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
Kylo Ren In an interview with "Time", "The Force Awakens" costume designer Michael Kaplan said that Abrams requested that Ren's mask be designed to be memorable for a child. After numerous attempts to gain Abrams' approval, the final design was selected. Kaplan said: Abrams told "Entertainment Weekly" in August 2015, "The movie explains the origins of the mask and where it's from, but the design was meant to be a nod to the Vader mask." According to other cast members, Driver is a method actor, which meant that he sometimes stayed in character on set as Ren and left his mask on