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Can Kylo Ren Be Redeemed? New Potential Lessons from Star Wars Episode VII

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Acknowledgments

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Dr. John “Jack” F. McDermott Jr., M.D., who inspired the authors with a published analysis of the very first Star Wars episode (Episode IV) ever released [1]. He was a wonderful mentor and the closest that anyone in the world of psychiatry could be to a Jedi Master of the highest rank. He passed away less than 2 weeks before Episode VII was released in the USA.

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  1. University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Anthony P. S. Guerrero

  2. Dermatology, Skin and Cancer Foundation Inc, Manila, Unit 1611 Medical Plaza Ortigas 24 San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig, Philippines

    Maria Jasmin Jamora

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Guerrero, A.P.S., Jamora, M.J. Can Kylo Ren Be Redeemed? New Potential Lessons from Star Wars Episode VII. Acad Psychiatry 40, 630–633 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-016-0565-4

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