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Kylo Ren's Original Identity Would've Been Too Dark For Disney
The Star Wars sequel trilogy’s antagonist, Kylo Ren, was initially imagined as a darker character who was perhaps even too dark for Disney, leading to his cinematic form. Kylo Ren is a different sort of dark side villain in the main Star Wars saga, whose inner conflict and emotional outbursts set him apart from colder and more calculating villains like Emperor Palpatine and Count Dooku. One of Kylo’s first conceptualized incarnations, known as the “Grave Robber,” seemed to have come from a more familiar school of thought as far as Star Wars saga villains go, but his more vicious early appearance and name suggest that Lucasfilm and Disney toned things down, which was ultimately the right move.