Warning: Major Spoilers ahead for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Kylo Ren, resident bad-guy of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," is a complex and compelling villain. Born to two of the heroic characters in the original trilogy — Princess Leia and Han Solo — Kylo rebelled against his parents, choosing the Dark Side and embarking upon a bleak and murderous journey.
In light of the Blu-ray release on April 5, Director J.J. Abrams revealed yet another dark layer to Kylo's personality in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. In the final cut of the movie, Kylo Ren removes his helmet to interrogate Rey about the secret map she saw. He places the helmet onto a table containing ash of some sort. Turns out, that was no ordinary table of ash.
"The backstory is, that that table has the ashes of the enemies he’s killed," Abrams told EW. "That moment was actually shot for, and meant to be used in, the scene where he was talking to the Vader mask."
That is some next level serial-killer behavior, Kylo. Though Abrams clears up the mystery behind the dusty design, this explanation actually creates even more questions. How exactly does he get their ashes? Is there a mini incinerator in his room? Does Kylo burn the bodies of his dead enemies, and then use a broom and dustpan to collect his ash-trophies? Did he go recover the body of his father, Han Solo, and burn him too? We certainly hope not.
Either way, this factoid brings a new level of malevolence to Kylo Ren's already sinister demeanor. Perhaps we'll see the ash table again in future films, and this time we will be able to appreciate the creepiness in the moment.
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