--- title: Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike description: The Brooklyn owner of the cat going viral for looking like "Star Wars" villain Kylo Ren has invited Adam Driver to meet his doppelgänger canonical: https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T21:09:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:40:50.427Z og:title: Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike og:description: “If he ever wants to come meet his doppelgänger, he’s welcome to" og:url: https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83e01e649813603d/698879afab6d77341b6a8064/kylo-ren-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=485&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 485 og:image:height: 273 og:image:alt: kylo-ren-cat og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike twitter:description: “If he ever wants to come meet his doppelgänger, he’s welcome to" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83e01e649813603d/698879afab6d77341b6a8064/kylo-ren-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=485&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike > Sponsored content. 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Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set with Adam Driver_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 19, 2016 9:09 PM UTC Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set with Adam Driver  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 19, 2016 9:09 PM UTC Actor Adam Driver has an open invitation to meet his [furry body double](http://time.com/4185354/cat-looks-like-adam-driver/) whenever he’s in the Big Apple. The Brooklyn owner of the cat going viral for looking like _Star Wars_ villain Kylo Ren said Tuesday her door is wide open if Driver ever wants to stop by to say hi to his feline alter ego. “Adam Driver is a likeable guy,” Emily McCombs, 32, told TIME. “If he ever wants to come meet his doppelgänger, he’s welcome to.” McCombs adopted her 2-year-old Balinese cat on Monday just as photos of the feline started going viral for his astonishing similarity to Driver. A photo of the cat, initially named Corey, was heavily shared on social media after it was posted to Instagram by the [Monmouth County SPCA](http://monmouthcountyspca.org/) on Friday. “It’s pretty uncanny,” said McCombs, [an executive editor at _Elite Daily_](http://elitedaily.com/life/adam-driver-cat-adopted/1352294/). “When I see him, I see a unique, interesting looking face that’s very funny. I think when you look at him, you fall in love with that weird little face.” > [](https://twitter.com/MarciRobin/status/688438007628693504) Despite the likeness in looks — and the fact that Corey has now been renamed Kylo Ren — McCombs said her pet is nothing like the fiery _The Force Awakens_ bad guy. The kitten likes to sleep on top of humans and has shown no animosity toward his new Yoda and Chewbacca toys. “He has the exact opposite of Kylo Ren’s personality. He is the opposite of villainous,” she said. “So many people have fallen in love with the way he looks, and obviously I did too, but once I got him home, it turns out he has the most amazing personality. He’s loving and sweet. He’s a supreme snuggler.” Along with his distinctive face, the cat also has very big ears — causing people to also say that the kitty looks like Yoda, McCombs said. But she’s keeping the Kylo Ren name. “A lot of cats look like Yoda,” she said. “Not a lot of them look like Adam Driver.” ## Transcript [00:14] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/"},"headline":"Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike","datePublished":"2016-01-19T21:09:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T08:40:50.427Z","description":"“If he ever wants to come meet his doppelgänger, he’s welcome to\"","url":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83e01e649813603d/698879afab6d77341b6a8064/kylo-ren-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83e01e649813603d/698879afab6d77341b6a8064/kylo-ren-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kylo-ren-cat","caption":"This cat is going viral for looking like Adam Driver's \"Star Wars\" character, Kylo Ren.","creditText":"Courtesy Emily McCombs","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/","name":"Kylo Ren Cat Owner Invites Adam Driver to Meet His Lookalike"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set with Adam Driver","description":"Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set with Adam Driver","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zCcyyFEC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-03T11:59:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zCcyyFEC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/","duration":"PT20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4184623/kylo-ren-cat-adam-driver/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```