Kylo Ren Was Redeemed: Star Wars Fans Rejoice and So Should Psychiatric Educators

Abstract

A long time ago (December 2019), in a galaxy far away (pre-COVID-19 pandemic Earth), Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker was released. Whether or not Kylo Ren would be redeemed was of interest for the authors, who have used the film series to discuss risk and protective factors for delinquency, violence, and other challenging behavior.

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“…Psychologists analyse the personalities of the main characters (Bui et al. , 2011; Guerrero and Cunanan, 2021). Engineers assess the feasibility of robots in the franchise (Murphy, 2018).…”

“…political, legal, economic, social and ethical issues that the saga raises (Brode and Deyneka, 2012;Casey and Kenny, 2021;Eberl and Decker, 2016;Rousu et al, 2022;Sunstein, 2016;Wetmore, 2017); evaluate the evolution of costumes in the movies (King and Ridgway, 2019); characterise the fans of the saga (V€ olcker, 2016) and discuss the immersive process in the Star Wars-role play community of Second Life (Guitton, 2012) and the retro branding of Episode I (Brown et al, 2003). Psychologists analyse the personalities of the main characters (Bui et al, 2011;Guerrero and Cunanan, 2021). Engineers assess the feasibility of robots in the franchise (Murphy, 2018).…”