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WHY BEN SOLO DESERVED BETTER
ANOTHER LONG THREAD
ANOTHER LONG THREAD
1- he's been manipulated his WHOLE life : he begged for help, for guidance to his grandfather, and it was palpatine who answered him, disguised as his model, his idol.
2- he was never free: snoke/palpatine manipulated him so that he'd turn to the dark side, when he killed snoke, it was another test so that he could achieve something bigger, so when he thought he was free of his suffering, he wasn't.
3- his childhood: he was sent away when he was 10. he never wanted to be a jedi and yet his parents sent him to luke's temple. his uncle tried to murder him in his sleep when ben described him as a legend. he felt like he had no choice but to go to the dark side. he felt unwanted
4- his relationship with his parents: he's always had to seem fearless, strong, when han came at him (their first interaction in 20 years !!) how did you expect him to react? you could SEE he was sad but how do you think the stormtroopers would've reacted when the fearless -
villain lets go away his father ? he had NO choice but to kill him, because his authority would've been questioned as well as his loyalty. in TLJ, he lets his mother go, when no one was around, he didn't press the button to kill her so it shows he didn't have a choice in TFA
5- the throne room scene: lando said "with the blood of a scoundrel and a princess in his vain, his defiance will shake the stars", showing once again how his life was predetermined, how he had to carry the skywalker legacy. when he said to rey "you're nothing but not to me" -
it shows how he doesn't care about her lineage, he knows better than anyone else the burden of having a legacy and he accepts her for who she is. he wants her. rey. he doesn't want her to go through the same thing he did.
6- rey's death: he felt the only person who made him feel like his old self die. his bones were broken but he found the strength to climb a cliff, all alone, like he always has been. when he could've finally heard anakin, he didn't. he saw her dead body, HUGGED HER, realized -
what he had to do and what it meant. he sacrificed himself so she could live, so much for the heartless monster huh.
7- rey skywalker: ben would've never wanted rey to take the skywalker name and so would've TLJ rey. she knew that this name was the reason of his unhappiness, how it completely crushed him, how it destroyed a whole family. she knew the burden of that name and again, ben didn't -
care about her lineage. she was just rey and it was totally fine. he fell in love with her when she was no one and seeing that she was a palpatine saddened him. he would've NEVER wanted her to have the name that made his uncle try to kill him, that led him to turn.
