Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 10 Moments Everyone Misunderstands

6. Rey's Battle With The Dark Side

Rey's lightsaber fight with Kylo Ren was not only one of the highlights of The Force Awakens, but one of the best lightsaber duels the entire saga has yet delivered. It had the passion and emotional resonance of the originals, but mixed with the improved fight choreography that we witnessed in the prequels.

From that moment Rey managed to Force-summon the saber out of the snow, a callback to The Empire Strikes Back, to her victory over Kylo, it was full of frenetic energy as the two relative novices fought it out. But while Kylo Ren's fight between the Light and the Dark had been much more prominent, what was perhaps missed in this sequence was Rey's own pull to the Dark Side.

In fairness it doesn't get played up too much in the film, but rather it's another thing left to the novelisation to clarify, stating: "'Kill him,' a voice inside her head said. It was amorphous, unidentifiable, raw. Pure vengeful emotion. So easy, she told herself. So quick. She recoiled from it. From the Dark Side."

This actually makes perfect sense, if she is indeed the continuation of the Skywalker lineage (which remains up for debate). Much like Anakin and Luke (and indeed Kylo, who is her cousin if the theories are true), Rey feels the pull of the Dark Side, but crucially, like her (presumed) father, she doesn't give in to it.

The moment when Rey effectively seems to pause during their fight, and appears to channel the Light Side of the Force (a moment that has been ridiculed by some), is the closest we get to seeing that on the screen, a subtle indication of her inner struggle, the moment she chooses the Light and lets it flow through her.