![]() Ultimately, no matter how many times those involved in the movie try to justify it or recontextualize it, it’s up to each viewer to decide what the intention behind Rey and Ben’s kiss was: if it was romantic, a “siblings” one, or it happened as a gesture of gratitude. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is flawed, and it left it to the novelization to try its best to explain all those things the movie didn’t, including the Rey/Ben Solo kiss. There, he finds Palpatine, who reveals that he created Snoke to rule the First Order and lure Kylo to the dark side. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkers ending is the culmination of 42 years of storytelling, nine mainline movies and a whole universe of stories besides. ![]() ![]() And with that, the Skywalker saga is over. Again, while it’s not a moment fans wanted to see yet weren’t surprised it happened (with many attributing it to the “Disney formula” of adding a romance between the main characters for the sake of it), saying it wasn’t romantic and trying to justify it through the “siblings” explanation or the “gratitude" one only makes it worse than admitting it was, and it doesn’t make sense to deny it. Plot Following a threat of revenge by the resurrected Emperor Palpatine, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads to the planet Exegol. WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. A romantic kiss between Rey and Kylo Ren, while not a moment fans wanted to happen (yet expected), makes sense especially as it came during Kylo’s redemption and return to the light side of the Force, and he had just sacrificed himself to bring Rey back. Their dynamic in Star Wars: The Last Jedi was leading up to, if not a proper romance between them, at least a moment like the kiss in The Rise of Skywalker. ![]()
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