Okay, but that's the thing though. They seemingly made no coherent attempt to actually make him interesting.
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Replying to @dreamingnoctis @JGavinSanders and
I'd go one further. Kylo Ren doesn't actually have a strongly defined backstory in the films. He has flickers of one that deliberately leave people holes for them to insert whatever they want to envision, and a sad, tortured-looking performance for Adam Driver.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @dreamingnoctis and
But very pointedly we never actually get any sort of connective tissue sequence of events. We have the Moment of Luke turning on him because Luke Senses Evil & that's it. Nothing else. There is no sequence or even implied sequence leading from there to champion of the First Order
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Replying to @loudpenitent @dreamingnoctis and
This worrying lacuna allows you to insert *whatever justifications or motivations you like* for him.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @dreamingnoctis and
it also seems pretty clear they WANT to softball Kylo given all the EU material has been like "he didn't just SLAUGHTER his classmates he beat them in duels" which is 100%pic.twitter.com/aP4H8CAH5G
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @loudpenitent and
also people forget this NOW cause 2015 was 8 billion years ago but when Force Awakens came out there was actually a quasi-scandal that Kylo was THE most merchandised figure? like Rey was BARELY in the toyline, Kylo? all OVER the place
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @loudpenitent and
Yeah, official word was that they didn't want to spoil the "Rey is actually a Jedi!" twist, and people assumed Kylo would be popular because Vader was popular.
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Replying to @iphone_venez @loudpenitent and
what is Kylo Ren but a miserable pile of secrets
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @loudpenitent and
What is an adult male JJ Abrams character but a miserable pile of things that could, hypothetically, look like secrets
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @saintwalker98 and
What is a JJ Abrams secret if not freeform jazz?
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