Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 7 Biggest Unanswered Questions

6. How Did Ben Turn To The Dark Side?

Star Wars The Force Awakens Kylo Ren Falcon
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The biggest reveal of the film is that Kylo Ren is really Han and Leia's son, Ben (and words can't describe how awesome it is that Han named his son Ben).

But while that twist tells us an awful lot more about Kylo's backstory than we knew before, it only really brings up more questions. Yes, we learn Ben was one of the first apprentices in Luke's new Jedi Order, only to turn the Dark Side and ruin pretty much everything, but what exactly made him turn against his family and start cosplaying his grandfather?

There's the suggestion he's being manipulated by Snoke and been deluded by the legacy of Vader - wigging out like a petulant child when he feels like he's not as good as Anakin - but that’s as far as it goes. No doubt that’s stuff for the sequels; come back in 2017, when he hopes you’ll have forgotten what he did to Han Solo.

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