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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker moved at breakneck pace towards its conclusion, dizzying viewers with shocking revelations, tragic losses (usually reversed in the following five minutes) and strange Space MacGuffins. It moved so fast through its tangled plot though that audiences almost immediately started noticing plot holes, and now one of the bigger ones is being thoroughly picked over by fans. Just before the big finale, we find Rey and Kylo Ren dueling amidst the Death Star wreckage on Kef Bir, the ocean moon of Endor. Rey needs to find the Sith Wayfinder that’ll lead her to Emperor Palpatine’s hideout, but Kylo is ready for battle, and the pair clash amidst the waves. After Kylo destroys the wayfinder on Kef Bir, Rey defeats him in combat, swipes his TIE Interceptor ( which has the wayfinder found in Mustafar ) and zips off to Ahch-To to hang out with Ghost Luke, before heading off to face Grampa Palps on Exegol. Kylo Ren (now Ben Solo) later dramatically appears on Exegol, l...

“Darkness rises… and light to meet it.” All throughout Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy – nay, the entire Star Wars franchise – there exists a constant and seemingly never-ending struggle between two sides of the Force: dark and light. Good and evil. You can’t have one without the other, essentially. Indeed, such is the binary nature of Star Wars that when a character treads that fine line between dark and light – like, say, Ben Solo – it stirs genuine excitement and intrigue among fans. Take Daisy Ridley’s Rey as an example. Introduced as a Palpatine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , the wayward scavenger went on to defeat the Emperor and essentially bring balance to the Force. Or so says The Rise of Skywalker scribe Chris Terrio, who offered a little more insight into Rey’s character arc – and, specifically, how her actions affected the Force – during an interview with IndieWire. The balance of the Force always, as George [Lucas] has said, means that the dark and the light exi...