snooker said:
Ben Solo lives.

Is it just me or do Dark Siders who come back to the light in the broader Star Wars universe tend to get away with the atrocities they committed while “taking a walk on the wild side”?

You see this a number of times in the EU, but it’s even implied in ROTJ, when Luke says to a “redeemed” Anakin: “I’ll not leave you here to die; I’ve got to save you.” Part of me has always thought: Save him for what? A war crimes trial and summary execution?? Cuz that’s surely what he deserved.

So Vader dying was actually poetic justice - exactly as it is for Kylo/Ben.

While I’ll still give some thought to Ben surviving, I’ll likely come down on the side of his paying for his crimes by his self-sacrifice.

(Would love to see a sample of Force-ghost Ben alongside an old Anakin.)