Kylo Ren Kylo Ren Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film "", he is portrayed by Adam Driver. "Kylo Ren" is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original "Star Wars" trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by his uncle Luke Skywalker as a Jedi, he has been seduced to the dark side of the Force by Supreme Leader Snoke and aspires to be as powerful as his grandfather, Darth Vader, and create a new order in the galaxy separate from the legacies created by Luke and the
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