Musings about the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and Concepts from Various Anime and Manga
(Things that probably won't happen but are fun to write about—I need to practice writing anyway. It gets crackier and crackier with each chapter.)
Ben Solo is Sasuke, Rey is Naruto
This one's pretty straight forward. If we remember the story of the manga and anime, Naruto considers Sasuke to be his best friend in spite of the latter's many dubious life choices. When Sasuke defects from his village in order to delve into the dark side to gain the power he needs to carry out his vengeance, Naruto chases after Sasuke to bring him back into the light. After a long, long time and many twists and turns, Naruto accomplishes his mission. Sasuke realizes the error of his ways and is somehow forgiven by the village of Konoha and the rest of the ninja world for his numerous crimes. However, in spite of being welcome to live in the village, Sasuke spends his time wandering around the ninja world, atoning for his and his ancestors' sins. He is always welcome to come back to the village, though, and it greatly helps that Naruto has become the village's new leader.
Now, if we substitute Sasuke with Ben Solo and Naruto with Rey, and tweak a few lines in the story above, the following is produced:
Rey considers Ben Solo to be redeemable in spite of the latter's many dubious life choices. When Ben rises to the position of Supreme Leader of the First Order, delving deeper into the dark side to gain the power needed to quash his insecurities, Rey chases after Ben to bring him back into the light. After a long, long time, and many twists and turns, Rey accomplishes her mission. Ben realizes the error of his ways and is somehow forgiven by the Resistance and the rest of galaxy for his numerous crimes. However, in spite of the Resistance's welcome, Ben spends his time wandering around the galaxy, atoning for his and his ancestors' sins. He is always welcome to come back to wherever the new government is set up, though, and it greatly helps that Rey has become one of the government's new leaders.
Now since one is male and another is female, we can finally fulfill all of our forbidden Sasuke X Naruto desires. Heck, we can even have both Rey and Ben lose their right arms, just like Naruto and Sasuke did. Rey will have a prosthetic arm while Ben will refuse to serves as a reminder of his sins. It won't be a handicap anyway, because he will gain the power to use a "Force Arm."
Just kidding
On a serious note, one of the possible aftermaths of Ben's redemption is for him to wander around the galaxy fixing the wrongs he and his family did. This brings me to another anime. Please go to the next chapter to see what it is.