As his friends desperately try to destroy the second Death Star, Luke Skywalker stands in the Emperor’s throne room and duels with Darth Vader. Return of the Jedi’s immortal third act set the tripartite structure for all future climatic Star Wars battles: A fight on the ground, a fight in the air, and a fight of Jedi emotions. It’s because Star Wars isn’t about redemption - not in the original trilogy or even in Return of the Jedi. That assumption rang false to me, and not just because I was skeptical that anybody could come back from murdering his own father, Han Solo, one of the most beloved characters in Star Wars history. The original trilogy ended with Darth Vader’s redemption, so logically, Kylo Ren’s story would end that way, too. Or at least, he was going to wind up that way by the end of the trilogy. From the moment he walked on screen in The Force Awakens, some Star Wars fans felt like they already had a handle on Kylo Ren: he was obviously a good guy.
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