- Why did Ren “pray” to Darth Vader’s helmet when Luke, Leia, and Han surely would have told Ren the story of how Darth Vader was redeemed? Ren is shown asking Darth Vader to show him the way to resist the light…but Darth Vader would be the worst person in the galaxy, living or dead, to ask for advice on that topic, wouldn’t he? THIS IS NOT A NITPICK.
You are right, this is not a nitpick, however it’s very plausible that Ren came to believe that LLH lied to him about Vader.
Not to weaken my point, which I think is legitimate, but I can’t resist pointing out that he definitely would have thought “Gee, my grandfather wouldn’t have done that, because that would have made him a WEAK VILLAIN.”
And how do you know Luke told anyone what really happened anyway? He could have easily wanted to keep the whole thing to himself.
And I guarantee you everyone in the First Order either didn’t know the real story or refused to believe it. Certainly Snoke would have discredited that story every chance he had, especially to Ren.
But this is all speculation for now. Perhaps more will be revealed in the next two movies.