Last month, the outgoing Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy also aired her frustrations<\/a> with the project’s demise, and said the movie’s script had been “great.” In a comment that some took as a swipe at Disney management’s hesitation, Kennedy also said: “Anything’s a possibility if somebody’s willing to take a risk.”<\/p>\n Now, Soderbergh \u2014 the director of Ocean’s Eleven and Contagion \u2014 has commented further on the project’s cancellation, and told BKMag<\/a> that “it was no surprise that she [Kennedy] was frustrated.”<\/p>\n “We were all frustrated,” Soderbergh said. “You know, that was two and a half years of free work for me and Adam and [screenwriter] Rebecca Blunt. When Adam and I discussed him talking about it publicly, I said, ‘Look, do not editorialize or speculate about the why. Just say what happened, because all we know is what happened.’ <\/p>\n “The stated reason was ‘We don’t think Ben Solo could be alive,'” he continued. “And that was all we were told. And so there’s nothing to do about it, you know, except move on.<\/p>\n “And as I posted, I’d kind of made the movie in my head, and just felt bad that nobody else was going to get to see it. I thought the conversation was strictly going to be a practical one \u2014 where they go, what is this going to cost? And I had a really good answer for that. But it never even got to that point. It’s insane. We’re all very disappointed.”<\/p>\n How Much Every Star Wars Movie Made Opening Weekend Ever since the project’s death has been made public, superfans of the Star Wars sequels have come out in full force<\/a>, desperate to see the story of Han and Leia’s son come to life, even going as far as to fly “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo” banners<\/a> over Walt Disney Studios in California.<\/p>\n Driver played Ben Solo\/Kylo Ren throughout Lucasfilm\u2019s Sequel Trilogy, with his final appearance in 2019’s divisive The Rise of Skywalker. “I always was interested in doing another Star Wars,” Driver said previously. “I always said: with a great director and a great story, I’d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him.”<\/p>\n But while Lucasfilm “loved the idea,” according to Driver, and “totally understood our angle and why we were doing it,” it’s believed that both Disney CEO Bob Iger and co-chairman Alan Bergman were against the pitch moving forward. Still, with Iger now following Kennedy out the door, perhaps there’s a new hope in fresh leadership<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n