>>111077275>You're just describing Kylo Ren here.Not him but I think a cooler origin for Kylo Ren than the one we got would be if the New Republic appointed a sort of anti-Imperial Remnant task force dedicated to scouring the outer rim for Imperial Remnants and wiping them out before they can congeal into something cohesive and they receive special privileges in the New Republic military hierarchy. Meanwhile, Ben Solo has just completed a milestone in his training (think Empire Luke tier) and decides to move out of Luke's temple to get a job with the government. By happenstance he comes across Admiral Ackbar on some inconspicuous planet while Ackbar is in the middle of complaining about something to the task force and has the shit kicked out of him by some goons.
Since Ben is young, idealistic, impressionable, and unstable, he's deeply hurt by watching some nobodies shit all over the legendary war hero Admiral Ackbar with impunity. This coupled with some other atrocities and a bad reputation for excessive force causes him to turncoat to the First Order and adopt a new name, probably at Snoke's behest, so they can reveal he's Han Solo's son at a later date when it'll make the most impact politically.
tl;dr I think the idea of a disgruntled salaryman with a sword is actually scary and a very cool idea for a bad guy and it would have been cool if Kylo was like that. He still seems disgruntled mind you, and he definitely has a sword, but he seems more like a disgruntled teenage mental patient than a salaryman. Falling Down in Space could've been cool.
