Power Corrupts Absolutely

Chalk this one up on the list of wacky ST theories...

In TFA novelization, the Restistance leaders are chatting about how Starkiller Base works.  Admiral Ackbar says something interesting things about there being more dark energy in the universe than anything else.  I'm sure this is more scientific than Star Wars light side vs. dark side.  But then Admiral Statura makes this very cryptic statement:

“If the engineering could be worked out, one would have access to an almost literally infinite source of energy.”

Hmmmmmmmmm.


Someone once said, regarding the ST, we're going to see the force in a different way.  Well, what if the whole Starkiller Base was a red herring?  I'm sure there's thousands of deceased First Order officers and troopers who would beg to differ. But what if Starkiller Base had a dual purpose?  The first, obviously, to have the ability to wipe out entire systems, strike fear into the galaxy, destroy potential enemies and establish a new Empire-like regime. Yada yada. So imagine a second purpose was to find a way to harness energy in order to create a limitless power source.  Imagine if that could be channeled into some kind of force power... Somewhere I can hear Palpatine yelling "Uuuuuuuuunlimited Poooooooooower!"

The dark side forces are working on that unlimited dark power.  Kylo wants to finish what Vader started. Many have debated what that quest was?  Bringing "peace" to the galaxy?  Destroying all the jedi? Trying achieve ultimate power? Maybe it is that goal of absolute power.  Assuming it is, that whole Starkiller ruse takes on a much more ominous premonition.  As they now have discovered how to harness the power of suns to unleash a seemingly infinite source of power, maybe it's time for a Kylo  v. Snoke showdown for sole possession of that ability?  After all, Kylo's dad warned him Snoke would use him and drop him the first chance he got.  And if one of them is unable to beat the other to gain possession of that resource, why not enlist the other most powerful beings in the galaxy? Luke Skywalker and, possibly, his sole heir Rey.

Since it's probably a guarantee Luke would refuse to join up with Snoke or his nephew, I'm sure destroying his jedi academy sent quite a message. [Aside: could this massacre been over trying to find Rey? Has she been the macguffin for Snoke/Kylo all along?  If Kylo didn't "stash" Rey away on Jakku, maybe he's been trying to find her ever since she disappeared?] Since he has faith in his sister's ability to take on the First Order, via the Resistance, maybe he thought the galaxy was better off without Skywalkers? As he probably hid Rey away (adopted parents?) long before the academy massacre, he probably knew he had to hide himself too.  Perhaps memories of his flirtation with the dark side (ROTJ) was more traumatic than we ever realized and Luke knows a direct confrontation with Snoke and Kylo would require more than meditation and passivity.  The potential galactic consequences a battle of that magnitude could bring would be devastating.

Since the PT, we've hear talk about  prophecies about someone bringing balance in the force.  As Snoke/Kylo are bringing about another imbalance, there has to be some giant light side power source to counter this dark side increase. Two words. Rey Skywalker.  In the TFA novelization Rey's Story, Rey talks about having a sense of purpose/destiny within her.  In the regular TFA novelization, during his interrogation mind probe, Kylo sees "something" worth analyzing but is blocked by Rey before he can really get a handle on it.  What is this glow? This "something?"  It's a source of light side force power/ability that no one has ever seen before.  [Somewhere Qui-Gon Jinn is frustrated he can't whip out his midichlorian meter.]  If Luke, potentially married another jedi and they had Rey would that not make her, arguably, the first child ever born of two jedi parents?  Thus making her the purest of the pure force-sensitive humans?  A potential pure-bred jedi? Rey is The Natural.  This could explain why Rey is able to "easily" take to force abilities (i.e. jedi mind trick, force-grabbing lightsabers out of the snow, channeling force ghosts,etc.) long before any character we've previously seen in Star Wars films. Whereas Luke and Kylo had to (assumingly) painstakingly developed their force abilities, it comes to Rey easily. Perhaps she is the true Chosen One?