Paul Bradshaw

Oct 23, 2018

The Wreck-It Ralph director gets told off for being mean to the bad boy of Star Wars

Ralph Breaks The Internet seems to be enjoying poking fun at Disney – with trailers making jokes about Princesses, streaming services and everything else the Mouse House owns, but there’s one character that’s completely off limits. 

“At one point, we had a joke about Kylo Ren being kind of a spoiled child,” director Rich Moore told IGN. “We went to Lucasfilm and said, ‘Here’s what we’re doing.’ And they said, ‘Well, we’d prefer you don’t show him as a spoiled child. You know, he is our villain, and we’d prefer you don’t do that.’ So we were respectful of that.” 

To be fair, Kylo Ren is a bit of a big baby. He has a temper tantrum every time something doesn’t go his way like this:

And this:

To be fair to Moore, it’s not even the first time someone has made fun of Ren for being a spoiled brat – with Adam Driver even doing a whole skit about it on his recent SNL appearance:

Does this mean Kylo is finally growing up and taking some responsibility in Episode IX? Is he going to stop sulking and throwing things around? We certainly hope so young man.