J.J.Abrams Explains Kylo Ren’s ‘Table of Ashes’!

Many of us have probably wondered, what was the deal with Kylo Ren’s table of ashes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I personally thought they belonged to Darth Vader, but it seems there is a much deeper meaning. Find out what J.J.Abrams has to say about the significance of the scene and sound off with your thoughts after the JUMP!

“The backstory is, that that table has the ashes of the enemies he’s killed,” Abrams says. “That moment was actually shot for, and meant to be used in, the scene where he was talking to the Vader mask.”

In other words, that table of ash was originally in Ren’s private quarters. And the fact that he incinerates and preserves the remains of his foes adds a new, eerie dimension to his Dark Side nostalgia — and hoarding tendencies.

It also means we almost saw Driver’s face much earlier in the film, when he stares into the molten mask of Vader and vows to finish what his grandfather started.

“He originally had his mask off the first time we shot that scene. Then we reshot it with his mask on, but we had that shot which I loved and thought was so cool of the mask being slammed down into that ash,” Abrams says. “So that shot was stolen from the scene that we had changed and put into the scene with Rey.”

In drafts of the script, Ren always removed his mask to show his face to Rey. The only difference was what he did with the helmet once it was off. (We can all relate to that awkard interrogation situation: Where do you place your terrifying black visor after revealing the unexpected humanity beneath?)

“He used to place his mask gingerly onto a piece of the set, which was incredibly unimpressive,” Abrams says with a laugh. “So this moment made it a much cooler beat.”

So, sadly no, that was not the litterbox of General Hux’s cat, Millicent.

Of course, the solution to one Star Wars question simply leads to new unresolved ones…

Source: EntertainmentWeekly