‘Star Wars’ Fans Launch Billboard Campaign to Save ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’: ‘No One’s Ever Really Gone’

After discovering that a potential “Star Wars” project titled “The Hunt for Ben Solo” was shelved back in 2021, fans are rallying for Disney to reconsider their decision with a new billboard in New York City.

Days after “Star Wars” fans paid for a plane to fly a banner reading “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo” over Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., Collider reported that a billboard popped up at 1500 Broadway, between 43rd and 44th, above Carlo’s Bake Shop. The sign read “For Adam. No one’s ever really gone. Hope lives. Ben is alive! #Thbs.”

In a recent interview with AP, Adam Driver spoke about the development process for “The Hunt for Ben Solo” and working with director Steven Soderbergh. The film would follow Ben Solo on a quest for redemption, shortly after the events of “The Rise of Skywalker.” The screenplay was edited by Soderbergh and “Logan Lucky” screenwriter Rebecca Blunt,…