<P> Kasdan told Entertainment Weekly in August 2015, "I've written four Star Wars movies now, and there's never been a character quite like the one that Adam plays . I think you're going to see something that's brand new to the saga," noting that the character is "full of emotion". Abrams explained, "I think that what makes Ren so unique is that he isn't as fully formed as when we meet a character such as Darth Vader...He is not your prototypical mustache - twirling bad guy . He is a little bit more complex than that ." Driver said in December 2015 that, despite the visual similarities to Darth Vader, Ren is "unlike any villain the franchise has seen before". He explained: </P> <P> I feel there's a recklessness about him that's maybe not normally associated with the Dark Side . You normally think of order, and structure, and full commitment and no hesitation...he's just a little bit more unpolished . It's in his costume, in his lightsaber--how you kind of get the sense that it could just not work at any moment; that it could just blow up . That's kind of like a big metaphor for him . </P> <P> Kylo Ren first appears in The Force Awakens as a commander in the First Order, a sinister regime that has risen from the remains of the old Galactic Empire . After arriving at Jakku to retrieve a map containing the coordinates where Luke Skywalker is to be found, Ren kills an old vicar known as Lor San Tekka, and captures Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, who has also been sent to recover the map by General Leia Organa . Ren soon learns that the pilot had entrusted his astromech droid, BB - 8, with the map . Poe flees with the help of rogue stormtrooper Finn, who later finds BB - 8, and the scavenger Rey . Finn, Rey, and BB - 8 escape Jakku in the Millennium Falcon, and are soon intercepted by the ship's former owner, Han Solo, and his co-pilot Chewbacca . </P> <P> It is revealed that Ren is the son of Han and Leia, and was once one of Luke's Jedi pupils . He was drawn to the dark side of the Force by the First Order's Supreme Leader Snoke . He then helped to destroy his uncle Luke's new Jedi Academy . However, Ren still feels the pull of the light side of the Force and seeks the strength to overcome this weakness from his grandfather Darth Vader, whose burnt helmet is in Ren's possession . Arriving at Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana, Ren captures Rey, who he senses has seen the map . While interrogating her with the Force, he realizes that she is strong with the Force herself, though unaware of it . Rey finds herself able to resist his powers and experience Ren's emotions, and confronts him over his fear that he will never be as powerful as his grandfather . She later uses the "Jedi mind trick" to compel her stormtrooper guard to let her escape . Han arrives at the First Order's battle station, Starkiller Base, as part of the Resistance's plan to destroy it . </P>

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