Ben Solo

> Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started.
> - Kylo Ren
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**Kylo Ren**, also known as ****Ben Solo****, was born in 5 ABY to Leia Organa and Han Solo.

## Ben Solo

Ben was quickly recruited to be a Jedi by Luke Skywalker, who trained him as a Padawan along with other children that were also Force-sensitive. At one point, when Ben was alone, Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order reached out to him via the Force, drawing him to the Dark Side.

### Falling to the Dark Side

Skywalker sensed the darkness rising in Ben, and attacked him in his sleep out of pure instinct. The green glow of Skywalker's blade awoke Solo and he caved in the roof, knocking Skywalker out. When he regained consciousness, Skywalker climbed out of the rubble of the building that collapsed on him. His temple was burned to the ground by Solo and all his other students were either dead or missing.

After Skywalker's temple had been destroyed by Solo, Skywalker abandoned the planet and went into hiding on Ahch-To, leaving only a splintered map behind, giving a piece of the map to his droid, R2-D2, and another to a Takodana villager named Lor San Tekka.

### First Order

Ren joined the First Order and the Knights Of Ren, a group of Force-sensitive marauders from the Unknown Regions employed by the First Order. Ren had a obsession with his grandfather, Darth Vader, having Vader's deformed mask onboard his capital ship, the *Finalizer*, a *Resurgent*-class Battlecruiser. Ren was not always certain about the Dark Side, being dragged back towards the Light. When he felt the pull to the Light, he talked to Vader's mask for help, receiving visions created by a reincarnated Emperor Palpatine to make him fall farther towards the Dark Side.

## Search for Skywalker

### Raid on Takodana

Ren was tasked with finding Luke Skywalker. He raided Takodana, a village on the desert planet of Jakku and the residence of Lor San Tekka. He failed to obtain the map, but he did, however, capture San Tekka and the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron. When he learned that San Tekka no longer had the map, he killed him out of anger and took Dameron prisoner.

### Searching for BB-8

Onboard the *Finalizer*, Ren used the Force to read Dameron's thoughts. He learned that Dameron gave the piece of the map to BB-8, a BB-series astromech droid. Dameron was later rescued by FN-2187, a First Order stormtrooper who was defecting and needed a pilot. Kylo sends down forces to retrieve the droid but with no success, hearing that a girl was with them when they escaped Jakku. Ren captures the girl, who he finds out is named Rey, thinking he wouldn't need the droid if he had Rey's mind, but Ren was unsuccessful in retrieving the map from Rey's mind.

### Starkiller Base

Ren took Rey to Starkiller Base, were he later confronted his father, killing him as the Supreme Leader had instructed, freeing him from the pull to the Light Side. Ren fights off FN-2187, who now goes by Finn, outside the base that is being attacked by the Resistance, eventually defeating him. When Ren tried to use the Force to pull his grandfather's lightsaber from the snow using the Force, it flies by him and into the hands of Rey. He turns around and attacks Rey.

Snoke ordered General Hux retrieve an injured Ren from the ruined base so he can complete his training.

## Death

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Episode VII - *The Force Awakens*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Episode VIII - *The Last Jedi*
3. ↑ Episode III - *Revenge of the Sith*
4. ↑ Episode IV - *A New Hope*
5. ↑ Episode I - *The Phantom Menace*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Episode IX - *The Rise of Skywalker*