Director Steven Soderbergh opened up concerning the destiny of his unmade “Star Wars” film that was set to give attention to Ben Solo titled “The Hunt for Ben Solo,” saying Disney’s resolution to scrap the movie was disappointing.
“We had been all pissed off,” Soderbergh mentioned in a Tuesday interview with BK Journalnoting that former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was additionally saddened by the studio’s option to axe the movie.
He went on to clarify that he, Adam Driver, who performs Ben Solo, and Rebecca Blunt, who was set to develop a remedy and description for the movie, had invested practically three years crafting the mission all for it to go down the drain.
“That was two and a half years of free work for me and Adam and Rebecca Blunt,” Soderbergh defined. “When Adam and I mentioned him speaking about it publicly, I mentioned, ‘Look, don’t editorialize or speculate concerning the why. Simply say what occurred, as a result of all we all know is what occurred.’ The acknowledged motive (from Disney) was, ‘We don’t suppose Ben Solo might be alive.’ And that was all we had been informed. And so there’s nothing to do about it, you already know, besides transfer on.”
Soderbergh mentioned he initially thought Disney would at the least entertain how a lot the film would price to make, however as an alternative conversations round it will definitely stopped.
“I’d form of made the film in my head, and simply felt dangerous that no one else was going to get to see it,” Soderbergh mentioned. “I believed the dialog was strictly going to be a sensible one—the place they go, ‘What is that this going to price?’ And I had a very good reply for that. Nevertheless it by no means even received to that time. It’s insane. We’re all very dissatisfied.”
Again in October 2025, Soderbergh revealed the Ben Solo “Star Wars” film was the primary time Disney rejected a accomplished script for the franchise.
“Additionally, within the aftermath of the ‘HFBS’ state of affairs, I requested Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a completed film script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected,” Soderbergh mentioned. “She mentioned no, this was a primary.”
Driver spilled the beans on the canned mission in October 2025 as effectively whereas speaking to the Related Press. The movie was set to happen after the occasions of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker” and though it appeared to have some preliminary steam Disney finally gave it the boot.
“We offered the script to Lucasfilm. They beloved the thought. They completely understood our angle and why we had been doing it,” Driver mentioned on the time. “We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman they usually mentioned no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
