Dismissing Darth Vader’s redemption
One of the most important unanswered questions of Star Wars: The Force Awakens concerns Kylo Ren – why did he join the Dark Side and why is he such a fan of the Sith known as Darth Vader? He surely must know that, in his final moments, Vader chose the light and effectively brought the destruction of the Empire.
One of the deleted scenes from the movie explains all of these – explains why Kylo Ren chose the Dark side and why he wants to continue the work of Darth Vader. Simply put it, Supreme Leader Snoke altered the truth in order to fit his own plans. In this way, Snoke simply presents Vader’s last moments as being moments of weakness, caused by emotion. And Ren sees the way Snoke wants him to see it.
And it becomes pretty clear in the moment which Kylo Ren faces Han Solo – he has been waiting for that moment, in order to test himself and prove himself as being at least the equal of Vader (from this point of view, at least).
What isn’t explained, though, is the aversion towards all the Skywalkers, Kylo Ren being one of them. But we can bet that, in the future movies, this point will be explained (most likely it has something to do with him being sent away from his parents, by his parents).
