That line, simple and understated in the middle of Luke’s greater confession, hints at what so many Star Wars fans have theorized: that the other Knights of Ren are Luke Skywalker’s former students. Fueled by what he saw as a betrayal by his uncle and mentor, Ben Solo became Kylo Ren.Īnd according to Luke, Kylo took “a handful” of Luke’s former students with him after they destroyed the new Jedi Academy.

He didn’t - but it was a close thing.īen, who was teetering on the edge of the Dark side and still contemplating his place in the Force and the galaxy at large, snapped in that moment. Sensing the Dark side rising in Ben, Luke went to Ben’s quarters, armed with his lightsaber, and almost struck him down. After a few different iterations of the same story, Luke admits to Rey that, in a moment of weakness driven by fear, he almost killed his nephew. But I still find pretty interesting that some people say he is Kylo Ren´s Dark Master, and that Ren is only his apprentice (like Vader was to Palpatine) and a puppet of his Master´s will. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker reveals the truth of what happened to Ben Solo. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But Star Wars: The Last Jedi might have given us a better idea than ever as to where these black-clothed baddies came from. Led by Kylo Ren, these fearsome warriors have been shrouded in mystery and only hinted at in the Star Wars universe. Fans were first introduced to the Knights of Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens when Rey saw them in a terrifying, rain-soaked vision.

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