John Doom said:
That’s at the end of the movie, though :\

So? It’s just another reason why he’s pretty threatening in TFA. This feat being at the end kind of diminishes the claim that Kylo goes from being super imposing in the beginning of the film to being nothing more than a weakling in the end.

What’s a villain with decades of experience? A villains is a (sometimes switchable) type of character in a story, not some kind profession 😄

Well I think him being the merciless right hand of Sidious is a profession.

And yet he was able to not give into the darkside and get back, thus winning his fight, overcoming every obstacles. That’s what a hero is supposed to do.

He won the moral victory but lost in every other facet. And other than him refusing Vader’s offer what does he overcome in the actual film?

In short: Kylo can be a good villain character, but he should’ve not been the main villain. Giving a larger role to one of the other two candidates, could’ve improved TFA and potentially made it more original.

Well if they’re giving Kylo a Luke esque character arc in which he overcomes his limitations and becomes more powerful in the end it will make Kylo’s early stumbles all the worth it. I mean I think it would be outrageous to have another force sensitive take lead over Luke because he’s not a fully realized hero in ESB. But I don’t necessarily believe in this double standard between heroes and villains. TFA could have had another villain/s but it would need to allocate time away from Kylo (or even our heroes) in order to develop this other villain/s and seeing as how Kylo will eventually be the villain Vader would be proud of it doesn’t seem worth it. Plus since it’s pretty much an absolute certainty that the Knights of Ren will actually play a role in Episode VIII your wish could be kind of granted.