10 More Unused Star Wars Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything

By the time Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker had reached its divisive conclusion, most happily accepted the return of Ben Solo and forgave the troubled soul as he finally helped Rey take down The Emperor and the First Order.

But if one specific scene involving a then-Kylo Ren and Chewbacca had been used in J. J. Abrams' underwhelming Skywalker Saga finale, then perhaps fans wouldn't have been as quick to celebrate Solo's redemption.

Now sure, Ren had already murdered his own father - but he was very much a man torn between the light and dark side as he suddenly impaled Han Solo on Starkiller Base. 

So, he still wasn't seen as a complete monster at this stage.

“Perhaps the transformation of Kylo Ren into Ben Solo would also have suffered with such an inhumane act that some viewers would see it as unforgivable even though he ended up saving the entire galaxy.” pic.twitter.com/qsMEfKf6IP

— Adam Driver Central (@adamdrivercentl) March 4, 2021

However, a deleted Episode IX scene would have seen Ren heading to a place so dark when face-to-face with Han's best mate Chewie, the actor in the suit, Joonas Suotamo, noted in his Roar! My Life as a Wookiee book that he felt people may have struggled to forgive Kylo Ren in the aftermath.

Suotamo remembered being genuinely scared of the intense Adam Driver throughout the filming of the scene involving Ren torturing Chewie, feeling the whole thing was likely just a bit too dark for the story Abrams and co. wanted to tell.

In the end, the disturbing sequence that saw Driver becoming a "real monster" was scrapped, with Chewie just being saved after being captured by the First Order instead.