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.
:\ That’s not the point I was trying to do. I’m saying they should’ve showed him this threatening since the beginning, because at that point his role as the main villain was already ruined to me.
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?
-managing to “disarm” a Wampa;
-successfully leading an attack against AT-AT and using stratagems;
-destroying an entire AT-AT by himself;
-learning more about the Force (granted he didn’t learn how to fully control it);
-not be tricked by Vader in the carbon freezing chamber;
-not giving into fear;
-keeping fighting against Vader (something Kershner himself stressed in the commentary for its importance);
-being able to survive his fall and using his knowledge to call Leia for help;
Against all odds, he never gave up!