The actor-producer, 41, revealed in an Associated Press<\/a> interview published Monday, Oct. 20, that he and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh worked on a script for The Hunt for Ben Solo, a sequel to the Star Wars trilogy starring Driver as that titular character.<\/p>\n \u201cI always was interested in doing another Star Wars\u2026 I 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 said Driver, whose three-movie run as Kylo Ren a.k.a. Ben Solo ended with the character\u2019s apparent death in 2019\u2019s The Rise of Skywalker.<\/p>\n Soderbergh, 62, Rebecca Blunt and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns worked with the Megalopolis<\/a> star to make \u201cone of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a part of,\u201d he said. But after Lucasfilm “loved the idea” and expressed interest, the powers that be at Disney shot the movie down.<\/p>\n \u201cWe took it to [Disney executives] Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn\u2019t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that,\u201d recalled the Oscar nominee. \u201cIt was called The Hunt for Ben Solo and it was really cool. But it is no more, so I can finally talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n Ian West\/PA Images via Getty<\/p>\n Adam Driver and Steven Soderberg in 2017<\/p>\n Soderbergh said, in a statement to AP, \u201cI really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I\u2019m just sorry the fans won\u2019t get to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n Daisy Ridley<\/a>, who starred as Rey in the J.J. Abrams- and Rian Johnson-directed trilogy with Driver, is returning to the character<\/a> in a follow-up announced in 2023. Up next for the franchise that began with George Lucas<\/a>‘ original film in 1977 are the Pedro Pascal<\/a>-led The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a> (in theaters May 22, 2026), the Ryan Gosling<\/a>-starring Star Wars: Starfighter<\/a> (in theaters May 28, 2027) and untitled projects from filmmakers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Dave Filoni, James Mangold and Taika Waititi.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n Driver had nothing but praise for his Star Wars sequel\u2019s would-be director Soderbergh, who he last worked with on 2017\u2019s Logan Lucky: \u201cHe is, to me, one of my favorite directors of all time,” Driver told AP of Soderbergh. “He lives his code, lives his ethics, doesn\u2019t compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n Lucasfilm<\/p>\n Adam Driver in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’<\/p>\n Among the actor\u2019s upcoming projects are Father Mother Sister Brother<\/a> (in theaters Dec. 24), Chris Rock<\/a>\u2019s Misty Green and James Gray’s Paper Tiger.<\/p>\n![\"Ian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2421d42549c77a010587ad5e88743834.jpeg\"\/)
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