Ben Solo
Ben Solo was born in 5 ABY and died in 35 ABY.
Heir to both the Skywalker legacy and the Solo name, Ben Solo is best known as Kylo Ren, the masked "Jedi Killer" who turned against his family and rose to rule the First Order. The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, he was born on the day the Galactic Civil War formally ended. He grew up lonely while his parents were busy with their careers, and from childhood Snoke whispered to him in his mind, a voice that was secretly a tool of the resurrected Darth Sidious. At about ten he became his uncle Luke Skywalker's first and most gifted Padawan, and Luke expected him to help lead a new Jedi Order. In 28 ABY he learned from a public news broadcast that his grandfather was Darth Vader. Soon after, Luke briefly considered killing him in his sleep. Ben brought the temple down, abandoned the Jedi, killed the leader of the Knights of Ren to take his place, and became Snoke's enforcer. When the First Order went to war in 34 ABY, he killed his father on Starkiller Base, formed a Force bond with Rey, murdered Snoke to become Supreme Leader, and faced Luke on Crait. A year later Sidious offered to make him the new Emperor if he killed Rey. Instead, his mother's final act and the memory of his father drew him back to the light. As Ben Solo he fought beside Rey on Exegol and gave his life to bring her back, ending the Skywalker bloodline and becoming one with the Force.
- Homeworld
- Chandrila
- Species
- Human
- Force Sensitive
- Yes
5 ABY - Birth on Chandrila
Born in Hanna City to Leia Organa and Han Solo, one year and four days after the Battle of Endor, on the same day the Galactic Concordance ended the Galactic Civil War. Han named him after "Ben" Kenobi.
~7 ABY - A Near Miss in the Nursery
When he was a toddler, the family's culinary droid BX-778 was corrupted by a virus and nearly killed him. Han stopped it by destroying the Phylanx Redux Transmitter.
~5–15 ABY - A Troubled Childhood
His Force powers surfaced early, often in bursts of anger. With his parents frequently away he grew lonely, and Snoke's voice, secretly an instrument of Darth Sidious, began whispering to him.
15 ABY - Padawan of Luke Skywalker
Shortly before his tenth birthday he began Jedi training under his uncle Luke and became the first student of the new Jedi Order.
~16 ABY - The New Jedi Temple
Other students, including Voe, Hennix and Tai, joined him at Luke's temple on Ossus. Ben outpaced them all in the Force and with the lightsaber, and he built a blue-bladed lightsaber of his own.
~19 ABY - Mission to Elphrona
He went with Luke and Lor San Tekka to an ancient Jedi outpost, where they clashed with the Knights of Ren. Their leader, Ren, sensed the darkness in Ben and invited him to seek the Knights out.
21 ABY - Senior Student
By now one of Luke's senior pupils, he supervised the younger students' lightsaber training while Luke travelled with Lor San Tekka.
28 ABY - The Vader Revelation
At twenty-three he learned from a public broadcast that Darth Vader was his grandfather. He felt betrayed by his family's secrecy, and Snoke used that anger against him.
28 ABY - Fall of the Jedi Temple
Sensing Snoke's hold on his nephew, Luke briefly ignited his lightsaber over Ben as he slept. Ben fought back and brought the temple down, then fled with several students as the temple was destroyed.
~28 ABY - Becoming Kylo Ren
He killed Ren on Mimban to take command of the Knights of Ren, took the name Kylo Ren, and became Snoke's apprentice and the First Order's enforcer.
34 ABY - Massacre at Tuanul
He hunted for the map to Luke Skywalker on Jakku, killed Lor San Tekka, and captured Poe Dameron.
34 ABY - Takodana and Starkiller Base
He captured Rey at Maz Kanata's castle and killed his father, Han Solo, on Starkiller Base. Rey then defeated and scarred him in a lightsaber duel.
34 ABY - The Force Bond
Snoke opened a Force connection between Ben and Rey. Through it, Ben learned the truth about the night Luke's temple fell.
34 ABY - Supreme Leader
Aboard the Supremacy he cut Snoke in half and fought beside Rey against the Praetorian Guard. He then took the title of Supreme Leader of the First Order.
34 ABY - Battle of Crait
He led the assault on the Resistance's last base and dueled Luke, only to discover he was fighting a Force projection while the Resistance escaped.
35 ABY - Summoned to Exegol
Hunting the source of the Emperor's broadcast, he found Sidious's wayfinder on Mustafar and travelled to Exegol. Sidious promised him an empire if he killed Rey. He had his broken helmet reforged and hunted her across Pasaana and Kijimi.
35 ABY - Redemption on Kef Bir
He dueled Rey in the wreckage of the second Death Star. Leia reached him with her last strength through the Force, and Rey healed his wound. A memory of his father then led him to cast his lightsaber away and become Ben Solo again.
35 ABY - Battle of Exegol and Death
With Luke's lightsaber he fought beside Rey against the Knights of Ren and Sidious. After Sidious was destroyed, he gave his life force to bring Rey back to life, shared a kiss with her, and became one with the Force.