Kylo Ren haunting contours." Kyle Buchanan of Vulture.com was underwhelmed by the reveal of Driver under the mask. Leon, however, argued: Driver won a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal. In January 2018, Kylo was voted seventh greatest movie villain of all time by the readers of "Empire". 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
Kylo Ren him in half, killing him. After that, Ren reveals to Rey his new goal to create a new order in the galaxy, separate from the legacies created by Snoke and Luke, and beseeches Rey to join him, while getting her to admit her tragic true parentage she had hidden away for years, calling Rey a "nobody" to everyone else in the galaxy except for Ren. Though tempted, Rey refuses, realizing that Ren will not turn back to the light side. After she escapes, Ren frames her for Snoke's assassination, declares himself Supreme Leader of the First Order, and orders his