Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 39 Things We Learned From The Director's Commentary

32. The Mask

Star Wars The Last Jedi Trailer Kylo Ren
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Johnson says he is "a huge Adam Driver fan" and one of his first thoughts was they've got to get the mask out of the way, especially after realising there was such a complicated villain underneath and wanting to get into his head. That led to Snoke ridiculing it, and the mask eventually being smashed, which is in keeping with the notion of letting the past die.

They initially had a take where the mask just split in half, that they were going to use at first. However, Johnson himself actually then smashed the mask by stomping on it, and the broken remains after he was done was used in the final shot.

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