especially since his temptation to kill Kylo Ren is such a perfect mirror for that moment in RoTJ when Luke stands over Vader, about to kill him, only to be interrupted by Palpatine Mmmm. And this time, it's not what Ben has done but what-he-might-do... Would you kill bb!Hitler? And it's not even that he does it, but that he - for a tiny moment - gives in to temptation. And then in the most painful catch-22 he creates the monster he wanted to avoid. (Although, as I observed to sea_thoughts, his temptation wasn't misguided as such - Kylo Ren burned down the temple, and killed the students who didn't go with him... The darkness was there.)
TLJ gives us something slightly different to think about: what we do with the bad worth being terrified of that lies even in people like Luke and Rey. I like it so much - they are all human, and flawed. There is lightness in Kylo, and darkness in Rey. Nothing is simple.
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Mmmm. And this time, it's not what Ben has done but what-he-might-do... Would you kill bb!Hitler? And it's not even that he does it, but that he - for a tiny moment - gives in to temptation. And then in the most painful catch-22 he creates the monster he wanted to avoid. (Although, as I observed to sea_thoughts, his temptation wasn't misguided as such - Kylo Ren burned down the temple, and killed the students who didn't go with him... The darkness was there.)
TLJ gives us something slightly different to think about: what we do with the bad worth being terrified of that lies even in people like Luke and Rey.
I like it so much - they are all human, and flawed. There is lightness in Kylo, and darkness in Rey. Nothing is simple.