Adam Driver Responds to Question About Whether Or Not He Would Ever Return to the STAR WARS Universe to Play Kylo Ren

Adam Driver has appeared in many films and TV shows throughout his career, including the films BlacKkKlansman and Marriage Story, which each got him Academy Award nominations, and his run on the TV show Girls, as well as appearances on the comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live, which resulted in four Emmy nominations. But whatever he goes on to do in his career, he will always be known as Kylo Ren from the Star Wars universe.

As for whether the actor thinks he could ever return to the role like so many of the Star Wars characters who’ve come before him, Driver doesn’t believe that’s a possibility.

In a recent appearance on the Smartless podcast (via ComicBook), Driver was asked if there was any chance that he’d someday be reprising his role as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars franchise. He responded, “They’re doing stuff, but not with me. I’m not doing it anymore.” When asked if this was because Kylo Ren’s story had come to its natural conclusion, Driver replied, “Yeah.”

Previously speaking about Kylo’s arc on The Rich Eisen Show (via SuperHeroHype), Driver said, “I had an overall arc in mind that [Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams] wanted to do, which then changed, but his idea was that — almost the opposite journey of Vader, where Vader starts the most confident, the most committed to the Dark Side, and by the last movie, he’s the most vulnerable and weak. He wanted to start at the opposite, this character was the most confused and vulnerable and, by the end of the three movies, would be the most committed to the Dark Side. I tried to keep that arc in mind regardless if that wound up not being the journey anyway, because it changed, obviously, while we were shooting. But I was still focused on that.”

I think it’s smart that Driver completed his arc with the character, and isn’t looking back. He has much more interesting things to do with the future of his career.