'The Last Jedi' plot news: Topless Kylo Ren explained by director

Adam Driver in the Red Carpet Premiere of "The Last Jedi" in Japan Wikipedia/Dick Thomas Johnson

Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) has recently driven non-Jedi folk crazy, not because of his dark side powers, but because he appeared topless during the force vision he shared with Rey (Daisy Ridley) in "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi."

Director Rian Johnson even had to step in and explain the cryptic topless appearance of the Sith apprentice. "The idea that, what's even more uncomfortable having a conversation with a person face to face you don't want to, as if they're half-naked during it, while you're having to do it," said Johnson, meaning he wanted Rey to be even more uncomfortable and awkward with her encounter with Ren.

Johnson also apparently wanted to make Ren appear more exposed not just in the metaphorical sense but also in the physical. This could mean Ren being vulnerable as well when he is pictured by Rey. Fans will recall that in the scene, her goal was to bring him back to the side of the Jedi and have him redeem himself for killing his father in the previous movie.

This, however, was not as successful as Rey had hoped, and it only showed the difference between them both and how far they have drifted from each other and people on the opposite sides of the force spectrum. Website TV Overmind has suggested that the two will most likely be enemies in the next movie where Ren grows ever more powerful with the dark side and Snoke's (Andy Serkis) help.

Meanwhile, Driver, Ren's actor, certainly would not mind being topless again, as he did in "The Last Jedi." He has also stated that Johnson knew that he would look good, hence why he agreed to appear topless in the "Star Wars" movie. That said, it is not as if Driver needed help staying fit since he is actually an ex-US marine.

Whether or not Ren can pull off another surprise in the franchise will be seen once the third and final movie of the current trilogy hit the theatres.

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