In the Arthurian legend, King Arthur is the greatest king of all that ruled with power, and honor. He created the Knights of the Round Table, allowing everyone equal standing at that table. He lived an amazing life, accomplishing many great deeds and ruling justly. On his gravestone is the phrase "Hic iacet Arthurus, Rex quandam, rexque futurus" which translates into "Here lies Arthur, King once, and King to be" prophesying that in the time of Britain's greatest need, he would return to rule again wielding Excalibur.



There are obvious parallels to the Arthurian legend in TFA, and some not so obvious. Hopefully I will be able to convey my thoughts coherently.



I belive the Knights of Ren and the Knights of the Round have an obvious parallel. But with a small twist. Let us say that Ren is the equivalent of King Arthur, ruling justly and powerfully, in balance with the Force and everyone and everything in a time long ago and nearly forgotten . Supremely powerful and just. He creates the Knights of Ren to maintain balance in the Force and in the Galaxy, made up of powerful force users that do not stick to the idea of diametrically opposed aspects of the Force. Just what they believe to be true balance.



One day Ren passes on to become one with the Force, and without to hold the balance, some of his Knights perhaps begin to fight over the kingdom, much like Alexander the Great's generals, and they splinter into what eventually will become Sith and Jedi. But it is prophesied that Ren will be reborn one day to again bring balance to the Force. This same prophesy is over time slightly misinterpreted by the Jedi (who in my theory originally were philosophically descended from some Knights of Ren) into the prophesy we hear of in the PT that talks about destroying the Sith (which is the misinterpreted part of the original prophecy.) The Sith too know of this prophecy (now the Jedi version) and are worried that the Chosen one (who is said to be a Jedi) will destroy them, so they actively seek to destroy the Jedi to prevent the prophecy fulfillment.



Meanwhile some members of the KoR have remained patiently waiting behind the scenes for the return of Ren. They have a steward in place of Ren holding the throne until his return, much like the steward of Gondor in LOTR. Perhaps they even have a candidate that they hope the spirit of the resurrected Ren will inhabit. And they are continuously trying to bring Ren back into this realm by force possession so to speak. And maybe that's what the title Kylo Ren means: the reincarnated Ren (or perhaps Kylo just means king). Perhaps they did not know of Anakin/Vader's immaculate conception, perhaps they caused it indirectly (like the non canon Plague is novel talks about) when trying to resurrect Ren. But as most often is the case, they did not understand that Anakin/Vader was the fulfillment of the prophecy until after the fact.



So now the KoR are obsessed with Vader because he was the reincarnation of Ren, but without their guidance, he did not fully fulfill the prophecy in their minds so they are seeking for a way to bring back Ren's spirit and Vader may hold the key to that so they are seeking everything they can related to him; artifacts and children. So they seek out Luke but are unable to sway him, but as rumored they steal one of Anakin Skywalker's grandchildren (Rey being the other) and raise him to believe he will inherit the spirit and power of Ren when they figure out how to bring Ren's spirit back.



Now Snoke, the Supreme leader of the First Order, I believe will be shown to also be the secret leader (steward of the throne) of the Knights of Ren. He has brainwashed Kylo all his life and is directing Kylo Ren to find the last pieces of the puzzle so to speak to bring Ren back to this realm. A puzzle piece that perhaps only Luke knows of or is protecting.



Also Snoke's codename was Uber and although this is a loose similarity, king Arthurs father was Uther Pendragon. Pendragon means "Chief Dragon" in old Welsh and Snoke is rumored to look reptilian, perhaps even dragonlike. I just think if I am right that will be a cool connection.



Now as for my even more loosely based predictions, I think that Snoke of course has ulterior motives, that Kylo Ren and Rey maybe switching roles (or not).



And the best part is that they wouldn't have to return anything to adhere to this theory. Just add more history.



Whaddya think?

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