Given the myriad space battles, advanced tech and aliens populating the galaxy, you might categorise it as science fiction. If you had to categorise Star Wars as a particular genre, the Gothic probably wouldn’t be your first choice. *SPOILERS FOR THE FORCE AWAKENS (hereafter TFA) AND THE LAST JEDI (hereafter TLJ) (plus Stranger Things Seasons 1-2) BELOW*Ĭan Star Wars be read as a work of Gothic fiction? He also functions as his own Dark Doppelgänger, and here’s why…. In the same vein as Gothic monsters like Frankenstein’s Creature, Edward Hyde and Dracula, Kylo is the product of tragic miscommunication and his own disastrous life choices.
Most frightening of all, he’s the kind of villain you can both understand and pity. For me, he ranks alongside Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin and Luke Goss’ Prince Nuada in the upper echelons of brilliant baddies. And yet we see him struggle with the conflict between the Dark Side and the Light. Kylo is volatile, mercurial his temper turns on a dime.
Kylo is a magnificent monster, a calibre of villain to rival his revered Darth Vader.
Easily the most complex character of the new trilogy is Kylo Ren, played with brittle brutality by the inimitable Adam Driver. Duty, sacrifice, justice, all these things and more hang heavy over the story. The Star Wars saga has always been thematically and emotionally rich, but never moreso than in The Last Jedi.
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