Star Wars: Where Were the Knights of Ren in the Sequel Trilogy? Now We Finally Know

Regardless of your thoughts connected the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy arsenic a whole, astir fans would astir apt hold these movies failed to instrumentality vantage of the Knights of Ren. After being concisely teased successful Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Knights were wholly MIA successful Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And though they yet made a existent quality successful Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, they were small much than soundless minions to Adam Driver's Kylo Ren, minions who were rapidly and easy dispatched by their maestro successful the end. They didn't precisely unrecorded up to their fearsome reputation.

As ever, it falls connected the Star Wars novels and comics to capable successful the elephantine blanks near by the Sequels. That's wherever Star Wars: Legacy of Vader comes in. The latest contented of the bid (which is acceptable soon aft the events of The Last Jedi) offers caller penetration into the narration betwixt Kylo Ren and his Knights and explains wherefore these characters took truthful agelong to look successful the movies. Read connected to find retired what we learned, but beware of full spoilers for Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #8 ahead!

Legacy of Vader writer Charles Soule has been mostly liable for fleshing retired the Knights of Ren, having antecedently featured the characters successful 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren and 2020's Star Wars. The erstwhile bid was the archetypal to found who these characters really are and their spot successful the galaxy.

As revealed successful The Rise of Kylo Ren, the Knights of Ren are a nomadic set of mercenaries and treasure hunters devoted to a doctrine of wanton demolition known arsenic The Ren. They're each Dark Side adepts, though astir don't wield lightsabers and they notation to the Dark Side arsenic "the shadow." During the Original Trilogy epoch and starring up to the Sequels, the Knights were led by a quality antheral named Ren. It was Ren who recruited the recently fallen Ben Solo to their cause, lone for Ben to termination Ren and instrumentality his place.

Art by Derrick Chew. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

So wherever were the Knights during The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi? As revealed successful Legacy of Vader #8, Kylo Ren has a spot of competition. This contented introduces a caller quality named Tava Ren, 1 who has usurped power of the Knights. After her Knights wantonness her during a botched heist mission, Tava demands to cognize wherefore the radical has sunk truthful low. Cardo past recounts the past of the Knights pursuing the events of The Rise of Kylo Ren.

Initially, beingness nether Kylo Ren was good. The Knights roamed the galaxy, escaped to loot, pillage, and destruct to their hearts' content. But eventually, Kylo Ren's temper darkened, and their missions took an adjacent bloodier turn. The Knights began to fishy that idiosyncratic was pulling their leader's strings. Their suspicions were proven close erstwhile they were yet approached by Supreme Leader Snoke and his First Order troops.

Snoke informs Kylo that his clip with the Knights of Ren is astatine an end. Ben Solo has a greater destiny to pursue. Kylo offers to termination his men for Snoke, but Snoke insists that his ain troops tin grip the job.

Art by Stefano Raffaele. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

The Knights are forced to fly the battlefield and spell into hiding. Ever since, they've been fugitives of the First Order. And by taking power of the group, Tava Ren has placed herself successful danger.

Tava tells her Knights they've go "broken." But she seems to person a program successful caput to repair the damage. Tava instantly travels to the First Order flagship The Finalizer and presents herself to the caller Supreme Leader. She proclaims herself to beryllium astatine Kylo Ren's service. No uncertainty she has ulterior motives successful mind.

Art by Stefano Raffaele. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

We'll spot however the reunion betwixt Kylo Ren and his Knights plays retired successful aboriginal issues. Based connected however The Rise of Skywalker plays out, we tin astir apt presume that Kylo kills Tava and takes backmost idiosyncratic power of the Knights. But fixed however Ben Solo is presently wracked by affectional turmoil, who knows what benignant of harm she tin inflict earlier she dies? Hopefully aboriginal issues volition besides soma retired the narration betwixt the Knights and Snoke's puppet master, Emperor Palpatine.

What bash you deliberation of these caller revelations? Is Marvel yet giving the Knights of Ren their due? Let america cognize your thoughts successful the comments below.

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