Star Wars has a simple reason why Kylo Ren was never going to be as strong as Darth Vader, and why he could never be what Palpatine wanted.

This looks like Kylo Ren is firing on his mom's ship. "Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to." Finn is fighting Captain Phasma while wearing a First Order uniform. Snoke is torturing Rey in ...

Abrams adds that Ben was "more than a bad seed" -- that he was specifically targeted by the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke. Kylo Ren and the First Order. Credit: Lucasfilm "He knew this kid was ...