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Post #893493

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Lord Haseo
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The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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Date created
5-Jan-2016, 3:51 PM

Alderaan said:

Lord Haseo said:
Kylo Ren masquerades as a badass and even though he has shown great potential the truth is is that he hasn’t completed his training and compared to any Lord of The Sith he is Bantha Poodoo. So him not being as powerful as our first impressions is part of the reason as to why he’s complex

If Kylo were masquerading as a badass (masquerading being the key word) then he would just be a wuss playing cosplay in his outfit. The fact that he did the powerful things he did in the first 90% of the movie means that he wasn’t masquerading. He was actually that powerful by definition.

If he’s already enough of a badass to freeze someone in mid-air with his mind at will

We’ve never seen him use Stasis against another Force Wielder. Also before you say anything Rey wasn’t calling upon The Force when he was taken by Ren

or stop blaster bolts in mid-air at will

Strong ability but we don’t know the origins (or even the name) of the technique so it’s impossible to say with absolute certainty how advanced a Force wielder would have to be to do learn such a technique

or telekinetically fling people through the air at will,

Rey didn’t have up a Force Barrier so who knows how strong Kylo’s Force Pushes are.

Kylo pushing Rey with the force is child’s play in comparison to when Darth Vader and Sidious crashed Twi’Lek freighters with the force. Or when Darth Bane leveled the Rakatan Temple with a force wave. It’s unfair as fuck to put Kylo as the same league as those three.

then you would assume “complete his training” would give him some powers even greater than those, not just I fully exhelp him remember he has those powers instead of forgetting about them when the plot conveniently calls for it.

I assume completing his training means that he can break through almost any Force Barrier, I would expect him to be able to freeze multiple blaster bolts. I expect him not to only showcase Force Lightning but for him to have proficiency like Count Dooku (who’s Force Lightining is not on par with Sidious, Bane, Krayt or Plagueis) who can kill instantly with it. Pretty much I expect him to be on the level of a Darkside Adept… I guess a good example could be Maul. Then in Episode IX he can be on par with Vader, Revan or Malgus.

I fully exhelp him remember he has those powers instead of forgetting about them when the plot conveniently calls for it

Maybe that argument will stick if there’s a scene in which he forgets to use a Force Power anytime that’s not 5 seconds after he killed his dad.