Not all of Kylo Ren's secrets will be revealed

By Nick Cavicchio

Of the new characters introduced to the 'Star Wars' mythos in 'The Force Awakens', Kylo Ren has proven thus far proven to be one of the more compelling. Despite some controversies relating to his characterization to date (many fan parodies have cast Ren as, effectively, an emo kid with a lightsaber), his backstory is rich with unanswered questions, and thus, with storytelling potential.

With both Ren and Luke Skywalker expected to feature heavily in 'The Last Jedi', it stands to reason that the complicated and tragic history between the two men will be addressed in some form or fashion. But while that may be the case, Adam Driver has suggested to Screen Rant that a good deal of his character's backstory will remain shrouded in mystery, at least for the time being:

"Sure. I mean, there's like a bits of pieces that we started working on that kind of, I know are answered in this one that we kind of started in 'The Force Awakens', that I knew was operating you know when we were doing that one, that I knew as time went that they kind of reveal themselves but even of those things, there's a lot of those things that will never be revealed and there's no plans to. There are things that I think about that, for me, is what makes it kind of more fun in the playing of them, you know?"

12th December 2017