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ST The Knights of Ren in Episode 9

Discussion in 'Sequel Trilogy' started by dlbates, Dec 13, 2017.

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Do you believe we will see the Knights of Ren in the movies beyond the flashback from TFA?

  1. They will play a large roll in IX

  2. They will be seen in IX but only briefly, and possibly in another flashback

  3. They will not be seen, but will be mentioned in IX

  4. We have heard the last of the Knights of Ren. Not even a mention in IX.

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  1. BalanceOfTheForce

    BalanceOfTheForce Jedi Master star 4

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    Why does only Kylo have a lightsaber? Are all of the Knights Lukes ex-students or are there other members too? Are they all force sensitive?
     
  2. B99

    B99 Force Ghost star 6

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    I don't have much hope we will see them in IX. I might be pleasantly surprised though..
     
  3. themoth

    themoth Force Ghost star 5

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    If they're in the film, they'd be one of my most anticipated elements for sure.
     
  4. oncafar

    oncafar Force Ghost star 6

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    I think they'll be there... It would be lame if they weren't.
     
  5. DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR

    DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR Force Ghost star 5

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    I'm guessing they played a part in VIII but we don't know it yet. Episode VIII's crawl hinted at a possibility that they might have. Maybe Snoke deployed them when he initiated the take over of the New Republic star systems?

    Well, anyway...

    I think if Kylo Ren is meant to be redeemed in IX, which I think he will because there's no way the Skywalker bloodline dies here, then there needs to be another antagonist or antagonists to cause that. The Knights of Ren could be a threat to him, especially knowing that Kylo had killed their ruler, who like their master before had seen as divine and wise. Maybe even sensing Kylo's confliction, it's possible one of them sees an opportunity to seize the supreme leadership for himself and convinces the others to follow him instead. And not wearing the helmet anymore could be another reason the Knights of Ren no longer see their master as one of them, also. There could be several reasons why they turn on him, and could be how and why Ben Solo redeems himself in the end. I'm assuming this is what was saved for the last film, so that the next director had a way to close out the trilogy. I don't know.

    Whatever the case may be, there are loads of possibilities. I just hope they use the KOR in some capacity. It would just be another big wasted opportunity that had been setup in The Force Awakens.
     
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  6. TheGhostOfZero

    TheGhostOfZero Jedi Master star 2

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    They can't really use the Porgs, Phasma, BB-9E, Poe's X-Wing, Snoke, the Praetorian Guards, etc. like they did in TLJ, I wouldn't be surprised if the Knights will be the main thing driving the advertising in EPIX.
     
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  7. MKL1985

    MKL1985 Jedi Youngling

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    I’d like to see Kylo disappear and go rogue with the knights of ren after becoming disenchanted with supreme leader status. Come back in the end because there’s a last ditch effort to help Rey and allies defeat FO! That way he’s still doing his own thing but isn’t into total carnage and planet destruction! He and Rey can work together but go about it in a different way on their own. Does that make sense? I need knights of ren in episode IX!!
     
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  8. The PiedPiper of Alderaan

    The PiedPiper of Alderaan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I havent read TLJs novelisation but from what i heard it kinda makes it clear that Snoke is not directly connected to the knights of Ren and they're not part of the FO. So if they're loyal to Ben we might see them in ep9 indeed...or it's a missed opportunity :)
     
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  9. NileQT87

    NileQT87 Jedi Grand Master star 3

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    Rey's vision of Kylo Ren in the snowy Starkiller Base forest wasn't quite literal either (he was in the mask, rather than having taken it off for Han), so we don't know what's going on in the vision of the Knights of Ren. Rey's hopeful vision of Ben's future didn't come about when she thought it would either. As Yoda said, the future is difficult to see. It's in flux. Luke's folly that created the very future he wished to prevent that perhaps wouldn't have happened otherwise proved that.

    The Knights of Ren vision and the lit corridor (that reminds me of Luke confronting Vader on Bespin, design-wise) vision could be... Past? Future? We don't know.

    But there are a few things in the Knights of Ren vision that are of particular note... Given that some details of visions have proven to not necessarily be perfectly accurate or go the way they are believed to have been seen, the knights could very well could lose masks, gain lightsabers or slightly changed details like that. What is the most interesting part of what's shown in that vision is actually Kylo seemingly protecting Rey by stabbing one of the knights through their chest from behind. It happens to be very visually close to a move he makes during the Praetorian Guard fight (lightsaber through the chest from behind). In a way, the content, but not the details, of this scene actually came true already in the Throne Room: protecting Rey from Snoke along with taking on the majority of the guards (Kylo kills 5 of 8) and that identical fighting move. The guards and setting were just different.

    If we are to go off of that vision and the Praetorian Guard killing move similarity, I suspect Kylo might end up fighting the knights with Rey or act to protect her from them. Perhaps they stood with Snoke after all, rather than loyalty to Ben. Perhaps they'll discover Ben's sentimental emotional weakness that is pulling him away from the Dark and seek to excise it.

    Or it could just be Kylo with his knights on some rain planet in the past, but that wouldn't explain why he's stabbing them unless he's already killed them. I suspect this is a future event due to that detail.
     
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  10. The Regular Mustache

    The Regular Mustache Force Ghost star 6

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    Or it could be that the person being stabbed by Kylo was one of Luke’s students who chose not to side with Kylo.
     
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  11. Birkendoc

    Birkendoc Chosen One star 4

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    Maybe this is something that might only interest @The Regular Mustache...

    This is what I would like to see with the KoR:

    1. The are Ben Solo's friends from Luke's temple who fought by his side and left with him as everything quickly degraded the night the temple was destroyed.
    2. They are loyal to him, not necessary Snoke
    3. If Kylo gets deposed, they are still loyal to him, not Hux
    4. Hux sees them as a threat.
    5. Hux is sick of force users, wants them all gone. Has his own Order 66, so all force users are hunted down.

    In any war scenario, you have the FO vs Resistance. All of the Force users (Rey and Kylo included) suddenly are a third faction fighting for their lives together in an uneasy detente of light and dark.
     
  12. The Regular Mustache

    The Regular Mustache Force Ghost star 6

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    That might be cool and I agree that the KoR are likely to be loyal to Kylo over Hux. The idea of them being loyal to Kylo over Snoke though is something I'm not sure about it. I could believe it but at the same time it seems like there could be something interesting to play around with if the KoR discovered that Kylo was the one that killed Snoke and that they're less than pleased about that. Then again maybe the KoR thought of Snoke as a means to an ends. They presumably followed Snoke in order to be trained in the ways of the dark side. With that taken care of maybe they don't care one way or another if Snoke sticks around.

    I feel like I've floated this theory before but maybe Hux finds out that Kylo killed Snoke and he reveals this to the KoR thinking it will turn them against Kylo. It's very easy to imagine Hux thinking he's got one up on Kylo when he reveals in overly dramatic fashion to Kylo and the KoR that Kylo killed Snoke. Hux's words ring out and he stands there with a self satisfied smile on his face and then Kylo deadpan's, "they know". Gulp! Somehow Hux escapes and yeah your theory plays out, the Force users and Resistance vs. the FO.
     
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  13. Birkendoc

    Birkendoc Chosen One star 4

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    I could see them being loyal to Snoke out of self-preservation. Part of me likes the idea that he has a few loyal friends that date back to childhood, but I also like the idea below as well.

    That or go the other way entirely: They were sleepers for Snoke at the time Ben was studying with Luke, and they have always been loyal to Snoke. It goes to hell, they take Ben with them. Now that Snoke is dead, they are Hux's bulldogs and they are all hunting Kylo down. Kylo has to turn to Rey for help. and there is a Force shadow war parallel to the FO vs. Resistance war.

    Honestly, I could see both play out in a "War to end all Wars" scenario.
     
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  14. Hopeless

    Hopeless Jedi Master star 4

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    They could easily reveal Han went looking for Ben found out about Kylo's Knights and ends up killing them with Chewie's help until he finds out Kylo is Ben.

    Better yet have Lando be the one to explain what happened to them and that Snoke pulled Kylo out of there to prevent Han unleashing Leia on him!
     
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  15. DARTH_BELO

    DARTH_BELO Force Ghost star 5

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    Which part of TLJ's crawl are you referring to?

    I love that idea. If the KOR made their way into Episode IX, this is the way I'd hope it would play out.
     
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  16. DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR

    DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR Force Ghost star 5

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    The crawl, man. It refers to Snoke's merciless legions. And who better to lead them than the Kinghts of Ren?
     
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  17. Birkendoc

    Birkendoc Chosen One star 4

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    That's well and good, but I'm not a man ;)
     
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  18. MotherNature's SilverSeed

    MotherNature's SilverSeed Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I don't think it was a reply to you, but if it was, it's not at all uncommon to use "man" in this manner when talking to chicks dames girl-people.
     
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  19. DARTH_BELO

    DARTH_BELO Force Ghost star 5

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    Ok. The crawl then. Glad I asked.

    Man.


    :p
     
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  20. bluealien1

    bluealien1 Jedi Master star 4

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    hello fellow time traveler i am also from the 20's :p
     
  21. Gamma626

    Gamma626 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    The 2020's? What's Rian's trilogy about? Please tell.
     
  22. oncafar

    oncafar Force Ghost star 6

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    It might be cool if at least a few KOR came back from the dark side.
     
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  23. WebLurker

    WebLurker Jedi Master star 4

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    Seeing as the TLJ novelization had Hux note that Snoke and Kylo were the only Force users in the First Order, that has to lead one to wonder how that will affect the Knights in future storytelling and what their status is in light of that.
     
  24. Darth Smurf

    Darth Smurf Small, but Lethal star 6

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    Maybe they were never an official part of the first order. Maybe Kylo decided to join Snoke alone, or Snoke refused the others to be part of the show.
    Now that Kylo is the new boss those "good buddies" (which they are maybe not) could show up to claim their piece of the cake.
     
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  25. oncafar

    oncafar Force Ghost star 6

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    I think that maybe Hux doesn't know about the KOR. Kylo could pull them in as a shock right when Hux is feeling like gaining the upper hand over Kylo won't be so difficult because he's so emo.

    I don't know if KOR were originally turned by Snoke or by Kylo though.

    After Kylo/KOR vs. Hux, that could be um when the other Snoke apprentice shows up and Hux can be like, "Yes! My champion!"

    Kylo would then be off center because he thought he was the only one.

    And the entire movie should be one long never-ending battle. Like every scene should be fighting.
     
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