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12/24/2015 3:04:19 PM
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[SPOILERS] Let's talk about Kylo Ren.

Yes

200

No

56

Have not decided

69

Why do people not like his character? They say he's too wimpy for a Sith Lord. (He's not a Sith though.) That he's overly emotional and can't get anything done. And that he's a loser for losing against "a girl who have never wielded a lightsaber". But that's the thing, those things people complain about him is what makes him such a good villain. He isn't pure evil, he's not supposed to be. Kylo Ren is not the big bad in Episode 7, he's just like Rey and Finn. One of the main characters, only difference is that he's working with the bad guys. He is a little kid who most likely got kidnapped or seduced into going with Snoke, promised power and control. He's that little brat who gets angry when he doesn't get what he wants, hence him breaking shit around him when things don't go as planned. But as they say in the movie, he's not all bad. Ben Solo is still in there, the good part of him, the two sides of Kylo Ren that he fights. He so badly wants to be this big bad guy that everybody fears, that most people who watched the movie dislike him for not being. But he just can't, not yet at least. He thought killing Han Solo would put him at ease and let him feel the dark side easier but I don't think it did. That's why he was so emotional during his fight with Rey, so much shit was going on in his head, he had just killed his father and then gotten shot by someone he most likely had grown up with before joining Snoke. So basically, what I'm saying is that he's a very complex character. He wants to be evil, he wants to be like Vader and bring fear onto his foes. But it doesn't work for him, because deep down he's still a good guy, the light is still so strong in him and that's what people who dislike his character do not understand. Kylo Ren is not evil. So for a poll, do you think Kylo Ren is a good character?

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  • He's supposed to be an important character (in this movie a villain). Villains should inspire fear, or at least come across as formidable. Kylo fails at this the minute Rey gets on the Starkiller. He wins 0 important battles and fails to establish a dominance of any sort. "Oh look I can pick on the non force sensitive" yeah great, Finn can't use the force but he still gets a hit on you in lightsaber combat and when you do pick on a force sensitive who has far less training than you, you still lose. There is no reason to fear him because Rey can kick his ass six ways from Sunday while he begs her for a reach around. If he had either won his lightsaber battle (or at least landed a hit on Rey) or extracted the map from her I would have a lot more respect for him. I think he will be better in 8 and 9, but he is a little bitch in 7

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