Supremo Líder Snoke basicamente insiste que é o seu "Julgamento Jedi". Bem, o julgamento do "Lado Negro". Para garantir que não haja tração do lado da luz.
Originalmente, ele discute com Ren the Vader caindo (todas as citações da novelização de Alan Dean Foster):
“Kylo Ren, I watched the Galactic Empire rise, and then fall. The gullible prattle on about the triumph of truth and justice, of individualism and free will. As if such things were solid and real instead of simple subjective judgments. The historians have it all wrong. It was neither poor strategy nor arrogance that brought down the Empire. You know too well what did.”
Ren nodded once. “Sentiment.”
“Yes. Such a simple thing. Such a foolish error of judgment. A momentary lapse in an otherwise exemplary life. Had Lord Vader not succumbed to emotion at the crucial moment—had the father killed the son—the Empire would have prevailed. And there would be no threat of Skywalker’s return today.”
“I am immune to the light,” Ren assured him confidently. “By the grace of your training, I will not be seduced.”
“Your self-belief is commendable, Kylo Ren, but do not let it blind you. No one knows the limits of his own power until it has been tested to the utmost, as yours has not been. That day may yet come.
E então, ele diz explicitamente que teste de Kylo Ren - aquele que Vader falhou - será:
“There is no need for concern.” Despite the Supreme Leader’s cautioning, Ren’s assurance remained unbounded. “Together we will destroy the Resistance—and the last Jedi.”
“Perhaps,” Snoke conceded. “It has come to our notice that the droid we seek is aboard the Millennium Falcon, once again in the hands of your father, Han Solo. Even you, master of the Knights of Ren, have never faced such a test.”
Kylo Ren acredita que matar Han irá fortalecê-lo e deixá-lo atingir seu objetivo de ser o melhor (Dark Sider) que ele pode ser:
Ren’s eyes blazed. “No! The Supreme Leader is wise. He knows me for who I am, and who I can become.
“Your mother misses you.”
A strange sensation touched the younger man’s cheeks. Something long forgotten. Dampness. Tears.
“I’m being torn apart. I want—I want to be free of this pain.”
Ele está sendo atormentado pela atração do lado da Luz. E ele sabe o que Snoke disse a ele que ele precisa para remover essa atração - o que Vader não conseguiu fazer. Mate seu membro da família emocionalmente ligado.
Han took another step, then stopped, waiting. A decision had to be made, and for once it was not his to make.
“I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.” Ren moved out onto the walkway toward Han. “Will you help me?”
“Yes,” Han told him. “Anything.”
Halting an arm’s length from his father, Ren unclipped his lightsaber, looked down at it for a moment, and then extended it toward Han. For an instant that seemed to extend into forever, nothing happened. Smiling, Han reached for the weapon. Then, as the light from outside was fully blocked by the flow of descending, accumulating dark energy, Ren ignited the lightsaber—and the fiery red beam lanced outward to pierce Han’s chest from front to back.
“Thank you,” Ren murmured, and truly, the darkness above was mimicked by the darkness in his voice.
Kylo Ren esperava que isso o fortalecesse:
Stunned by his own action, Kylo Ren fell to his knees. Following through on the act ought to have made him stronger, a part of him believed. Instead, he found himself weakened. He did not hear the roar of the enraged Wookiee above, but he did feel the sting of the shot from the bowcaster as it slammed into his side, knocking him back on the walkway.