CHARACTERS AND CREATURES “Let the past die. SUPREME LEADER After their humiliating defeat at Starkiller Base, Supreme Leader Snoke is displeased with Kylo for being bested in combat by Rey A new era Kill it if you have to.” KYLO REN TO REY Ben Solo is born in the spotlight to an and failing to find Luke Skywalker. Viciously taunting him, Snoke important family of leaders in the brands Kylo a failure—a serious error in judgment that leads to Rebellion and the New Republic. his apprentice killing him and declaring himself the new Supreme Extended family Despite flashes of unpredictability, young Leader. When his attempt to recruit Rey to his cause fails, timeline Ben shows great affection for his family Kylo turns his attention to annihilating the Resistance. KYLO REN including his “uncle” Lando Calrissian. Just when he has them cornered on Crait, he falls Though his lineage includes the brightest heroes as well as the darkest Jedi training for Luke Skywalker’s misdirection, realizing Leia sends her son Ben away to be villain of recent history, Force-wielding Kylo Ren chooses to terrorize too late that he is fighting nothing more than trained by his uncle, Luke Skywalker. the galaxy as the evil servant of Supreme Leader Snoke. a Force projection of his old master. Kylo’s Traitor miscalculation allows the Resistance Ben turns against Luke and joins Snoke. APPEARANCES VII, VIII, IX SPECIES Human HOMEWORLD Chandrila AFFILIATION First Order, Knights of Ren He takes the name Kylo Ren and a new to escape yet again. identity as a leader in the First Order. Assault on Jakku EARLY LIFE Kylo arrives on Jakku and captures One year after the Battle of Endor, Ben Solo is born to Princess Leia Gaining Lor San Tekka, but a brief interrogation information of the old man leaves him frustrated. Organa and General Han Solo in Hanna City, Chandrila. His parents’ busy Kylo Ren manages professional lives (coupled with their decision to send him away to be trained to probe Rey’s mind Forceful interrogation and discovers she Kylo interrogates Poe Dameron using by his uncle, Luke Skywalker) leave Ben feeling abandoned. Leia does not tell has seen the map that shows Luke’s the Force and learns that a BB him that his grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, became Darth Vader. She intends location. unit is carrying the map to Skywalker. to address the painful truth when Ben is much older. Regrettably, Ben learns Kidnap on Takodana the truth, and is confronted with the reality that his whole family has deceived Kylo Ren leads the attack on Takodana him about their lineage and connection to the dark side of the Force. and captures Rey. He believes finding BB-8 is no longer necessary. Rey resists Kylo During Rey’s interrogation, she turns the tables and reveals Kylo’s fear—that he will THE SEARCH FOR SKYWALKER never be as powerful as Darth Vader. Tasked by Snoke to hunt down the missing Luke Skywalker, Kylo follows Snoke’s demand Resistance pilot Poe Dameron to Jakku for his meeting with Lor San Tekka. When Snoke learns of Rey’s abilities in the Force, he orders Kylo to bring her to him. Kylo fails to secure Tekka’s map pinpointing Luke’s location, but captures End of the Empire Poe to question him. Kylo learns that the map is stored within a BB-series Family reunion After the destruction droid, who is accompanied by Rey. After tracking the droid to Takodana, Han Solo pleads with his son to come home, of the second Death believing that Ben is struggling against the THE NEW REPUBLIC ERA Star, Leia and Han Kylo succeeds in capturing Rey, but during her interrogation she resists him. darkness and can be saved. pursue a romantic Through this encounter Kylo learns that Rey’s strong Force abilities rival his own. relationship. Humiliating defeat Caught off guard once again by Rey’s TURN TO DARKNESS TRIAL AND FAILURE capabilities, Kylo is left shamed and wounded in the snow on Starkiller Base. Trained by Luke as part of a new generation of Jedi, Ben studies the light Snoke is concerned Kylo will waver when he has an inevitable confrontation side of the Force. However, Ben later turns against his master and destroys with his father. However, Kylo resolves to prove himself to Snoke and become Unmasked After a scolding from Supreme Leader Luke’s other students. Now known as Kylo Ren, he learns about the dark immune to the light side. When Kylo finally meets Han on Starkiller Base, he Snoke, Kylo lashes out in anger and side of the Force from the First Order’s mysterious Supreme Leader, Snoke. strikes his father down. Kylo is wounded by Chewbacca, but chases after Rey destroys his own helmet. Kylo’s face is marked with a long scar, evidence Snoke’s teaching blends traditions of both the dark and the light sides— and Finn in order to retrieve his grandfather’s lightsaber from Finn. After he of his failed encounter with Rey on a tension that causes dangerous instability within Kylo. He becomes a brutally wounds Finn in a duel, Kylo is stunned to watch Rey retrieve Anakin’s Starkiller Base. promising pupil to Snoke and the master of the Knights of Ren. Kylo also lightsaber with the Force, and then best him in combat. Rey scars Kylo’s Starfighter strike looks to the past for inspiration. His crossguard lightsaber is modeled after face, but their duel is cut short as the planet’s surface begins to disintegrate Kylo Ren leads a fighter attack on the Resistance flagship, Raddus, nearly an ancient lightsaber blade from the time of the Scourge of Malachor. following the Resistance’s attack. Snoke orders General Hux to retrieve the killing his mother during the raid. He even communes with the charred relic of Vader’s mask, seeking visions defeated Kylo, so that he may receive his final training from Snoke personally. of the power of the dark side. Apprentice no more Snoke connects Kylo and Rey’s minds in an attempt to locate Luke Skywalker’s hiding place, but Kylo cuts him down before he can act on the information. Deceptive duel Pursuing the remnants of the Resistance, Kylo Ren attempts to strike down his former master, Luke Skywalker, only to discover that he has been fighting a Force projection. .