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Even though Adam Driver\u2019s Kylo Ren, a.k.a. Ben Solo, died<\/a> seven years ago in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, many fans have been mourning him in a different way over the last six months. In October, Adam Driver revealed he\u2019d tried to bring back the character<\/a> for a post-Rise of Skywalker movie with Steven Soderbergh, but Lucasfilm ended up scrapping the project. Had The Hunt for Ben Solo moved forward on the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows<\/a> slate, this would have been Soderbergh\u2019s first time helming a franchise feature, and now he\u2019s weighed in on if he might join other franchises instead.<\/p>\n While Star Wars fans continue to campaign for the Kylo Ren movie<\/a>, hoping to get the Lucasfilm leadership to change their minds about it, Steven Soderbergh has made it clear it\u2019s not going to make a difference<\/a>. That\u2019s fair enough, but the filmmaker also had this to say when asked by The Daily Beast<\/a> about if this experience made him \u201cwarier about joining a gigantic franchise machine\u201d:<\/p>\n No, I\u2019m comfortable. I\u2019m the cockroach after the nuclear winter [laughs]. There\u2019s no version of the business that I don\u2019t think I can find a way through. I didn\u2019t view that as stepping into the maw of some machine that was going to chew me up. It\u2019s conceivable\u2014whether it\u2019s an idea that I generate or if I\u2019m approached by something that is \u2018hell yeah!\u2019\u2014that I would find myself working in a franchise context. I\u2019m not worried about that. I can function properly in that atmosphere.<\/p>\n So on the one hand, Steven Soderbergh\u2019s not ruling out that he could board a different franchise somewhere down the line. On the other hand, it\u2019s not like he\u2019s chomping at the bit to do so. Soderbergh has been a regular presence in Hollywood since delivering Sex, Lies, and Videotape in 1989, and the notable movies he\u2019d made since then include Erin Brockovich, the original Ocean\u2019s trilogy, the Magic Mike trilogy and Logan Lucky. He\u2019s made it this far and is confident he can continue navigating the ever-changing film industry landscape, with or without franchises.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say that losing out on making a Star Wars movie didn\u2019t disappoint Steven Soderbergh. He had high hopes for The Hunt for Ben Solo, as it was going to be a departure from the \u201ceither small or mid-sized\u201d that he\u2019s been working on over the last several years, saying:<\/p>\n Star Wars was going to occupy that slot. That was going to be the biggest thing I\u2019ve ever attempted to make. And I was excited about working on a big canvas.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a shame we\u2019ll never get to see this vision that Steven Soderbergh and Adam Driver crafted with Rebecca Blunt realized. Soderbergh previously said that the Disney leadership couldn\u2019t wrap their heads around<\/a> Kylo Ren coming back to life in The Hunt for Ben Solo. So despite the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm are both under new leadership these days, Soderbergh has made peace with this project never seeing the light of day. Maybe another franchise will court him, but as far as Star Wars goes, that ship has sailed.<\/p>\n What we can look forward to on the Star Wars front is The Mandalorian & Grogu releasing in theaters on May 22, and Star Wars: Starfighter will follow on May 28, 2027. Star Wars: Maul \u2014 Shadow Lord is also currently streaming to fans who are signed up with a Disney+ subscription<\/a>, and Ahsoka Season 2 is also expected to premiere sometime on the 2026 TV schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 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