Even with Kylo Ren sinking further into the darkness during Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson believes the villain is not beyond redemption.
With Kylo even more unhinged and psychopathic than before, fans are convinced Ben Solo is truly gone (Leia admitted as much).
If Ben Solo comes back, it would ring too close to Return of the Jedi, so the safe money is on him staying evil.
Kylo Ren is now the sequel trilogy’s big bad, and he’ll have to be defeated in order for the Resistance to triumph.