The Knights of Ren have all the time been one of many greater mysteries of Star Wars in Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, however due to the final installment within the Skywalker Saga and its companion books and comics, we now know their full story.
The group of legendary darkish facet warriors have been first launched in The Power Awakens, however Rian Johnson determined in opposition to utilizing them within the sequel, which is why they have been mysteriously absent from The Final Jedi. In The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams introduced the Knights of Ren again and established them early on as absolute badasses. However right here’s the catch; since Episode IX already didn’t have a lot time to spare explaining all of the completely different elements of the Sequel Trilogy and the world Disney created, the Knights had as little screentime as all the opposite disposable characters that crammed the background of the final film within the saga.
If you happen to nonetheless end up asking what their deal is, although, the official novelization for the film and The Rise of Kylo Ren comedian collection can give you all of the solutions. As we learn in Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath trilogy, Palpatine’s plan concerned Sith loyalists throughout the galaxy establishing darkish facet cults to advance his plans, together with the Acolytes of the Past and the Sith Everlasting. The Knights of Ren seem like one in every of these cults, created by a person referred to as Ren.
In The Rise of Kylo Ren, this dark-side practitioner travels the galaxy in search of followers with weak hyperlinks to the residing Power. Ren taught his disciples to make use of the darkish facet, which he referred to as “the Shadow,” and based mostly his strategies on Sith philosophy. Ben Solo in the end kills Ren and takes command of the Knights. Nonetheless, in Rae Carson’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel, we study that they’ve all the time been loyal to Palpatine and knew of his whereabouts on Exegol even earlier than Kylo. In reality, the redeemed Ben Solo was shocked to see them within the Unknown Areas when he arrived to assist Rey within the film’s third act.
Of course, the resurrected Emperor’s plans have been foiled when Rey and Ben got here collectively and defeated him and his cultists on Exegol, marking an finish to each the story of Star Wars and Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, not less than in the meanwhile.
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