Who are Ben Solo’s parents?

The story behind the answer

He’s the child of the Rebellion’s famed smuggler-turned-general and Alderaan’s princess-turned-leader, making him Luke Skywalker’s nephew—so pairings that include Luke are out. Anakin and Padmé belong a generation earlier as the parents of Luke and Leia. The Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade option comes from Star Wars Legends, where their son is Ben Skywalker—often confused with the canon Ben Solo. Padmé couldn’t be his mother anyway; she died decades before his birth.

His given name honors Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi. Born into two towering legacies—one of roguish heroism, the other of political leadership and Jedi heritage—he trained under his uncle Luke before being seduced to the dark side as Kylo Ren, a central arc of the sequel trilogy.