Kylo Ren Is A Delightfully Whiny Undercover Boss On Starkiller Base For ‘SNL’
Kylo Ren would suck to work for.
One of the most compelling things about The Force Awakens was the main antagonist, Kylo Ren: supremely powerful Force user, villainous First Order commander hell-bent on ruling the galaxy and destroying everyone in his way, and a bit of a baby.
Instead of being an inscrutable, po-faced, emotionless villain like No Country for Old Men‘s Anton Chigurh, or a suave, evil mastermind like Die Hard‘s Hans Gruber, Kylo is a whiny kid with daddy issues who has a huge sook when things don’t go his way. He had more tantrums in his time on-screen than I did as a five-year-old when my Nutella privileges were revoked for leaving the fridge open, and that is a lot of tantrums.
Kylo’s sookier side wasn’t accidental; it’s a deliberate part of his character, played to perfection by Adam Driver, otherwise best known for playing another pouty manchild on Girls. When Driver hosted the first SNL of 2016 a couple nights ago, it was only logical to wheel out Sooky Kylo and turn his propensity for tantrums up to 11, and in the ‘Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base’ sketch that’s exactly what he did.
On another note, embracing the Dark Side seems like a terrible life choice if you don’t have Force powers and a cool lightsaber. Kylo Ren would suck to work for.