"He had such dark power in him," Rey explains, reaching up to wipe uselessly at her eyes. "He turned himself into this-- this grotesque thing. Barely alive, no longer human."

Rey turns to look at the throne, fingers curling around the hilt of the lightsaber clipped at her belt. "He wanted me to take his place on the throne, and when I refused, he tried to drain me and Ben of our power in the Force." She can't help but to give Padmé a small smile at that. "We are very powerful together, Ben and I."

She turns away from the throne, puts her back to it and lifts her chin as she gives Padmé a resolved look. "But I defeated him. He's dead."