Kylo Ren between scenes. Driver explained that his goal was "to forget you're in "Star Wars" and treat it like any other job that's filled with moments and problems", because from the perspective of the characters living within the film's universe, "Darth Vader is real". Ren's character arc shares similarities with that of the "Star Wars" expanded universe character Jacen Solo, the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia who threatens the galaxy as a fallen Jedi. Additionally, critics have noted a resemblance between Ren's character design and that of Revan, the protagonist of "". Abrams told "Empire" in August 2015, "Kylo
Adam Driver series: David Edelstein of "Vulture" wrote, "the core of "The Last Jedi" — of this whole trilogy, it seems — is Driver's Kylo Ren, who ranks with cinema's most fascinating human monsters." In 2018, Driver portrayed a Jewish police detective, Flip Zimmerman, who helps infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, in Spike Lee's comedy-drama "BlacKkKlansman". The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival and was theatrically released on August 10. He also starred as the lead character Toby Grisoni in Terry Gilliam's adventure-comedy "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote", which also premiered at the same festival. Driver will co-star with Scarlett Johansson