My friend, do you truly think there's a chance Ben Solo is not dead dead? That he can return? I want to believe but I'm so weak

Yes.

1.  “We’re completing the saga. We’re not finishing the Skywalkers necessarily, they can always in one way or another reappear.” - Kat Kennedy

2. Kylo Ren makes money. Probably the most popular character of the ST. Seems financially smart to keep him around and now that he’s “redeemed,” there’s so much they can do.

3. They didn’t give him a “send off” like you typically do when a main character dies. We’ve all been scratching our heads on this, haven’t we? No funeral, no Force ghost, not even mentioning him again once he “dies.” Rey could have even wrapped his clothing with the lightsabers, something to indicate a “goodbye” of sorts. Anything. But…nothing. Almost like…he’s not really gone.

4. Not that I want to quote Palpatine, but: “ You share one life force. You will live together and die together.” If one of them is still alive, the other should be, too, since it’s shared and they are connected. They like…haven’t lived together so that needs to happen? lol

5. He just…falls back. Kind of abruptly, like he passed out. It was almost shocking and confusing. Not how I’d imagine it; I’d imagine it a bit slower?

I don’t know much about the dyad thing or the world between worlds or any of that. But I’m just wondering if because Rey is alive, so is he–somewhere. And the act in reviving her took a lot out of him, but he didn’t pass on. (Which is why there’s no ghost, why they didn’t give him a send off.) But he’s not alive either, he’s in some in between.

Perhaps they want to explore more of the “lore” of SW instead of focusing on big battles. This would be an excellent way to do that.

If they can explain how 95 year old Palpatine had a son after he was thrown down a shaft and exploded, this really shouldn’t be too far fetched. lmao