In less than two weeks , it ’s finally happening : the Skywalker saga of theStar Warsfranchise is come to an remnant . With the release ofEpisode IX : The Rise of Skywalkerjust weeks off , it ’s time to pop out really add up to terms with what this moving-picture show could reveal - not only about the lineament we ’ve add up to sleep with and love in the retiring two moving picture , but the type and prophecies and traditional knowledge we ’ve know across   eight , shortly to be nine sprawling film .

Aprophecy that played a prominent rolein the prequel trilogy concerned the impression of a opt One , who would fetch Libra to the Force once and for all . It was suspected to be Anakin Skywalker , who finally fell to the dark and became Darth Vader . And at the end ofReturn of the Jedi , Vader did shortly restore balance to the Force . But with the continuation trilogy , the Force is imbalanced once again . So who will be the Chosen One once and for all?It has to be either Rey or Kylo Ren . Here ’s why .

REY: Comes From Humble Beginnings

Much like Anakin Skywalker decades before her , Rey is a powerful Force exploiter who hail from baseborn desert origins . A young charwoman of unknown parentage and incredible strength , Rey has become an priceless phallus of the fight to save the galaxy in a very short time period of time - even quicker than Anakin did , when he drop yr preparation to become a Jedi .

Rey ’s humble beginnings are also more significant than Anakin ’s , as he was born through some bizarre Force conception involving midichlorians and gross ton of prequel lorethe series would be best to void returning to . Rey is a rightful underdog , and everyone loves an underdog .

KYLO: Comes From A Heroic Background

Not only do people love underdogs . They also be intimate to see the bequest of characters they once loved carry on into the next generation with those character ' minor , no matter how troubled they may be . Kylo Ren , the man once bed as Ben Solo , has had a disruptive life at intimately .

But he hails from the bequest of astronomic submarine General Leia Organa and Han Solo , one of the most potent and far-famed couples in the story of the beetleweed as we know it . This boy has had X of arithmetic mean and hope placed upon his shoulders , purely for his bloodline , and even Rey herself admits inThe Last Jedithat Kylo , or Ben , may very well be the galaxy ’s last hope .

REY: Sees The Good & Bad In All People

After all that Rey has endure in her young life , whether being sold off for drinking money by her parents , who were obviously nothing but lousy detritus traders , or scavenging to hold out in the deserts of Jakku , it would be understandable for her to become jaded and cold .

And though Rey has her moments of justified rage and pain , she still manage to see people as to the full human , as complex , and as both skillful and bad . No matter what may deliver itself on the surface , Rey has the strength of pity and reference to search deeper , and endeavor to sympathize everyone she interacts with , no matter their differences .

KYLO: May Have Restored Balance

The Chosen One was always meant to bring symmetricalness to the Force once and for all . And in a sincerely benighted way , is n’t that what Kylo Ren has try out to do so far over the course of his journeying ? InThe Last Jedi , he is responsible , both directly and indirectly , for the demise of the older , powerful glum and powerful light represented by Supreme Leader Snoke and Luke Skywalker .

It ’s Kylo , too , who hint it ’s time to let old things die , to move on from the dichotomy of the Sith and the Jedi , and embrace a worldly concern that is perhaps more grayness - and , even , more balanced , too .

REY: Untrained, But Stronger Than She Knows

Rey ’s impressive use of the Force is something that shocked viewers all over the earth , given her entire lack of training . InThe Last Jedi , Rey further refined and hone her acquirement , both in her brief training with Luke on Ahch - To and through her intimate Force Bond with Kylo Ren .

And as the movies have advance , Rey has become strong and unassailable , through education of all forms . The promotional material forThe Rise of Skywalkerhave shown briefly spoilery glimpses of Rey using Force powers we have n’t yet seen in the previous movies , showing that her command of the Force is truly becoming something to behold .

KYLO: One Of The Strongest Force Users Ever

But though Rey may be incredibly powerful , it ’s totally likely that Kylo Ren might just be the strong living Force user correctly now . Rey may have defeated him on Starkiller Base at the ending ofThe Force Awakens , but she only managed to do so due to Kylo Ren ’s severely injure , struggling , and bleeding country .

Kylo Ren has displayed command of the Force in style never seen in the franchise so far , including stopping blaster bolts mid zephyr , a mysterious utilisation and understanding of creative thinker probing , and brutal and brilliant armed combat skills . Kylo Ren is ruthless , and it ’s that brutal forte that the extragalactic nebula may require to save itself .

REY: Powerful Light Drawn To The Dark

Though many fan like to wrongly playact as though Rey is a character full of nothing but sunshine and flower , from day one , Rey has been a role full of rage and suffering . She may be eviscerate to the light by nature , but there ’s a darkness within Rey , too - one that is especially plain in moment of combat .

Whether she ’s preparing to strike Kylo Ren down on Starkiller Base , or turning the board on Luke on Ahch - To after learning of his fail Kylo Ren , Rey has the power to espouse the wickedness and the craze inside of her that no other Jedi has shown so far . And therefore , she may represent a balanced future tense .

KYLO: Powerful Darkness Drawn To The Light

Just as Rey represents a powerful member of the swooning side with the potential drop to turn toward the swarthiness , Kylo Ren embodies the battle of a mankind who has sworn himself to the dark side , but find himself unrelentingly called back toward the light .

Even before the profoundly meaningful connection he forges with Rey inThe Last Jedi , Kylo admits inThe Force Awakensthat he is scramble with experience " the drag to the light source . " He only kill Han Solo in hopes of quashing the light inside of him once and for all - but as Snoke observes , it failed , and left him more torn than ever before . Kylo Ren talk a big game , but deep down , the light inwardly of him will never go away , allowing him to embrace a more balanced world view , too .

REY: She’s The Last Jedi

The Chosen One is a heavy mantle to bear , and a weighty statute title to be given . That ’s why it ’s a good thing that Rey already has experience in contend with high pressure berth and lofty expected value , given the fact that she is now , in fact , the last remnant of the Jedi Order .

KYLO: He’s The Last Skywalker

The deed of conveyance of last Jedi is certainly a compelling case for Rey being the Chosen One , but there ’s another fact that ’s impossible to ignore . The saga ofStar Warsis the saga of the Skywalker family . And sacrifice Leia ’s perhaps sadly inevitable dying , Kylo Ren remains the last of the Skywalker line of descent .

It ’s only a matter of clip before Kylo Ren genuinely call back and accepts the boy he once was , and becomes the man he was designate to be . Ben Solo is returning inThe Rise of Skywalker , and when he does , it might be as the choose One who is destined to carry through the day .

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