An Interview with Kylo Ren

A fictional setting where I sit down with Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

NS: Thanks for meeting with me, Kyle—

Kylo Ren: It's Kylo. Kylo Ren.

NS: I know, but your name is so confusing that I had to read the credits to figure out how to pronounce your name. Anyway, the Circuit thanks you for agreeing to this interview. It's not every day we get to meet a guy who wants to destroy the Galaxy.

Silence

NS: Now, the biggest question we have is why do you hate your parents?

Kylo Ren: Because they don't love me. They sent me away from home.

NS: They sent you to your uncle's place. That's not punishment. That's a vacation. Plus, your uncle is Luke Skywalker, a Jedi Knight. The greatest one of all time. Your parents sent you because you were using Force powers, and they sent you to get properly trained in the Force. Doesn't it make sense they wanted what's best for you?

Kylo Ren: No they don't. Luke Skywalker must pay for destroying the Empire. He's weak.

NS: Didn't your parents tell you how Luke killed a rancor all by himself without using the Force or a lightsaber?

Kylo Ren [pause]: Well . . .

NS: Or how he and your dad saved your mom on the First Death Star and later saved the Rebels singlehandedly together?

Kylo Ren: Yes, but—

NS: Your parents aren't the problem, Kylo. The real question is, why are you angry?

Kylo Ren: I'm just angry, alright. I can't let the light in, or else I won't be like Darth Vader.

NS: Vader killed children! And he just stood there while your mom watched her home planet get destroyed by the Empire. He's a terrible father. Is that what you want to emulate? No one can justify slaughtering the innocent. But you seem to forget one important thing: Vader turned good in the end. I watched Return Of The Jedi with my roommates last year, and Vader chose to come back to the light.

Kylo Ren: That's not what happened.

NS: Actually it did. He saved your uncle Luke from the Emperor before he died. Also, it was more important to Anakin that he see Luke, his own son, with his own eyes than to live. That's a great example of a father's love, but I guess we'll have to wait until Episode VIII: The Last Jedi comes out before we see that happen to you.

Kylo Ren: Unless the filmmakers decide to create their own original content and don't take the plot from the previous films.

NS: My thoughts exactly.