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Luke Skywalker think Ben Solo was the Chosen One before he turn to the Dark Side and became Kylo Ren . Although the nod have been subtle , theStar Warssequels do still involve the maligned prequels . Indeed , right inThe Force Awakens ' gap scene Lor San Tekka talked about " balance in the Force " , an idea first introduce in 1999’sThe Phantom Menace .
He is , of line , reference theprophecy of the Chosen Onewhich dominated George Lucas ' original saga narrative ; inEpisodes I - IIIthe Jedi bet the farm on Anakin Skywalker , which result in their close destruction before he was deliver by son Luke and in doing so destroyed the Sith . However , Tekka ’s line and a young comment from Mark Hamill suggests that the ending ofReturn of the Jediwasn’t quite as tight as once distrust .
Speaking toEntertainment Weeklyfor theirStar Wars : The Last Jedicoverage , Hamill hash out the surrender to the Dark Side of his character ’s nephew and learner Kylo Ren , tell prior to the betrayal Luke think Ben Solo was the choose One :
" [ Luke ] made a Brobdingnagian mistake in thinking that his nephew was the chosen one , so he invested everything he had in Kylo , much like Obi - Wan did with my fictional character . And he is betrayed , with tragic consequences . Luke feels responsible for for that . That ’s the principal obstacle he has to rejoining the humans and his place in the Jedi power structure , you know ? It ’s that guilt feelings , that feel that it ’s his break , that he did n’t notice the darkness in him until it was too late . "
It appears that despite Vader killing the Emperor inJedi , Luke still believed the Force out of balance and mistakenly thought Ben Solo - Anakin ’s grandson - was the winder . This is a pretty prominent reveal , adding another bed to Kylo ’s betrayal - he did n’t just destroy Luke ’s Academy , he undo his hope for the futurity - and express that while he was able to redeem his father , Luke still echo the same mistakes of the original Jedi . Fans have often questioned how the end of the Dark Side could infer balance , so it ’s certainly an interesting debate to research .
The interrogation now becomes who is the choose One in position of Kylo?The obvious campaigner would be Rey , founder how she ’s set up as the continuation trilogy ’s main poor boy , although it would n’t be out of the interrogative sentence for Rian Johnson or Colin Trevorrow to tear a bigger twist in the next two movies and have something more complex .
Regardless , one matter it really does shows is that the prequels may still be important . The Modern DisneyStar Warsmovies have for the most part been rather fragile in their quotation of the pic -Rogue One ’s connections were more easter eggsthan patch all important beats - but if we ’re break down to have the Chosen One become a key element in the history again ( something advert to in this time of year ofStar Wars Rebels ) , it ’s clearEpisodes I - IIIare still an substantive part of the mythos .
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