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Darth Vader Rogue One

Welcome To The Dark Side: The 10 Greatest Star Wars Villains

You only have to look at Darth Vader's place in pop culture to see that the Star Wars franchise belongs as much to its villain as it does its heroes. The saga draws from age-old mythological themes of good vs. evil, so naturally, the evil side has to be just as compelling as the good.
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4) Kylo Ren

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It was always going to be difficult for The Force Awakens to create a central villain who could match up to the mighty Vader. It was an ingenious idea, then, to make that the entire motivation of Kylo Ren.

At first, it seems that Ren is a fanatical follower of Vader’s who has styled himself after the Sith lord. It later transpires though that he is, in fact, Vader’s grandson and the son of Leia and Han. Full of rage and emotion, Kylo – formally known as Ben Solo – shares little of his granddaddy’s cold demeanor. Ren makes such a formidable villain because he’s basically a petulant teenager with the power to destroy the galaxy. Plus, he has a lightsaber with a crossguard.

Clearly suffering from an internal battle between the light and the dark, his anger even led him to kill his own father. But has he gone to the dark side for good? Only time will tell. What we know for sure is that we can’t wait to see more of Adam Driver’s surprisingly layered villain in the upcoming Episodes VIII and IX.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'