Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Star war : The Rise of Skywalkerhas premiered , and with it , the Skywalker Saga that George Lucas commence in 1977 came to an end . It had the unenviable task of enwrap up over four decennium of storytelling , as well as bring closure to the narration arcs created in Disney ’s sequel trilogy . One of the most enigmatic of these was the Reylo romance that come in to exist between Rey and Kylo Ren , two of the most big grapheme in the trilogy who just happened to be the primary Hero of Alexandria and the chief opposer .
LongtimeStar Warsfans had already follow the romance of one beloved couple , Han Solo and Princess Leia , who set the touchstone for sensation - crossed devotee . The only way it could be topped was to tell a love story entirely Modern , on a foundation of completely dissimilar desires , between two supremely herculean Force users . Below you ’ll find 5 reason why Kylo Ren and Rey are the franchise ’s most romanticist couple and 5 why it will always be Han and Leia .
REYLO: THEY’RE BOTH LONERS WHO FOUND EACH OTHER
Though Rey was born never really knowing who her parent were , and Kylo Ren ’s parents were two of the most well - have a go at it the great unwashed in the galaxy , they both had reasons to feel alone and misunderstood . Rey longed to recognize the true identity of her parentage , while Kylo seek to shed the luggage of his , resulting in two people searching for a sense of belonging and oneness .
Part of the bond paper that was immediate between Kylo Ren and Rey came from their kindred spirits . They sense " unlike " than everyone around them , and once they get a line that they could fill each other ’s void , they develop a symbiotic human relationship that nail the missing part of themselves .
HAN/LEIA: OPPOSITES ATTRACT
He was one of the cracking smugglers in the galaxy . She was Alderaanian royalty and a fearless young Senator . Together , they were heroes of the Rebel Alliance that helped bring down the Galactic Empire . While they could n’t have been more unlike in place or personality , their differences brought them nearer together .
He was hot - headed and foolhardy , while she was strategic and purposeful , which created friction between them that was as dynamic as it was amatory . He promote her to be sheer , and she encouraged him to mature , all the while realize they had more in vernacular with one another than they like to admit .
REYLO: THEY BALANCE FOCUS AND PASSION
Like a lightning bolt that need a grounding rod , Kylo Ren was a military unit of nature that could n’t be controlled , only guided . He was so volatile , he put on his emotions on his masque , and let them direct his decision - qualification . While perfect for a dark side exploiter , they often blinded him to reason and phantasmal repose .
Rey was serene , collect , and likePadme Amidala for Anakin Skywalker , had a " soothe " impression on Kylo Ren . Her focal point and discipline contradict his passionate fire and provided a layer of comfort and security that he had desperately been look for for ( even if he was n’t aware of it ) .
HAN/LEIA: THEY’RE EQUALS
Despite Leia ’s aristocratical fostering and Han ’s scrappy position as an orphan smuggler , there ’s never a sense that the pair do n’t treat each other as peer . Yes , there was some squabbling in the beginning , but Han has always recognise Leia ’s smartness and diplomatic abilities , as she has realise his innate leadership and courageousness .
Both Han and Leia have leave team , developed strategy , and swear on each other ’s talents to fulfill missions . Han has saved Leia ’s biography , and she ’s saved his enough clock time to know that there ’s never any doubt they have each other ’s back when it counts .
REYLO: THEY HAVE INTENSE CHEMISTRY
From their first appearance together inStar war : The Force Awakens , it was straight off evident that there was something special happening between Rey and Kylo Ren . Ren was obsess with finding " the miss " because he sleep together she was significant to Luke Skywalker , but she became important to him in many more ways .
They developed a singular Force bond inStar Wars : The Last Jedi , a means to communicate between time and space , which provided a way for the principal scoundrel and primary heroine to divvy up pieces of themselves despite being on opposite side of goodness and evil . In breaking down emotional barriers and exposing vulnerabilities , it disclose some incredible interpersonal chemistry that had never been seen in theStar Warsfranchise .
HAN/LEIA: HARRISON FORD & CARRIE FISHER HAD A FLING
One of the most salient reasons why Han Solo and Princess Leia share one of the most convincing romantic bond certificate in cinema is because there was truth behind it . In her autobiography , Carrie Fisher revealed that on the set ofStar war , sheand Harrison Ford affiance in an affair .
There were a salmagundi of battle with this , as Ford was 14 years Carrie Fisher ’s senior and also married at the time . To make matter worse , Mark Hamill allegedly almost walk in on a romantic rendezvous between the twain in a rearward scene fromThe imperium Strikes Back .
REYLO: THEY BELIEVED IN EACH OTHER’S POTENTIAL
From the offset , Kylo Ren look potential drop in Rey , albeit as an instrument of evilness . He want to rick her to the dark side and fall in him in his pursual of ultimate power in the galaxy . Rey saw a different fate for Kylo and encourage him to embrace the light side , and once again be known as Ben Solo , Jedi Knight .
Despite the galactic battle around them , and being on opposite English of good and evil , they never stopped believing in each other ’s potential . They both saw each other as unattackable and adequate to , if not misguide . It was their underlie enduring belief in each other that transcended the Jedi and Sith and allowed them to share moment of romance that live just between the two of them .
HAN/LEIA: THEY TOPPLED AN EMPIRE AND REBUILT A REPUBLIC
While it ’s true that Rey and Kylo Ren successfully brought down the Final Order together , they did n’t share in the rebuilding that occurred later on . Han Solo and Princess Leia ’s relationship spanned the toppling of the Galactic Empire as well as the Reconstruction Period of the New Republic .
The skills it rent to go in the Rebel Alliance are freestanding from the acquirement it takes to operate within a popular bureaucracy , yet they managed to have both . The experience deeply vary them , specially when it occurred while trying to raise a Word , but they tried their right .
REYLO: THEY WOULD DIE FOR ONE ANOTHER (LITERALLY)
In one of the most moving scenes inStar war : The emanation of Skywalker , Rey stabbed Kylo Ren when he was disquiet by Leia ’s mien through the Force . She then used her animation military unit to heal him . In this fashion , she symbolically " kill " Kylo Ren , and raise " Ben Solo . "
subsequently , after Rey ’s cataclysmal fight with the Emperor in his throne elbow room on Exegol , Rey could n’t live on after using her last bit of Force long suit to drink down him . She collapsed but was get back from the threshold of death by a redeemed Ben Solo , who transferred all of his liveliness force play into her so that she could live , giving his living in the process .
HAN/LEIA: THEY ACCEPT EACH OTHER’S FLAWS
Han Solo can be selfish , sarcastic , obstinate , and arrogant . Leia can be overbear , condescending , little , and ego - righteous . Despite each other ’s glaring flaw , the pair have turn out time and clock time again that even though their personality always clash , they will never stop loving each other .
Han and Leia have accepted each other ’s failings , verruca and all , meaning that when each of them changes , it ’s for themselves and not the other person . They do n’t change themselves for love , they change because they desire to reach progress .
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