Ben Solo by ItVaries

A dark warrior with a mysterious past, the man who became known as the “”’Jedi Killer”'” was [[Reproduction|born]] on the [[planet]] [[Chandrila]] in [[5 ABY]], when the [[New Republic]] [[Battle of Jakku|defeated]] the [[Galactic Empire]]. The son of [[General]] [[Han Solo]] and [[Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa]], Solo learned the ways of [[the Force]] from his uncle, [[Jedi Master]] [[Luke Skywalker]]. The [[Skywalker family|bloodline]] of the [[Chosen One|most powerful]] [[Jedi]] and [[Sith]] flowed through Solo’s veins and, after turning to the dark side, he saw it as his birthright to rule the [[galaxy]]. With the [[Destruction of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi temple|destruction]] of the new generation of Jedi, Solo renounced his [[Solo (family)|family]] and heritage, adopting the name of Kylo Ren and becoming Supreme Leader [[Snoke]]’s apprentice. Ren’s actions during his descent into darkness included the [[Attack on Tuanul|massacre]] of civilians and the [[Battle of Starkiller Base|murder]] of his own [[Parent|father]], but the act of patricide failed to end the turmoil within. After [[Attack on the Resistance fleet|killing]] his master, Ren became the new Supreme Leader.

A dark warrior with a mysterious past, the man who became known as the “”’Jedi Killer”'” was [[Reproduction|born]] on the [[planet]] [[Chandrila]] in [[5 ABY]], when the [[New Republic]] [[Battle of Jakku|defeated]] the [[Galactic Empire]]. The son of [[General]] [[Han Solo]] and [[Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa]], Solo learned the ways of [[the Force]] from his uncle, [[Jedi Master]] [[Luke Skywalker]]. The [[Skywalker family|bloodline]] of the [[Chosen One|most powerful]] [[Jedi]] and [[Sith]] flowed through Solo’s veins and, after turning to the dark side, he saw it as his birthright to rule the [[galaxy]]. With the [[Destruction of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi temple|destruction]] of the new generation of Jedi, Solo renounced his [[Solo (family)|family]] and heritage, adopting the name of Kylo Ren and becoming Supreme Leader [[Snoke]]’s apprentice. Ren’s actions during his descent into darkness included the [[Attack on Tuanul|massacre]] of civilians and the [[Battle of Starkiller Base|murder]] of his own [[Parent|father]], but the act of patricide failed to end the turmoil within. After [[Attack on the Resistance fleet|killing]] his master, Ren became the new Supreme Leader.

Though sworn enemies, Ren and the [[Padawan|Jedi apprentice]] [[Rey Skywalker|Rey]] formed a prophesized [[dyad in the Force]], and therefore shared a unique [[Force-bond|bond]] with each other. Their [[First Order–Resistance war|conflict]] came to a head in [[35 ABY]] with the return of the [[Sith Lord]] [[Darth Sidious]], who urged Ren to destroy Rey and become the new [[Galactic Emperor|Emperor]]. His compassion for the former [[scavenger]], however, as well as the [[death]] of his mother and the memory of his father, killed the persona of Kylo Ren and restored his identity as Ben Solo. After the [[Battle of Exegol|battle on Exegol]], Solo sacrificed himself to [[Force healing|revive]] Rey, and the two shared a kiss before he died, ending the Skywalker bloodline.

Though sworn enemies, Ren and the [[Padawan|Jedi apprentice]] [[Rey Skywalker|Rey]] formed a prophesied [[dyad in the Force]], and therefore shared a unique [[Force-bond|bond]] with each other. Their [[First Order–Resistance war|conflict]] came to a head in [[35 ABY]] with the return of the [[Sith Lord]] [[Darth Sidious]], who urged Ren to destroy Rey and become the new [[Galactic Emperor|Emperor]]. His compassion for the former [[scavenger]], however, as well as the [[death]] of his mother and the memory of his father, killed the persona of Kylo Ren and restored his identity as Ben Solo. After the [[Battle of Exegol|battle on Exegol]], Solo sacrificed himself to [[Force healing|revive]] Rey, and the two shared a kiss before he died, ending the Skywalker bloodline.

==Biography==

==Biography==

In [[34 ABY]]<ref name=”SWRES Year”>”[[Star Wars Resistance]]” executive producers stated at a [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] [https://ift.tt/2Fs2FOj press event] that the show’s [[Star Wars Resistance Season One|first season]] began six [[Standard month|months]] before [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|”Star Wars”: Episode VII ”The Force Awakens”]], which took place in [[34 ABY]] according to ”[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]” and ended during the events of the film itself. ”[[Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition]]” established the show’s premiere took place after the [[Mission to Megalox Beta]]. ”[[Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy’s Most Notorious]]” dated that mission to 8011 [[C.R.C.]], the equivalent of 34 ABY in [[Galactic calendar|another]] dating system. This means the entirety of ”Star Wars Resistance”s first season takes place in 34 ABY.</ref> Ren led an army to the world of [[Tehar]], where they subjugated the local population by [[Massacre on Tehar|massacring]] a village. However, the siblings [[Kel]] and [[Eila]] survived the destruction of their village and fled Tehar after stowing away on a cargo ship. Since the children bore the knowledge of its aggressive actions against the people on Tehar, the First Order [[Hunt for Eila and Kel|placed]] a large bounty of twenty thousand credits on their heads, telling informants that Kel and Eila were members of a high-ranking First Order family from outside its military hierarchy.<ref name=”The Children from Tehar”></ref>

In [[34 ABY]]<ref name=”SWRES Year”>”[[Star Wars Resistance]]” executive producers stated at a [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] [https://ift.tt/2Fs2FOj press event] that the show’s [[Star Wars Resistance Season One|first season]] began six [[Standard month|months]] before [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|”Star Wars”: Episode VII ”The Force Awakens”]], which took place in [[34 ABY]] according to ”[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]” and ended during the events of the film itself. ”[[Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition]]” established the show’s premiere took place after the [[Mission to Megalox Beta]]. ”[[Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy’s Most Notorious]]” dated that mission to 8011 [[C.R.C.]], the equivalent of 34 ABY in [[Galactic calendar|another]] dating system. This means the entirety of ”Star Wars Resistance”s first season takes place in 34 ABY.</ref> Ren led an army to the world of [[Tehar]], where they subjugated the local population by [[Massacre on Tehar|massacring]] a village. However, the siblings [[Kel]] and [[Eila]] survived the destruction of their village and fled Tehar after stowing away on a cargo ship. Since the children bore the knowledge of its aggressive actions against the people on Tehar, the First Order [[Hunt for Eila and Kel|placed]] a large bounty of twenty thousand credits on their heads, telling informants that Kel and Eila were members of a high-ranking First Order family from outside its military hierarchy.<ref name=”The Children from Tehar”></ref>

Kel and Eila eventually made their way to [[Castilon]] and sought refuge on a [[supertanker fuel depot]] known as the ”[[Colossus]]”. After meeting the Resistance [[spy]] [[Kazuda Xiono]], Eila told him about Ren’s involvement in the raid on her village. Though she knew little about the warrior dressed in black, apart from his name and affilation with the army that invaded Tehar, Ren’s lightsaber reminded Eila of the legends about the Jedi who carried the same weapons. Xiono, who was also unaware of Ren’s identity, passed this information to the Resistance while reporting to [[Ello Asty]].<ref name=”The Children from Tehar” />

Kel and Eila eventually made their way to [[Castilon]] and sought refuge on a [[supertanker fuel depot]] known as the ”[[Colossus]]”. After meeting the Resistance [[spy]] [[Kazuda Xiono]], Eila told him about Ren’s involvement in the raid on her village. Though she knew little about the warrior dressed in black, apart from his name and affiliation with the army that invaded Tehar, Ren’s lightsaber reminded Eila of the legends about the Jedi who carried the same weapons. Xiono, who was also unaware of Ren’s identity, passed this information to the Resistance while reporting to [[Ello Asty]].<ref name=”The Children from Tehar” />

===The search for Skywalker===

===The search for Skywalker===

Ren brought the girl to Starkiller Base, restraining her in an interrogation chair. When she awoke, she asked where her friends were, and Ren told her he had no idea. He sensed she still wanted to kill him, and Rey said it was because she was being hunted by a creature in a mask. The dark warrior removed his mask to show his young face and asked about the droid, but the girl only gave him BB-8’s technical specifications. Ren told her that he knew about the map and that the First Order had recovered the rest of it from the archives of the Empire.<ref name=”Episode VII” />

Ren brought the girl to Starkiller Base, restraining her in an interrogation chair. When she awoke, she asked where her friends were, and Ren told her he had no idea. He sensed she still wanted to kill him, and Rey said it was because she was being hunted by a creature in a mask. The dark warrior removed his mask to show his young face and asked about the droid, but the girl only gave him BB-8’s technical specifications. Ren told her that he knew about the map and that the First Order had recovered the rest of it from the archives of the Empire.<ref name=”Episode VII” />

Knowing the girl was resilient, Ren warned her that he could take whatever he wanted from her mind. He touched her face and began probing her mind with the Force.<ref name=”Episode VII” /> Ren felt an innate connection to the scavenger, although at the time he was unaware that they formed a prophesized [[dyad in the Force]].<ref name=”TROS VD” /> At first, he got a hold of her name: Rey.<ref name=”TFA novel” /> Next, he could feel loneliness and fear within her, followed by the sight of an [[ocean]] and an island. Then he sensed Han Solo. Ren could tell that Rey looked at the smuggler as a father figure, but he said that Solo would have only disappointed her. Finally, Rey began to be more strongly resistant to his mental attacks. She soon turned the mental probing around on him, using the Force within herself to see that Ren himself was afraid—afraid that he would never be as strong as Darth Vader was.<ref name=”Episode VII” />

Knowing the girl was resilient, Ren warned her that he could take whatever he wanted from her mind. He touched her face and began probing her mind with the Force.<ref name=”Episode VII” /> Ren felt an innate connection to the scavenger, although at the time he was unaware that they formed a prophesied [[dyad in the Force]].<ref name=”TROS VD” /> At first, he got a hold of her name: Rey.<ref name=”TFA novel” /> Next, he could feel loneliness and fear within her, followed by the sight of an [[ocean]] and an island. Then he sensed Han Solo. Ren could tell that Rey looked at the smuggler as a father figure, but he said that Solo would have only disappointed her. Finally, Rey began to be more strongly resistant to his mental attacks. She soon turned the mental probing around on him, using the Force within herself to see that Ren himself was afraid—afraid that he would never be as strong as Darth Vader was.<ref name=”Episode VII” />

====Snoke’s new strategy====

====Snoke’s new strategy====

[[File:Kylo Mustafar.png|thumb|left|250px|Ren acquired the Sith Wayfinder on Mustafar, a world once ruled by his grandfather.]]

[[File:Kylo Mustafar.png|thumb|left|250px|Ren acquired the Sith Wayfinder on Mustafar, a world once ruled by his grandfather.]]

Within a year of Kylo Ren’s ascension to supreme power, the galaxy was shaken by a mysterious message broadcasting the voice of [[Darth Sidious]], the long dead Galactic Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith. Ren diverted his attention away from the Resistance to investiagte the Emperor’s return—unwilling to tolerate any threat to his reign<ref name=”Episode IX” />—much to the annoyance of General Hux, who saw Ren’s pursuit of a ghost while the galaxy burned with rebellion as a sign of the Supreme Leader’s madness. By then, however, Ren had discovered that his old Master Snoke was not the apex of the First Order’s dark side pyramid. Visions in the Force as well as scraps of arcane lore uncovered in Snoke’s old bases were leading Ren to an ancient mystery.<ref name=”TROS VD” />

Within a year of Kylo Ren’s ascension to supreme power, the galaxy was shaken by a mysterious message broadcasting the voice of [[Darth Sidious]], the long dead Galactic Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith. Ren diverted his attention away from the Resistance to investigate the Emperor’s return—unwilling to tolerate any threat to his reign<ref name=”Episode IX” />—much to the annoyance of General Hux, who saw Ren’s pursuit of a ghost while the galaxy burned with rebellion as a sign of the Supreme Leader’s madness. By then, however, Ren had discovered that his old Master Snoke was not the apex of the First Order’s dark side pyramid. Visions in the Force as well as scraps of arcane lore uncovered in Snoke’s old bases were leading Ren to an ancient mystery.<ref name=”TROS VD” />

Ren required a [[Sith wayfinder]] in order to locate the Emperor. Along with a contingent of First Order stormtroopers, he journeyed to [[Mustafar]]—a [[Volcano|volcanic]] world that was once ruled by his grandfather—in order to find Darth [[Vader’s wayfinder]]. The [[wayfinder]] was located on the castle grounds of [[Fortress Vader]], in the region known as [[Corvax Fen]]. However, Ren’s presence provoked the hostility of the [[Alazmec of Winsit]], a tenacious sect of colonists devoted to protecting the fen. The cultists tried to block Ren’s path to the crumbling ruins of Vader’s castle, prompting Ren to outpace his stormtrooper escorts as he cut a swathe of destruction through the [[Alazmec]]. He entered the castle grounds with purpose, and found the artifact he had been searching for.<ref name=”TROS VD” />

Ren required a [[Sith wayfinder]] in order to locate the Emperor. Along with a contingent of First Order stormtroopers, he journeyed to [[Mustafar]]—a [[Volcano|volcanic]] world that was once ruled by his grandfather—in order to find Darth [[Vader’s wayfinder]]. The [[wayfinder]] was located on the castle grounds of [[Fortress Vader]], in the region known as [[Corvax Fen]]. However, Ren’s presence provoked the hostility of the [[Alazmec of Winsit]], a tenacious sect of colonists devoted to protecting the fen. The cultists tried to block Ren’s path to the crumbling ruins of Vader’s castle, prompting Ren to outpace his stormtrooper escorts as he cut a swathe of destruction through the [[Alazmec]]. He entered the castle grounds with purpose, and found the artifact he had been searching for.<ref name=”TROS VD” />

Ren accompanied his forces to Pasana where Rey, sensing the Supreme Leader’s presence, confronted him alone. He piloted a [[TIE/wi modified interceptor]] to reach Rey’s location, but the Jedi was able to damage the vessel, causing it to crash and burn in the desert. Ren, however, emerged from the wreckage unscathed just as Rey discovered that the First Order had taken Chewbacca prisoner aboard one of their transports. Rey used the Force to seize the transport that she believed the Wookiee was on, but Ren blocked her efforts in bringing it down, wanting to see what would happen if Rey tapped into the dark side for more strength. As a result, Rey inadvertently destroyed the transport with a [[Force lightning]] attack, and was horrified at the thought of killing Chewbacca. Such a display of dark side power confirmed what the Emperor told Ren about Rey’s origins.<ref name=”Episode IX” />

Ren accompanied his forces to Pasana where Rey, sensing the Supreme Leader’s presence, confronted him alone. He piloted a [[TIE/wi modified interceptor]] to reach Rey’s location, but the Jedi was able to damage the vessel, causing it to crash and burn in the desert. Ren, however, emerged from the wreckage unscathed just as Rey discovered that the First Order had taken Chewbacca prisoner aboard one of their transports. Rey used the Force to seize the transport that she believed the Wookiee was on, but Ren blocked her efforts in bringing it down, wanting to see what would happen if Rey tapped into the dark side for more strength. As a result, Rey inadvertently destroyed the transport with a [[Force lightning]] attack, and was horrified at the thought of killing Chewbacca. Such a display of dark side power confirmed what the Emperor told Ren about Rey’s origins.<ref name=”Episode IX” />

====Revelations====

====A dyad in the Force====

[[File:Ben Solo or Kylo Ren IX TROS.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ren revealed to Rey that she was, in fact, the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine.]]

[[File:Ben Solo or Kylo Ren IX TROS.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ren revealed to Rey that she was, in fact, the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine.]]