Rey, Kylo Ren and Trauma! - Video Essay

Trauma creates drama and in the Skywalker Saga’s case trauma is key to this poor family's history. Implicitly Pretentious does a deep dive into the Sequel Trilogy and shows the deep trauma our main protagonist and antagonist, or one might argue our two main leads, share and deal with their trauma.

It’s a very in-depth look at trauma and how the sequel trilogy deals with it. The video also shows how Episode IX takes the idea of Rey Palpatine and is just another element in the themes of trauma that are present in the Sequel Trilogy, giving a good reason as to why that more controversial element from Episode 9 works within the wide trilogy. It’s a great video about the topic.