What'southward Kylo Ren'south crusade of death in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ? At the heart of the Skywalker saga'south concluding installment is the relationship between Rey and Ben Solo, the leader of the First Order known equally Kylo Ren. Having become intrinsically tied together inThe Concluding Jedi, Rey sees the proficient in Ben and is desperate to turn him back to the light simply, equally, Kylo senses the conflict inside Rey and believes she can rule the First Order by his side. This connection is eventually revealed to be a Force Dyad (also as passionate, unbridled sexual energy, plainly) and has been exploited past Palpatine in his attempts to brand Rey ascend to the Sith throne and go his host.

Nevertheless, Palpatine seems to underestimate the strength of Rey and Ben'southward emotional connection, and the duo stand together as i against the Emperor. Palpatine hits Ben with a Strength push, sending him crashing downward a chasm, and Rey is left to tackle her grandfather'southward lightning blast alone, until the voices of the Jedi power her towards victory. The strain of besting Palpatine takes its toll, and Rey collapses to the ground, lifeless. Fortunately, Kylo Ren manages to crawl back onto the battlefield just in time to Force heal his opposite half. After a quick osculation, it's Ben'southward turn to depart the mortal realm.

Although Force healing was a prominent part of theStar Warsexpanded universe, it's still a relatively fresh addition to new canon. For this reason, the mechanics backside Ben Solo'southward demise aren't explicit, and to fully understand the scene, it'south important to revisit Rey's other uses of Force healing inThe Rise of Skywalker. Rey is first seen healing a creature on Pasaana, and then mends the lightsaber wound she delivers to Kylo Ren during their duel on Kef Bir. After the Pasaana incident, Rey explains to a perplexed Finn and Poe that the Force allows her to transfer her ain life essence into others, essentially healing wounds, damage or disease.

When both Rey andThe Mandalorian's Baby Yoda utilize Forcefulness healing, they are shown to fix fatal wounds without beingness permanently harmed themselves, so how come Ben dies afterwards using the aforementioned technique? While not explained definitively on-screen, this is partly because Rey is virtually dead when he finds her. In each previous instance of Force healing, the wound might be fatal, only the patient is still very much live and conscious. Consequently, only a fraction of life essence is needed to heal them, which the user can plainly replenish over time. In Rey's case, Ben finds her more or less dead already, and this would've required him to use up his entire life essence in order to bring her dorsum from the edge.

A 2nd gene in Ben's death are the wounds inflicted during the boxing against Palpatine. Peradventure if Ben had been Force healing Rey on full power after a solid dark's sleep, he could've revived his honey and notwithstanding had plenty life essence left for himself. Having already taken a chirapsia later going upward against the grandfather-in-police from hell, it's evident that Ben only had a limited amount of life energy left, and he transferred it all into Rey. One might also argue that, having been a member of the dark side until very recently, Ben Solo's implementation of light side abilities could've been somewhat rudimentary, and that a more skilled practitioner might've survived the procedure.

The lack of clarity surrounding Ben'due south decease highlights several problems withThe Ascension of Skywalker. With Force healing nevertheless an unknown quantity inStar Wars canon, there are lingering questions that backbite from the emotional touch of Ben'south sacrifice. Secondly, Ben's final scene is one of several examples inThe Ascension of Skywalker where a grapheme dies without whatsoever clear cause. This trope is null new to the Jedi, and happens to both Yoda, who laid downwards and promptly disappeared presently before the decisive battle, and Luke Skywalker, who died after projecting his Force image onto Crait. In The Rise of Skywalker , Leia, Rey and Kylo all fall victim to this mysterious Jedi-itis, collapsing with an implicit exhaustion that isn't always visually apparent. At least Obi-Wan Kenobi had the decency to become hit with a lightsaber and remove whatever uncertainty.

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