Originally Posted by
godisawesome
I still think it’s funky how Kylo’ biggest handicaps are just how much LFL just didn’t want him to be treated as a villain after TFA; TFA gave him a. Decent start while making it clear he was supposed to keep going forward and get more dangerous as a villain, but LFL was just like “But it’s Adam Driver! With beautiful hair! We can’t spend that on a villain!”
People forget how much of a success he was as a villain when TFA came out… and often overlook just how much TLJ undermined and sabotaged that.