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# Adam Driver Is as Delightfully Bizarre as Ever in His _SNL_ Promos

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## Samantha Grossman


Jan 13, 2016 5:25 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Jan 13, 2016 5:25 PM UTC

Adam Driver—who you probably know as Adam from _Girls_ or [Kylo Ren](http://time.com/4129579/adam-driver-masters-dark-side-star-wars-the-force-awakens/) from [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4150168/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/), depending on your preferences—will make his hosting debut on _Saturday Night Live_ this weekend. _SNL_ cast member [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4152597/kate-mckinnon-ghostbusters-poster/) joined Driver for a series of promos, all filmed in a diner.

“I’m gonna order the super sexy host with extra talent and a side of dark mysterious eyes,” McKinnon gushes. “What about you?”

It only takes about 30 seconds for Driver to bust out a lightsaber, and then another 20 for him to get all moody and insecure about why they’re filming in a diner.

“I know why,” Driver says. “Because I’m the new guy. And they don’t trust the new guys with the promos in the studio, so they brought us here, to this godforsaken diner to laugh and joke and dance like everything’s okay. But everything’s not okay.”

Then McKinnon instructs Driver to eat as much as he possibly can because “these promos are the only time the show pays for food.”

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