--- title: Adam Driver on Kylo Ren's Fate in Star Wars: Episode VIII description: During a recent appearance on Larry King Now, Adam Driver was asked whether Kylo Ren will survive Star Wars: Episode VIII. canonical: https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T19:22:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:35.623Z og:title: Adam Driver Hints at Kylo Ren's Fate in Star Wars: Episode VIII og:description: "Depends on what your idea of living is..." og:url: https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adam Driver Hints at Kylo Ren's Fate in Star Wars: Episode VIII twitter:description: "Depends on what your idea of living is..." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Adam Driver Hints at Kylo Ren's Fate in _Star Wars: Episode VIII_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 5, 2017 7:22 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 5, 2017 7:22 PM UTC There’s now less than a year until the premiere of [_Star Wars: Episode VIII_](http://time.com/4474746/mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-fate-star-wars-episode-viii/), which means it’s time for buzz surrounding the new [galaxy far, far away](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/) installment to really start amping up. During a recent [appearance on _Larry King Now_](http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-episode-8-adam-driver-shares-new-details/1100-6446652/), [Adam Driver](http://time.com/4490070/adam-driver-star-wars-episode-viii-similar-empire-strikes-back/) — who plays [Kylo Ren](http://time.com/4534837/j-j-abrams-on-han-solo-death/) — was asked whether his character will survive the upcoming film, prompting a cryptic answer. “Depends on what your idea of living is…,” he told King. The 33-year-old actor also spoke about what fans can expect from the Sith in training in _Episode VIII_, touching on the real-life influences behind his portrayal of the Dark Side. --- > “” --- Watch the clip below. _Star Wars: Episode VIII_ will hit theaters Dec. 15. \[h/t [Uproxx](http://uproxx.com/movies/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/2/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/"},"headline":"Adam Driver Hints at Kylo Ren's Fate in Star Wars: Episode VIII","datePublished":"2017-01-05T19:22:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:35.623Z","description":"\"Depends on what your idea of living is...\"","url":"https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars","adam driver","Star Wars Episode VIII"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4623757/adam-driver-kylo-ren-star-wars-episode-viii/","name":"Adam Driver Hints at Kylo Ren's Fate in Star Wars: Episode VIII"}}]}] ```