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Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.
— Star Wars: The Last Jedi · 2017
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Freedom from an inherited role can sound attractive while hiding a demand to accept another person’s control. Kylo offers destruction as the route to beginning again.
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In context
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During a Force connection in The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren urges Rey to discard the identities and loyalties inherited from the past. The invitation serves his own attempt to draw her toward him. It is Kylo’s argument in their struggle, not an impartial lesson delivered by the film.
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- Force connection with Rey, discussing parents and identity — reference 1Force connection with Rey, discussing parents and identity; wording and sceneReference checked
- Force connection with Rey, discussing parents and identity — reference 2Force connection with Rey, discussing parents and identity; wording and sceneReference checked
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