Last Skywalker
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She should be better than Ben Solo you're right...by the end of Episode 9 ultimately lol. She shouldn't be better than him at Jedi/lightsaber fighting at the end of her first movie. Then again if they end Episode 9 on a dark note like you suggested and Kylo Ren beats Rey that'd be something different. It'd be them reversing the situation I guess I don't know lol.
No... laying her out in that scenario is to help impart that he is no longer Ben Solo(because she beat him twice)... but something else that is now far beyond her power to simply defeat in armed combat.
And by laying her out, I do not mean with a lightsaber battle. More in the vain of what Snoke was doing to her in 8, but taking it far beyond that. It wouldn't even be a contest and should have rightfully killed her. The damage physically and mentally should be worse than what happened to Anakin in 3. She needs to go to a dark, dark place mentally(who am I?) while dealing with a severe identity crisis physically(what am I?).
It should leave no doubt that she is no longer Kylo Ren's better or even in his zip code with all things pointing to a dark, dark galaxy for a good while(there is usually a time gap between trilogies) as the SuperFriends go on the run and Kylo Ren(no longer Ben Solo) has complete control of the galaxy.
Absolutely everything needs to crater, if you're going to set stakes that matter for 10-12 that seem unattainable and not half-ass this. If going this route, you go fully in one direction winning and the other direction losing, same as the end of the previous two trilogies. Its in overcoming that dark place and coming to an understanding of who she is and what she wants to be, that the true hero is finally revealed. But it doesn't come out without a heck of a lot of pain.
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