Star Wars: What Is Luke Skywalker's Role In Episode 9?

3. Ben Solo's Redemption

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Of course, Rey isn't Luke's only pupil, and Kylo Ren may need even more guidance and help.

Whether or not Ben Solo can be redeemed is a matter for debate, but since this is the same franchise that brought Anakin Skywalker back from the Dark Side, there's always a chance. He may have taken over the First Order, but there is still a conflict within him, and then there are Luke's parting words: "See you around, kid."

The struggle within Kylo needs to come to a head in this movie, since it's unclear if he'll live beyond it - with it ending the Skywalker saga, the last of the Skywalker line may well have to go too.

Either way, though, it'd be very much in keeping with Luke to see him haunting Kylo Ren as he tries to let the past die (and it wouldn't be beyond Abrams to bring Snoke back as a ghost too, in an angel vs devil on the shoulder kind of way). If Ben Solo is to be redeemed, then Luke will have to play a part in that, but he could also be used to drive him even further to the Dark Side.

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