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AND THE WINNERS ARE...

T H E F A L L E N S O N
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F O R G O T T E N C H I L D

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo

“I will fi nish

what you started.”

Linking the sequel trilogy neatly with the
original, Kylo Ren’s conversation with the
twisted mask of his grandfather, Darth Vader, in
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) was your
choice for ultimate Kylo Ren moment, with 42%
of votes cast. If you’ve already seen The Rise of
Skywalker before reading this, then you may well
know exactly what it was he set out to fi nish, but
back in 2015 it was all to play for—all we can ALMOST THERE
confirm here, for the sake of avoiding spoilers, Rey Grabbing 18%

is that it wasn’t his lunch. of votes, Rey
In The Force Awakens, it’s clear that Kylo Ren “Don’t do this.” summoning Luke
has a conflicted soul, determined to be one thing Skywalker’s lightsaber

but unable to fully resist the pull of another. Is to her hand while
this a fight between his light and dark sides, or Having already shown that she facing Kylo Ren on

between the opposing facets of his lineage as could defend herself from Kylo Starkiller base—
the son of rebel heroes and the grandson of the Ren’s mind-probing powers in having previously
Empire’s most fearsome enforcer? Of all the crises The Force Awakens, Rey is equally refused to take it on
of the Skywalker saga, that of Kylo Ren versus Ben capable of parrying his mind-games Takodana—was your
Solo is the most existential. in The Last Jedi. Standing amid the second choice for her

carnage of their battle with Snoke’s defining moment. In
ALMOST THERE Praetorian Guard, Kylo is even terms of the classic
The Last Jedi supplied our runners-up for the more set on his chosen path, much hero’s journey arc, it’s
most defining Kylo Ren moment, although the to Rey’s horror and regret. Begging the point at which

events of The Rise of Skywalker could send them him, “Don’t do this,” her tears she accepts the call to
tumbling in your estimation. Gaining 24% of your show that she recognizes her cause action and truly takes
votes, Kylo’s cunning turn of a lightsaber saw him is lost as he first tempts her to join her first step on the

fool Supreme Leader Snoke and strike the vile First him in ruling the galaxy, and then path to learning the
Order villain down. Or rather, in half. invokes the truth that her parents ways of the Force.
Proving once again that he’s not a man to be were nothing more than fi lthy Of course, no
trusted (just ask his old boss, except, well…), Kylo junk traders who didn’t care about path is entirely clear
Ren’s insistence that Rey came “from nothing. her. Much as Darth Vader tried to of obstructions,
You’re nothing,” was another cruel dig designed manipulate Luke’s emotions on although Rey couldn’t
to break her, scoring 6% of your votes. What a Bespin, Ren offers Rey something have imagined her
nasty piece of work. he believes she lacks—someone biggest obstacle would
who cares about her. But Rey has be a disillusioned
found her true family in Finn and Luke Skywalker.
Leia, in BB-8, Chewbacca, and the Taking third place
Resistance, and she makes a choice in this category was
of her own, turning decisively Rey’s admission to
towards the light. Just over a third Kylo Ren, during
of you chose this as Rey’s moment. their Force-connected

fireside chat in The
Last Jedi, that the
answers she’d sought
on Ahch-To were not
to be found there.

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