People: what weapon could Hux – a non-Force user – **possibly** have to usurp Supreme Fallen Kylo Ben Young Solo Last Seed of Skywalker?
Me: um. a whole galactic army? military technology/weaponry? an entire galaxy-wide support of Empire Legacy elites and weapon traders/manufacturers? the actual ability to successfully lie and scheme and feel remorseless about it? the ability to attack Rey and Leia with that galactic army/weaponry at some point probably? some elevator surveillance tapes apparently? those seem like some pretty good weapons to me?
Exactly
Have we forgotten about the fact that Dooku held Obi-Wan captive in a suspension field?
Or oh I dunno Order 66– where all the Jedi (some super powerful ones) were wiped out by a bunch of Clone Troopers?
I mean– uh just say’n
We could even have the KOR turn on Ben– in Hux’s own little version of Order 66. Maybe during this scene– if it’s meant to be JJ will find a way.
Oh, this could be a great reprise of the Red Fight - the Black Fight, only without Rey by his side, Ben is unbalanced and the full power of the Force is not accessible to him, so he goes down. (Well, that one red guard had Ben in the choke-hold pretty bad, actually). So yeah, quite a possibility.
Great question, and yes it’s possible. I can also imagine Kylo / Ben feeling so low and depressed after his ‘epiphany’ at the end of TLJ that he is weakened to a point where indeed Hux could use tech, or stormtroopers or KOR to neutralise him and maybe exile him, that would be my favourite. I can see him brooding like a fallen angel...