Just saw it last night, here's my take:

Anakin was an angry young man who was drawn to the Dark Side, embraced it, and only tried to come back after it destroyed him and he didn't want the same for his son. The good in him was a remnant, not part of his core.

Kylo Ren is an angry young man who wants to embrace the Dark Side because he's angry and that's what all the cool, angry Jedi do, but his heart isn't really in it. He's got (or at least had) a good heart in there, he just doesn't want it and is fighting it all the way.

He thinks offing his dad will make him truly badass, but all it really does is make him an asshole. The question is, will be eventually grow up and realize that, or will he keep doubling down trying to prove how evil he is while just passing of everyone around him.

And while my first instinct was that Rey was Ren's sister, making her Luke's daughter makes much more sense as I think about it...

Offsides

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