Star Wars Fans Actually Flew a 'Save The Hunt for Ben Solo' Banner Over Disney Studios After Adam Driver Revealed Failed Sequel

Star Wars fans privation Adam Driver's The Hunt for Ben Solo movie truthful overmuch they flew a banner implicit Disney studios.

Collider reported connected the banner, which work “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo,” arsenic it flew implicit Walt Disney Studios successful Burbank, California. Collider interviewed Lianna Al Allaf, the Star Wars instrumentality who commissioned it, who said: "I truly anticipation this banner shows the determination makers astatine Disney that the fans truly bash privation this. I anticipation this banner shows conscionable however overmuch the quality of Ben Solo means to truthful galore of us, and that the fans truly bash privation this movie.”

This week, Kylo Ren histrion Adam Driver revealed helium and manager Steven Soderbergh spent 2 years processing a Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker follow-up called The Hunt for Ben Solo, but Disney said nary to the proposal.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Driver said that due to the fact that Disney had officially declined the movie, helium was present capable to speech astir it.

Driver played Ben Solo / Kylo Ren successful each of the 3 films successful Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy, with his last quality successful 2019’s divisive The Rise of Skywalker. “I ever was funny successful doing different Star Wars,” Driver said. He revealed helium had been successful talks astir different Star Wars movie since 2021, and that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy had “reached out.”

“I ever said: with a large manager and a large story, I’d beryllium determination successful a second,” Driver commented. “I loved that quality and loved playing him.”

The thought was The Hunt for Ben Solo, a movie directed by Soderbergh acceptable aft The Rise of Skywalker. Of course, it’s hard to ideate Ben Solo successful immoderate aboriginal Star Wars movie aft his heroic decease astatine the extremity of the movie (a fatally wounded Ben uses his remaining Force powerfulness to revive Rey and they buss earlier helium dies). But seemingly Driver felt determination was unfinished concern for his character.

The movie was pitched to Kennedy, Lucasfilm vice president Cary Beck, and Lucasfilm main originative serviceman Dave Filoni, and they were seemingly interested. Scott Z. Burns was drafted successful to constitute a script, which Driver described arsenic “one of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a portion of.” Driver said Lucasfilm “loved the idea” and “totally understood our space and wherefore we were doing it.”

However, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney co-chairman Alan Bergman said no. "They didn’t spot however Ben Solo was alive. And that was that,” helium said. Soderbergh told AP: “I truly enjoyed making the movie successful my head. I’m conscionable atrocious the fans won’t get to spot it.” Disney and Lucasfilm declined to comment.

Driver was described arsenic feeling mystified by the decision, insisting the program was to “be judicial astir however to walk wealth and beryllium economical with it, and bash it for little than astir but successful the aforesaid tone of what those movies are, which is handmade and character-driven.” He pointed to the much-loved Empire Strikes Back arsenic being “the modular of what those movies were.”

Disney and Lucasfilm person truthful acold declined to comment.

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