[kylo ren star wars]Disney/Lucafilm * EMO KYLO REN IS A PERFECT PARODY OF THE POPULAR "STAR WARS" CHARACTER. * THE TWITTER ACCOUNT (@KYLOR3N) HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE DECEMBER 2015, BUT NO ONE KNEW WHO RAN THE ACCOUNT. * WASHINGTON POST WRITER ALEXANDRA PETRI IS BEHIND THE POPULAR TWITTER ACCOUNT. ------------------------- If you're a fan of a galaxy far, far away and are actively on Twitter, you probably follow the Emo Kylo Ren parody account @kyloR3n. But you probably didn't know who runs the account, until now. The face behind the account isn't a man. It's Washington Post writer Alexandra Petri (@petridishes). [alexandra petri]@petridishes/Twitter The account, which launched December 21, 2015, following the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" premiere, perfectly imagines what Ben Solo/Kylo Ren was like growing up. Sometimes he writes Dear Diary entries to his beloved grandpa and other times he's talking about his budding friendship with General Hux. Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/679125405194940420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw my dad just doesn't understand me no one understands me but you grandpa Other times, he's just being an angsty teen. Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/679368763402272768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw mom please don't even pretend you know what I'm going through right now also we are out of conditioner Petri told SyFy Wire she created the parody account after she didn't see anyone else creating something similar. "I left the theater after 'Force Awakens' thinking, 'This guy is clearly ridiculous,'" Petri said. "I waited a while and [the internet] still wasn't full of jokes about how ridiculous Kylo Ren was, and that was the only content I wanted to consume. So, finally, I was like, 'I need to be the change I want to see in the world.' So I started the account. Because I just had so many jokes about this guy." [emo kylo ren ]@kyloR3n/Twitter The parody account resurfaced in December after the release of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." The film's shirtless Kylo scene and his Force conversations with Rey have served as fodder for Petri's growing list of Twitter material. "There have been some changes," said Petri. "He's been working out. He made a friend on 'ForceTime' or Skype or whatever the term is people have decided to use for it. He's undergone stuff. He almost made a good choice. He's been growing and changing and now he's in a new phase. So I feel like there's this new side of him to explore because before it was like a whiny teenager who doesn't understand anything." Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/954404145108275200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw *rey's theme begins playing out of nowhere* *rushes to backpack to switch off his phone*Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/950465466698489856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw dear diary i was a Wall Street Journal centerfold today hux is quite upset because this has been his dream for years and he slammed his print copy down on the table and said a strong word pic.twitter.com/7IUdfb9d4x @KyloR3n currently has over 915,000 followers on Twitter. You can follow along with the account here. NOW WATCH: How the ancient Greeks proved Earth was round over 2,000 years ago
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