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Adam Driver<\/a> has revealed that he and director Steven Soderbergh<\/a> spent two years developing a \u201cStar Wars\u201d film titled \u201cThe Hunt for Ben Solo\u201d \u2014 a project that would have followed Driver\u2019s Kylo Ren<\/a> after the events of \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n In a recent interview<\/a> with the Associated Press, Driver said he began discussions about returning to \u201cStar Wars\u201d<\/a> in 2021, when Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy \u201creached out.\u201d The idea became a collaboration with Soderbergh, resulting in a completed script that explored Ben Solo\u2019s search for redemption.<\/p>\n \u201cI always was interested in doing another \u2018Star Wars,\u2019\u201d Driver said. \u201cI always said: with a great director and a great story, I\u2019d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Driver, Lucasfilm responded positively to the concept, bringing in Scott Z. Burns<\/a> to write the script. \u201cThey totally understood our angle and why we were doing it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe took it to Bob Iger <\/a>and Alan Bergman, and they said no. They didn\u2019t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.\u201d<\/p>\n Driver explained that because Disney had officially declined the film, he was now able to discuss it publicly. He played Ben Solo (also known as the villain Kylo Ren), son of Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and grandson of Anakin Skywalker\/Darth Vader across all three films of the sequel trilogy, concluding with 2019\u2019s \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Soderbergh confirmed<\/a> details about the rejection on his BlueSky account. \u201cIn the aftermath of the HFBS situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if [Lucasfilm Ltd.] had ever turned in a finished movie script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected,\u201d he wrote. \u201cShe said no, this was a first.\u201d<\/p>\n The news quickly sparked reaction among \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans<\/a>, some of whom launched a campaign<\/a> urging Disney to reconsider. On Friday, Collider<\/a> reported that fans paid for a plane to fly a banner reading \u201cSave \u2018The Hunt for Ben Solo\u2019\u201d over Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Shortly after, a billboard appeared in New York City\u2019s Times Square<\/a> at 1500 Broadway, between 43rd and 44th, reading: \u201cFor Adam. No one\u2019s ever really gone. Hope lives. Ben is alive! #THBS.\u201d \u201cIf they could bring back Palpatine with one line,\u201d a fan told Collider, \u201cthere are plenty of ways Ben could return that already fit into Star Wars lore.\u201d<\/p>\n In a separate comment to the Associated Press, Soderbergh added,<\/a> \u201cI really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I\u2019m just sorry the fans won\u2019t get to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u201cThe Hunt for Ben Solo\u201d lives on \u2014 at least in fans\u2019 hearts<\/a> appeared first on Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adam Driver has revealed that he and director Steven Soderbergh spent two years developing a \u201cStar Wars\u201d film titled \u201cThe Hunt for Ben Solo\u201d \u2014 a project that would have followed Driver\u2019s Kylo Ren after the events of \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker.\u201d In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Driver said he began discussions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2121561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[310560,330713,389119,23301,346857,364388,356293,336366,23300,347686],"class_list":["post-2121560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adam-driver","tag-alan-bergman","tag-ben","tag-disney","tag-disney-studios","tag-han-solo","tag-kathleen-kennedy","tag-lucasfilm","tag-star-wars","tag-steven-soderbergh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Hunt-for-Ben-Solo-lives-on-\u2014-at-least.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121562,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121560\/revisions\/2121562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}