admonition ! This military post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars : Legacy of Vader # 2Star Warshas created a new connexion betweenKylo RenandDarth Vader , as well as a heartbreaking connexion to Kylo ’s great - gran . Anakin Skywalker ’s mother who conceived her son through the will of the Force itself , Shmi Skywalker was first introduced inThe Phantom Menace . However , her full story has only just been revealed to Kylo Ren years by and by during the events of the sequel trilogy .
As seen in Charles Soule and Luke Ross’Star Wars : Legacy of Vader # 2,Kylo Ren has come to Tatooine to learn more about Darth Vader ’s story . While Vader ’s honest-to-god handmaid Vaneé is attempting to show Kylo Ren how he can plow his past into power in the drab side as his grandfather had , Kylo currently believes that the yesteryear should be killed , buried , and wipe out . Such is the display case when Kylo Ren learn what happened to Shmi Skywalker after Anakin Skywalker began his Jedi route .
Kylo Ren Just Learned About His Great-Grandmother’s History
Shmi Skywalker Was Left A Slave on Tatooine
Through Vaneé who has access to Palpatine ’s onetime Imperial file , Kylo Ren see about Anakin ’s painful past and how he used his experience on Tatooine to fuel his fad and big businessman in the coloured side as Darth Vader . This includes the death of Shmi , which result in Anakin tapping into the black side for the first time . As see inAttack of the Clones , Anakin massacred the entire tribe of Tusken Raiders who had captured and tortured his mother to death , a major step toward his eventual fall to the dark side .
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Kylo Ren is also shocked to take that Shmi remained a slave even after Anakin was recruited by Qui - Gon Jinn to join the Jedi Order . At the time , Qui - Gon was only able to free Anakin from Watto ’s custody , though it ’s still not a dependable look that Shmi was never freed by the Jedi follow the events ofThe Phantom Menace . After visiting the Boonta Eve podracing circuit and the remains of Watto ’s rubble shop class , Kylo Ren decide to " erase " the story he ’s just been told , choosing to act on his rage after learning that Shmi and Anakin ’s original owner still lives on Tatooine : Gardulla the Hutt .
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Kylo Ren Sets His Sights on Gardulla The Hutt
Anakin and Shmi’s Owner Before Watto
In a sequence that brings Anakin ’s darkAttack of the Clonesmission to mind , Kylo Ren is likewise shown speeding through the dessert of Tatooine en route to Gardulla ’s fort . Upon his comer , Kylo need down two of Gardulla ’s mighty rancors with relative ease . It ’s an impressive feat that certainly would have broken Boba Fett ’s heart , though I found it to be an extremely entertaining display of Kylo Ren ’s skill with his iconic lightsaber and the Force .
That being enunciate , Kylo Ren ’s victory outside Gardulla ’s fortress is significantly undercut once he faces the Hutt crime lord directly . After all , it ’s pretty sticky to see Kylo get overpowered by a small sentient creature sitting next to Gardulla , appearing to be a potent military force - tender itself who pulls Kylo ’s lightsaber out of his hand before declare him to be weak in the Force . Nevertheless , I found this raw connexion between Ben Solo and his menage history to be quite significant , a key mo where Kylo Ren is rightfully see red about Shmi and her son ’s time pass in thralldom .
Now, Kylo Ren’s Story Now Mirrors His Grandfather and Great-Grandmother
Chained by Gardulla
For all of Kylo Ren ’s campaign to erase and " countenance the preceding croak " , it ’s already becoming clean-cut in this fresh series that his destination is undoable . showcase in dot , Kylo Ren is now in range of mountains and jail by Gardulla , meaning that he ’s now sharing the story of his granddaddy and great - nan . While he ’ll undoubtedly escape and will in all probability shoot down Gardulla in succeeding issues , it ’s likely that this experience will carry on to push the Supreme Leader toward Vaneé ’s way of thinking , and that Kylo needs to bug out using his past to fire his power , rather than trying to bury or kill it .
Star Wars : Legacy of Vader # 2is on sales event now from Marvel Comics .
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