Ever since the news of a failed Ben Solo movie surfaced, Star Wars fans have been campaigning to save the project.
What are fans doing to save the Star Wars: Ben Solo movie?
Earlier this month, Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren in three Star Wars movies, revealed that he teamed with Steven Soderbergh to develop a Ben Solo movie. Driver and Soderbergh pitched the film as The Hunt for Ben Solo, but Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman quickly dismissed the idea.
Since Driver revealed that pitch, Star Wars fans have started raising awareness for the Ben Solo movie to drum up interest and convince Disney to resurrect the project.
Missing persons posters for Ben Solo have appeared in New York City. A billboard in Times Square urged fans to believe that Ben Solo is still alive. Plus, a plane flew over Disney Studios in California with a banner reading: “Save #TheHuntForBenSolo”
Fans have also created a website dedicated to saving The Hunt for Ben Solo. The site’s banner reads: “Whether you are a fan of the original trilogy, prequels, sequels, expanded universe, reylo, or just a casual fan, we come together to persuade Disney to green-light The Hunt for Ben Solo.”
On the website, there is a petition with over 5,000 signatures and a call to action, asking fans to write letters to Disney about the Ben Solo movie.
A meet-up is scheduled for November 8, where Star Wars fans plan to gather outside Disney Studios in California and Disney HQ in New York City.
Driver last played Kylo Ren/Ben Solo in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. In that movie, Ben dies after resurrecting Rey. Driver explained that Ben’s death is why Iger and Bergman did not greenlight the movie.
“They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive,” Driver said. “And that was that.”