I can’t finish this drawing. Every time I look at Ben I start to cry. This is so painful…I only received misery from this saga. :( I’ll try to finalize this drawing next month..
Warm light gilded Rey and Ben as Naboo’s sun slowly drifted towards the horizon. They had left the dead sands of Tatooine behind, instead seeking shelter in the old Royal Palace. There, the two of them sat along the water’s edge and talked as the night rose around them.
Rey listened patiently as Ben slowly unwound memories from a life almost forgotten — stories of his dad and the Falcon, his nightmares of BX, of what happened at the Academy, and how much he missed his mother. His words painted the loneliness of his childhood; a loneliness Rey understood all too well. She reached for Ben’s hand and he smiled.
“You’re not alone anymore,” whispered, her voice gentle and soft as the dying sunlight.
I was thinking about the scenes that could have happened between dark Rey and Kylo. Those scenes could have been vital to his conclusion to turn to the light side. From Kylo’s POV he had been wanting Rey to turn to the dark side so they can rule together. But he had also been truly connecting with Rey as she was and her approach to the light and dark conflict. He had been charging at he with questions the same way she did and you can see him introspect the answers. It might have been a new experience for him to have someone who is not Snoke or Palpatine be in his head.
So having that history, if he had met dark Rey. I personally believe that his expectations would have fallen short. He would not have felt her concern and genuine care for him like Rey does and from the brief screen time we got with dark Rey, she looks like a replica of Palpatine. So if he had ever witnessed her, he would have turned to the light side without hesitation or a question in his mind, cause the Rey he was talking to in the Hut was the real one. This is what Rey understands early on, when she sees him and wants him to be Ben.
