WARNING: The following contains spoilers for LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales, now streaming on Disney+.
With the Halloween season in full swing, LEGO Star Wars has joined in on the festivities with a brand new holiday special: LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales. The special is an anthology that covers the history of Star Wars and tells some of its creepiest stories. One example of this, "The Lost Boy," recounts when Ben Solo was first introduced to the Knights of Ren and how it led to his eventual turn to the Dark Side. What the special does that no other Star Wars film has done is show just how scary the Knights are .
Following his first encounter with the Knights, Ben goes home and tries to sleep it off. Instead, he is met with a terrifying nightmare that shows how unsettling the LEGO Star Wars special can be. The sequence starts with Ben looking at his ceiling and seeing the face of the Knights leader, Ren (Christian Slater), looking back at him, but the ceiling begins to elongate and get closer to his face as he whispers, "join us, Ben."
Ben quickly awakens, thinking he's out of his nightmare, but his setting changes to the town he was in earlier, except now there's a green fog that blocks his vision. Once again, he hears Ren beckoning him to join them as he approaches with a blade grinding against the ground. Luke then appears, trying to steer Ben away from the darkness, but Ren quickly silences him and promises immeasurable power is at his fingertips.
Han Solo quickly appears following Luke, asking Ben if he's coming home for dinner. Leia and Chewie also walk up, with his mother telling him that Chewie made Roast Tip Yip and Bantha sauce, Ben's favorite. However, when Chewie uncovers the dish, Ren's head is there instead, asking Ben once again to join the Knights.
Luke and the other younglings try once again to pull Ben toward the light, and his classmates quickly form a circle around him, singing ring around the roses in Huttese. The scene becomes even eerier when the children slowly turn into the Knights of Ren. As Ben's nerves reach a breaking point, he sinks into the ground and falls into the mouth of Ren, who appears as a giant head below him. Ben finally awakens from his nightmare only to see his tormentor outside, calling his name.
While the scene still has its funny moments, there's an air of scariness just below the surface that plays on the tropes found in many horror movies. Some examples include a dream within a dream and children creepily singing a nursery rhyme. There's also the underlying realization that he will ultimately join the Knights and become Kylo Ren, signaling the end of the Jedi Order once again.
The Knights of Ren never got their chance to show just how intimidating they truly were. However, they were at least able to maintain a degree of importance within the films, thanks to the reputation they earned over the years. Nevertheless, the LEGO Star Wars short shows that while they didn't show their full potential, they aren't a group to be trifled with.
In fact, they have the ability to reach into a person's mind and become living nightmares. Unfortunately, while Ben may have been strong enough to overcome their intimidation games, many others were not so lucky, and Ben's creepy dream sequence shows why.
To see the Knights of Ren in action, LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales is streaming now on Disney+.