The development of the Star Wars sequel trilogy was a bit unconventional, to say the least, with writer/director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi confirming that he was entirely unaware that Ben Solo would die at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. It’s unclear, however, if this means that the decision of Kylo Ren to be redeemed as Ben Solo before making a fatal sacrifice came late in the development process or if director J.J. Abrams kept his intentions for the character a secret, with these remarks just emphasizing how much disconnect – and freedom – came with each installment of the trilogy.
And laughingly asked me what that was for. I told him I had a lot of feelings about that ending and then showed him my Ben Solo Deserved Better T-shirt, which made him laugh more.
He explained that it was very much a full hand-off between 7 and 8, just as it was from 8 to 9
