Kylo Ren's helmet

Kylo Ren's helmet was a combat helmet worn by Kylo Ren, master of the Knights of Ren and the dark side apprentice of Supreme Leader of the First Order Snoke. Patterned on the battle gear of the Knights of Ren, the helmet concealed Ren's face, hiding his former identity as the Jedi apprentice Ben Solo. It was black with a silver inlay decorating the visor frame. In addition, it contained a vocoder that modulated his voice. After its reconstruction, the helmet featured a luminous red alchemical lattice of the Sarrassian iron that was used to weld the shards together. As a result, Ren's reforged mask was far stronger than it once was.

Ren donned the helmet after renouncing his family and Jedi heritage to join the Knights of Ren, a group of masked marauders from the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. The helmet marked Ren's status in their ranks, while also serving to inspire fear in the tradition of his grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who also wore a mask. Despite its purpose, the helmet was seen by Snoke and General Armitage Hux as Ren's way of hiding his lineage as the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, by mimicking Vader's appearance. Solo confronted Ren during the Battle of Starkiller Base. He told him to remove his mask, wishing to look upon the face of his son. Although Ren obliged Solo's request, he ultimately killed his father in an attempt to extinguish the light side of the Force that persisted within him. However, the act of patricide only left Ren more conflicted than ever, and his master denounced him as a "child in mask," unworthy to follow in Vader's legacy. Angered by this rebuke from Snoke, Ren destroyed his helmet and redoubled his efforts to submit himself entirely to the power of the dark side.

Following his accession as the new Supreme Leader, Ren scavenged the fragments of his shattered helmet. The Sith alchemist Albrekh welded the shards together with Sarrassian iron, resulting in a far stronger version of Ren's helmet. Rey, the last of the Jedi Order, saw through the mask's symbolism, sensing that Ren remained haunted by his patricidal act. Ren did not bring the helmet with him when he confronted Rey in the Death Star ruins on Kef Bir, and Rey sensed that he would never wear the mask in front of her again. Shortly thereafter, Ben Solo discarded the trappings of Kylo Ren, having returned to the light through Rey's compassion and his parents' forgiveness.

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