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really interesting with The Empire Strikes Back
“A GREAT VILLAIN
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father. That utterly complicates both his and
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challenge that wasn’t there before. Kylo Ren
C A N H A V E A gets that complication earlier, right out of the every conversation he has
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Raiders of the Lost Ark,
gate with The Force Awakens—he’s far more
C O N V E R S A T I O N human than Vader is, and far earlier in his the audience that he’s merely
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journey of transformation to the dark side, too.
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scary because he’s human—not some
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crusade he’s undertaking. For
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his father in the dark side, Kylo Ren
examples
of great would rather kill his father than
embrace the light.
It’s a stunning parallel that allows us
to add Kylo Ren to the pantheon of Star
Wars villains and we know that he will
hold his own amongst that number.”
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