Kylo Ren, the antagonist from the sequel trilogy of Star Wars films, has been voted as the seventh greatest movie villain ever.
Ren caught the attention pretty quickly upon his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, thanks to his distinctive mask and odd looking lightsaber. But the character, played by Adam Driver, has more than just aesthetics going for him, as Ren has proved to be one of the more formidable and complex villains in Star Wars canon.
Readers of Empire Magazine were asked recently to vote on who they believed were the greatest movie villains ever and despite the fact that Kylo Ren has only been around for two movies since 2015, he found his way to an impressive seventh position.
The poll launched on December 15, 2017 and the results in the latest issue of Empire (via Screen Rant) saw Ren ranking above the likes of the Xenomorph and Voldemort. The characters that were voted above Kylo were Darth Vader, Heath Ledger’s Joker, Loki, Hans Gruber, Hannibal Lecter, and Hans Landa.
Another Star Wars villain, Emperor Palpatine, made it to fifteenth on the list.
Where would you rate Kylo Ren alongside cinema’s greatest villains? Let us know in the comments below…
In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi sees returning cast members Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix), Andy Serkis (Supreme Leader Snoke), Peter Mayhew and Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), Mike Quinn (Nien Nunb) and Warwick Davis joined by new additions Jimmy Vee (Pan) as R2-D2, Kelly Marie Tran (Ladies Like Us) as Rose, Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) as DJ and Laura Dern (Jurassic Park) as Vice Admiral Holdo.
Originally published January 23, 2018. Updated April 16, 2018.
