that he wouldn't come with her. Then, Kylo is found alone in the Throne room by Hux and when the general asks what happened, Kylo frames Rey for Snoke's murder and Force chokes Hux into compliance when the latter refused to oblige to his role as the new Supreme Leader.

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Rey chose to shut Ren out when the Force reconnected them, leaving the heartbroken Supreme Leader alone and unable to revel in his achievements.

Directing the First Order's new attack to the planet Crait where a hidden Resistance base is located, Kylo orders his forces to attack the base. After the base is breached, Kylo decides to confront an arriving Luke by himself. Engaging his uncle in combat, Kylo manages to slice through him, only to realize that Luke was actually projecting himself through the Force from Ahch-To as part of his true plan to let the remaining Resistance members escape. Luke then warns him that the war has already started and the rebellion is already reborn and he will not be the last Jedi. As Luke dies in peace while bidding farewell to Kylo, this left Kylo infuriated that he failed to seize his chance of killing Luke, knowing that even if he would lead the First Order into greater power, Rey will still continue on with the Jedi teachings to future generations. Afterwards, Kylo and his forces infiltrated the now-empty base, but finds only Han's golden hanging dice. Simultaneously, as the Resistance evacuates, Ren sees Rey again through their Force-bond as she boarded the Millennium Falcon; no words were said between them as she closed the door on him, making a heartbroken Ren look depressed and bow his head saddened as he watched his father's dice vanish from his hand.

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker[]

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Ren meets the phantom Emperor Palpatine on Exegol and is offered power and a fleet, but Ren secretly has other plans in mind.

Despite his failure to kill Luke, Ren was able to obtain more power in the galaxy for a year as more worlds submitted to his rule in the First Order. However, he learns of the return of the deceased Sheev Palpatine, the founder of the former Galactic Empire and known to the galaxy as Emperor Palpatine, who was thought to be killed by Darth Vader. Ren then searches throughout the galaxy for a Sith wayfinder, which leads him to the Sith planet of Exegol, with the hopes of killing the phantom Emperor as a show of his power. When Ren finds the wayfinder and arrives on Exegol, Palpatine reveals that he resurrected himself through untold means of the dark side of the Force, and that he has been manipulating Ren the whole time, having created Snoke as his puppet and the First Order as a means of turning Ren to the dark side and training him in the ways of the Force. Palpatine promises a new Sith Empire, upon which Ren will rule as the new Emperor, stating that they will accomplish this through the Sith Eternal's fleet of Xyston-class Star Destroyers called the Final Order, though he first gives Ren the condition that he must kill Rey.

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Kylo Ren longs for Rey to join him, but she rejects his offer yet again.

Ren searches the galaxy for Rey and continues corresponding with her through the Force, using these correspondences to discern her location. Around the same time, he learns that a spy within the First Order is selling out information to the Resistance, so he orders his troops to be on the lookout for the spy. Ren tries to locate Rey and stop her from finding the other wayfinder. Through their connections in the Force, he warns her about Palpatine, tells her that she has a larger part in the story than he had initially thought, and promises to tell her the whole story in person. When they finally meet face-to-face once more, Ren reveals the truth to Rey that she is actually the granddaughter of Palpatine, and that her parents lived as 'nobodies' and abandoned her in Jakku in order to protect her from Palpatine, who subsequently ordered their deaths afterwards. Ren also stated that he and Rey are a dyad in the Force with extremely powerful potential when joined together, two that are actually one in the Force. He urges her once more to take his hand and to join him to defeat Palpatine and take his throne together. Rey hesitates, but still refuses and escapes.

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Rey heals Ren and confesses her feelings for him, saying that she wanted Ben's hand.

Later, he follows her to Kef Bir, an ocean moon of Endor, and meets her on the wreckage of the second Death Star. He urges her to join him again and destroys the wayfinder to stop her from going to face Palpatine without him. Rey becomes infuriated and they engage in a lightsaber duel. The duel ends with Rey impaling Ren, just as a dying Leia reaches out through the Force to both of them. Leia's death helps Rey to let go of the rage she was losing herself into and realizes what she had done. Immediately regretting hurting someone she cares, Rey uses the Force to heal Ren's wound, giving him a large amount of her own life energy as she is willing to die to save him. She then leaves aboard his TIE whisper, after telling him that she did want to take Ben Solo's hand but not Kylo Ren's, which confirms that she does has romantic feelings for him but she would never join Kylo Ren in the dark side.

Your son... is dead.
No. Kylo Ren is dead. My son is alive.
~ Ben and Han Solo's memory
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Ren sees his memory of his father that encourages him to cut ties with the dark side and become Ben Solo again.

Alone on the wreckage, Ren sees a vision of his father, Han Solo, and in an echo of their final encounter. Han encourages him to leave the dark side and shows his affection to him by touching his face, as he previously did on Starkiller Base. Ren becomes emotional talking to his father, even close to tears. Ren tells Han that "I know what I have to do but I don't have the strength to do it." He then throws his crossguard lightsaber into the ocean, finally severing his ties to the First Order and the dark side, reclaiming his former identity as Ben Solo once again, thus abandoning his Kylo Ren identity and deciding to redeem himself from the mistakes he had previously committed.

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Ben Solo joins Rey on Exegol to battle Emperor Palpatine together.

Now moved solely by the desire to save Rey, Ben follows her back to Exegol, where he learns that Palpatine is planning to sacrifice himself to Rey so that his spirit will be transferred inside her and she will claim her new role as the new Empress of the new Sith Empire. It is also revealed that Palpatine has tricked Rey into leading the entire Resistance forces to Exegol so that the Sith Eternal forces can wipe them out, to ensure that Rey will be consumed by her hatred so that his sacrifice will be imminent. But Rey refuses to given to any hatred and agrees to do Palpatine's wishes to save her friends. However, when she sees that Ben arrived to help her, Rey is moved close to tears and inspired to refuse Palpatine's wishes. She pretends to strike Palpatine but instead she gives the Skywalker lightsaber to Ben through their connection. Ben defeats the Knights of Ren using his grandfather's lightsaber while Rey defeats the Sovereign Protectors. Meanwhile, the Resistance brings in a large armada to counter against the Sith fleet.

Unfortunately, Palpatine anticipated this move as he senses Rey and Ben's connection as a dyad in the Force, and absorbs the dyad to restore a full body for himself. With his body rejuvenated and his powers in full strength, Palpatine throws Ben into a bottomless pit out of complete spite against the Skywalker family for causing his previous death. Believing that Ben is seemingly disposed of, Palpatine cackles evilly as he uses his full power of Force lightning to attack the Resistance armada, putting them in complete danger. However, Rey uses all of the powers from the Jedi from the past to finally destroy the Sith Emperor at the cost of her own life, thus saving the Resistance armada and allowing them to destroy the remaining Sith forces for good.

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Ben and Rey finally acknowledge their feelings for each other with a passionate kiss.

Following the destruction of the Final Order and death of Palpatine, Ben climbs out of the pit, seeing that Rey has sacrificed herself to destroy Palpatine. Ben picks her in his arms and hugs her, mourning her death as he developed romantic feelings for her. He then decides to give her a second chance by transferring his life force into Rey, successfully resurrecting her. As Rey awakens, she and Ben passionate kiss. They gaze and smile, completely in love with each other before he, while still in her arms, peacefully vanishes into the Force after having used all of his life force to revive Rey in an act of love and sacrifice.

After the destruction of Palpatine and the Sith Eternal, the galaxy is finally at peace. In honor of Ben's sacrifice and love for her, Rey happily repudiates the Palpatine surname in favor of the Skywalker's as she recognizes them as her true family, thus leaving Palpatine's plans for conquest and power in vain.

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