This made Disney look like an absolute joke...

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In a recent interview, Adam Driver opened up regarding the last minute changes made to his character arc in The Rise of Skywalker and talks about the missed potential of Kylo Ren.

[Ron__Solo]

All they had to do was actually plan out a trilogy. But instead they worked on them individually as they went on. Absolutely baffling

[joepeaden]

The kiss in the last scene was legitimately the most "what the fuck" moment I have ever experienced.

[danpage]

Most amazing take away from this video: there was "a plan" for the sequel trilogy.

[That_Guy]

They basically had a golden goose.
They didn’t want to take the time and prepare the entire plotline. Instead they grabbed the goose and squeezed three scrambled eggs out of it.

[Turtle]

What hurts the most about the sequels is the potential that was so daftly wasted.

[nathantudor]

The original arc for kylo would have made Luke’s decision to kill him make so much more sense as well, if Luke knew no matter what anyone did he would irredeemably fall to the dark side the only real course of action would have been to kill him.
Not perfect, but still better than what we ended up with.

[chrisbrown]

I think I would have liked to have heard more of what Adam Driver actually said and not what you said he said

[superpacocaalado]

If you have a villain kill Han Solo, do it to the bitter end.
That scene meant that there was no coming back from the dark side for him, he killed his father, the same way there would be no coming back for Vader if he killed Luke.

[abanana]

I think Ben should've been redeemed, while Rey drifts to the dark side. Then in the end it's (Jedi) Finn and Kylo against Sith (or maybe Dark Jedi) Rey, whose power is explosive but unrefined, leading to her destruction. That would've been sick.

[clockwork]

After seeing The Force awakens I always assumed that was where it was going. His character seemed so desperate to dive deeper and deeper into the dark side. I actually found it interesting that he was tempted by the light side, and would then take drastic actions like killing Han to push himself and resist the light. I wish they would have stuck with it.

I actually think his struggle between light and dark side was the best aspect of the trilogy. Gave him so much character.

[alfonzredeker]

I think the dumbest decision they made for him was to have him die at the end. I think it would have been cool to have Ben ultimately reject joining Rey and the Jedi, instead having him go off and wander the galaxy trying to atone for his sins and using his powers to root out the corruption that flourished under the first order. Even if Adam didn't return as Ben, they could have made interesting and compelling stories for his character after the events

[BiggusWeeabus]

Kylo being basically Anti-Vader would have made SO MUCH MORE SENSE

[stormshot]

Kylo Ren was legitimately the only character to have some sort of character development in the sequels. Rey was already the *perfect* character and everyone else was sidelined or flanderized

[megnetic]

I think the redemption was the best idea but should have been executed better/Rey falling to the dark side which ends up making him realize his own mistakes and he has to form an uneasy alliance with Finn and Poe to bring her back. That dynamic would have set up great SW style banter potential between Poe, Finn and Ben as well.

[Rightround]

Adam playing an absolute sadistic evil character sounds so awesome. They wasted Adam as an actor it's sad..

[willyum]

I always feel sorry for the cast of this trilogy. Imagine the excitement of being in the new star wars, John Boyega's description was so and then we got the final product. Sith Rey would be cool, redemption Ben would be cool if they showed why he deserved it in some way unlike in the films, good ben turning fully to the darkside over 3 films would have been awesome. Anything but Rian Johnston trying to make a name for himself by making insane plot, cannon and character decisions ruining the thing we love. Urggg you've got me going again. But to the point, yes I'd love this Ben to Kylo storyline

[ThomatoSauce]

ANYTHING would’ve been better than what we ended up getting.

[nateeverett]

I always wanted Ben to go to the light side and Ray to go to the dark and Ben bring her back, at the cost of his own life, mirroring Luke and Anakin.

When episode 7 came out, I also really wanted it to have been Han that ignited Kylo’s lightsaber, sacrificing himself so his son wouldn’t cross that line and go full dark side. Snoke would congratulate him for killing Han and we’d watch Kylo lie and struggle with the fact he DIDN’T kill his dad, and that sacrifice would redeem him, like a reverse of Darth Vader and Luke.

Could have been so much better.

[cloudmangalm]

In retrospect, the sequels feel a lot like a whole fanfic circling around Rei.