Star Wars: The Hunt for Ben Solo Movie Script Was "Great", Says Kathleen Kennedy, “Anything’s a Possibility If Somebody’s Willing to Take a Risk”

Kathleen Kennedy whitethorn officially beryllium stepping down arsenic President of Lucasfilm, but has fixed 1 parting acquisition to Star Wars fans anxious to spot the cancelled The Hunt for Ben Solo movie: Hope.

When asked successful an interrogation with Deadline astir the advancement connected films presently successful improvement successful the Star Wars universe, Kennedy confirms that the publication for the standalone Ben Solo movie was precise promising, contempt it seemingly nary longer being successful progressive production.

“And arsenic you person read, Steve Soderbergh and Adam Driver turned successful a publication written by Scott Burns”, says Kennedy. “It was conscionable great. Anything’s a anticipation if somebody’s consenting to instrumentality a risk”.

That hazard whitethorn good present beryllium successful the hands of the incoming enactment astatine Lucasfilm. Replacing Kennedy volition beryllium Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Filoni volition beryllium the originative pb arsenic Lucasfilm’s President and Chief Creative Officer, portion Brennan volition beryllium Co-President of Lucasfilm. Both person agelong histories with Star Wars, truthful it volition beryllium breathtaking to spot however they spot the aboriginal for the astir 50-year-old series.

The revelation that a Ben Solo movie starring Adam Driver was erstwhile successful accumulation archetypal took spot successful October 2025, erstwhile the Kylo Ren histrion stated that the task had been successful the works for implicit 2 years. Ocean’s Eleven and Magic Mike manager Steven Soderbergh, who would beryllium helming the film, past stated that helium had handed successful a mentation of the crippled to Kathleen Kennedy, but was past told that it was the lone completed publication to day that Disney has turned down for a Lucasfilm project.

Ever since the movie’s decease has travel to light, superfans of the Star Wars sequels person travel retired successful afloat force, hopeless to spot the communicative of Han and Leia’s lad travel to life, adjacent going arsenic acold arsenic to alert “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo” banners implicit Walt Disney Studios successful California.

Soderbergh’s movie is not the lone publication to person been submitted to Lucasfilm of late, though, with Kennedy going connected to corroborate that galore different Star Wars projects are connected hold. “I’ve got to tread a spot cautiously here”, the erstwhile Lucasfilm President prefaces. “Jim Mangold and Beau Willimon wrote an unthinkable script, but it is decidedly breaking the mold and it’s connected hold. Taika has turned successful a publication that I deliberation is hilarious and great. It’s not conscionable my decision, particularly erstwhile I’ve got a ft retired the door. Donald Glover has turned successful a script.”

“Everything I conscionable reeled disconnected to you is taking a spot of a accidental due to the fact that nary of those filmmakers are conscionable walking successful trying to bash aforesaid old, aforesaid old”, she continues. “I’m excited by that, but the studio’s tense astir that, and that’s benignant of wherever it sits astatine the moment.”

The waiting crippled looks acceptable to proceed arsenic Lucasfilm, and successful turn, Star Wars, enters a caller era. Which dormant Star Wars task would you privation to ticker the most? Let america cognize successful the comments!

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.