'He's full of emotion': The Star Wars team reveals more about Adam Driver's Darth Vader-obsessed baddie Kylo Ren 

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:22 EST, 12 August 2015 | Updated: 15:31 EST, 12 August 2015

The creators of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens have released more details about their complex villain Kylo Ren and his three-pronged crossguard lightsaber.

'The lightsaber is something that he built himself, and is as dangerous and as fierce and as ragged as the character,' director J.J. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly.

Associated with The First Order (remnants of The Empire), Kylo Ren isn't even his real, birth name. 

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'He built it himself': The creators of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens have released more details about their complex villain Kylo Ren and his three-pronged crossguard lightsaber

'He built it himself': The creators of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens have released more details about their complex villain Kylo Ren and his three-pronged crossguard lightsaber

'He came to the name Kylo Ren when he joined a group called the Knights of Ren,' the 49-year-old Emmy winner teased.

And the new baddie's silver mask was meant to be a direct nod to Darth Vader's mask in the original flicks. 

'The movie explains the origins of the mask and where it's from...[Ren] is well aware of what's come before, and that's very much a part of the story of the film,' Abrams explained. 

'[He] joined a group called the Knights of Ren': Associated with The First Order (remnants of The Empire), Kylo Ren isn't even his real, birth name

'[He] joined a group called the Knights of Ren': Associated with The First Order (remnants of The Empire), Kylo Ren isn't even his real, birth name

'He isn't as fully formed as Darth Vader': And the new baddie's silver mask was meant to be a direct nod to Vader's mask in the original flicks

'He isn't as fully formed as Darth Vader': And the new baddie's silver mask was meant to be a direct nod to Vader's mask in the original flicks

Director J.J. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly: 'The movie explains the origins of the mask and where it's from...[Ren] is well aware of what's come before, and that's very much a part of the story of the film'

Director J.J. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly: 'The movie explains the origins of the mask and where it's from...[Ren] is well aware of what's come before, and that's very much a part of the story of the film'

'What makes Ren so unique is that he isn't as fully formed as when we meet a character such as Darth Vader, and I think that there are two sides to the Force. Both sides, arguably, would see themselves as the hero of their story, and I think that applies here.'

The MI5 director continued: 'It was a great joy to work with Adam Driver on this role, because he threw himself into it in a deep and remarkable way.' 

The 31-year-old Emmy nominee is a former Marine and Juilliard grad best known for his role as actor/carpenter Adam Sackler on HBO's Girls. 

'He threw himself into it in a deep and remarkable way': The 31-year-old Emmy nominee is a former Marine and Juilliard grad best known for his role as actor/carpenter Adam Sackler on HBO's Girls (pictured June 29)

'He threw himself into it in a deep and remarkable way': The 31-year-old Emmy nominee is a former Marine and Juilliard grad best known for his role as actor/carpenter Adam Sackler on HBO's Girls (pictured June 29)

'[He's] roiling with emotion': Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan - who penned The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - revealed there's never been a character like Ren 

'[He's] roiling with emotion': Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan - who penned The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - revealed there's never been a character like Ren 

Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan - who penned The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - revealed there's never been a character like Ren.

'He's full of emotion,' the 66-year-old Oscar nominee said.

'No matter how we express ourselves in the world, whether we hide it and act very calm or whether we're very out there and demonstrative, everybody's roiling with emotion. And you want your characters to be that way, too. Then they have to deal with their emotions as best they can, with what they are.' 

Plot revelation: Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia has come into possession of her father Vader's lightsaber - but it's unclear how big a role she and twin brother Luke (Mark Hamill) will have in Episode VII

Plot revelation: Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia has come into possession of her father Vader's lightsaber - but it's unclear how big a role she and twin brother Luke (Mark Hamill) will have in Episode VII

Leading role: Harrison Ford's Han Solo will pilot the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew, L), desert scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), and runaway stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega)

Leading role: Harrison Ford's Han Solo will pilot the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew, L), desert scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), and runaway stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega)

Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia has come into possession of her father Vader's lightsaber - but it's unclear how big a role she and twin brother Luke (Mark Hamill) will have in Episode VII.

Harrison Ford's Han Solo will definitely be one of the leads - piloting the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), desert scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), and runaway stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega). 

Producer Kathleen Kennedy said the theme of Force Awakens is the same as the original movies - characters who are conflicted between good and evil. 

In the hot seat: Producer Kathleen Kennedy (R) said the theme of Force Awakens is the same as the original movies - characters who are conflicted between good and evil

In the hot seat: Producer Kathleen Kennedy (R) said the theme of Force Awakens is the same as the original movies - characters who are conflicted between good and evil

The 62-year-old Oscar nominee said:  '[Creator] George Lucas (R) spoke often about that tension in everybody between what's good and bad. He always felt that it was easier to be bad than good' (pictured in 2005)

The 62-year-old Oscar nominee said:  '[Creator] George Lucas (R) spoke often about that tension in everybody between what's good and bad. He always felt that it was easier to be bad than good' (pictured in 2005)

'[Creator] George Lucas spoke often about that tension in everybody between what's good and bad,' said the 62-year-old Oscar nominee.

'He always felt that it was easier to be bad than good. I'm not sure all people would agree, but I think that that's always an interesting conflict to explore. So that's a big part of the themes inside of Episode VII.'

It's hard to believe that in just four months, fans will finally get to see the seventh chapter of the sci-fi classic hitting US/UK theaters December 18.

And filmmaker Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) has already signed on to write and direct Episode VIII with Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro in talks to play the villain.

Trouble on Jakku: It's hard to believe that in just four months, fans will finally get to see the seventh chapter of the sci-fi classic hitting US/UK theaters December 18

Trouble on Jakku: It's hard to believe that in just four months, fans will finally get to see the seventh chapter of the sci-fi classic hitting US/UK theaters December 18

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