--- description: TIME photographer Marco Grob spent some time with Adam Driver, the new villain terrorizing the Star Wars universe title: Behind the Scenes With Star Wars Actor Adam Driver image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797e15439c4eed46/6988734ce20a871e49a8e6fb/adam-driver-1920.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Go Behind the Scenes with _Star Wars_ Actor Adam Driver by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2015 12:30 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2015 12:30 PM CUT TIME photographer Marco Grob spent some time with Adam Driver, who joins the [Dark Side](http://time.com/4129579/adam-driver-masters-dark-side-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ "undefined") in the highly anticipated _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_. Driver plays Kylo Ren, a masked, shadowy figure who seems intent on fulfilling Darth Vader’s legacy. Watch the video above to go behind the scenes of _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ with TIME. See all the photos Grob shot of the _Star Wars_ cast [here](http://time.com/4129747 "undefined"). _Read next:_ [_Here’s How Adam Driver Learned to Master the Dark Side_](http://time.com/4129579/adam-driver-masters-dark-side-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/"},"headline":"Go Behind the Scenes with Star Wars Actor Adam Driver","datePublished":"2015-12-03T12:30:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:00:39.436Z","description":"\"I'll show them the dark side\"","url":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/","keywords":["Star Wars topic","Disney","adam driver","Behind the scenes","star wars: the force awakens","time video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797e15439c4eed46/6988734ce20a871e49a8e6fb/adam-driver-1920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797e15439c4eed46/6988734ce20a871e49a8e6fb/adam-driver-1920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"adam driver 1920","caption":"","creditText":"","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/","name":"Go Behind the Scenes with Star Wars Actor Adam Driver"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover","description":"For the latest issue of TIME, Marco Grob photographed the cast members of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KXrQmNTF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-03T11:59:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KXrQmNTF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/","duration":"PT3M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4131433/star-wars-the-force-awakens-adam-driver-kylo-ren/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```