Kylo Ren Had a Much Better Chance of Ruling the Galaxy Than Vader Did

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While Star Wars fans universally agree that Kylo Ren doesn’t hold a candle to Darth Vader in practically every regard, he actually had a much better chance of ruling the galaxy than Vader ever did–and one nearly fulfilled prophecy proves it.

Ben Solo, AKA Kylo Ren, became a warrior of the Dark Side after he was nearly assassinated by Luke Skywalker as a child due to his extremely strong connection to the Dark Side of the Force. After he ran away from his murderous uncle, Ben was seduced by Snoke (secretly Darth Sidious) and delved deeper into the ways of the Dark Side. However, rather than following the ways of the Sith, Ben earned the title of leader of the Knights of Ren–a group of nihilistic zealots who worship the ways of the Dark Side without adhering to the rules of the Sith and want nothing more than to spread chaos across the cosmos. From that moment forward, Ben Solo became Kylo Ren and militarized the once rogue Knights of Ren.

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In Dark Horse Comics’ Star Wars: Legends series Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin by Tim Siedell, Stephen Thompson, and Iván Fernández, Vader follows the trail of an organization known as the Heinsnake Cult as they have been trying to assassinate the Emperor. The trail leads to the cult’s homeworld where its religion reigns supreme in society. When Vader arrives, the cult leaders aren’t afraid of him, but are actually overjoyed by his arrival. Based on ancient hieroglyphs, their religion states that Darth Vader is the Chosen One to the Heinsnake Cult who is prophesied to bring about glorious chaos across the galaxy by eliminating the Jedi and the Sith then ruling the galaxy himself in a way that