Associated Press<\/a>, Driver said that because Disney had officially declined the movie, he was now able to talk about it.<\/p>\nDriver played Ben Solo \/ Kylo Ren in each of the three films in Lucasfilm\u2019s Sequel Trilogy, with his final appearance in 2019\u2019s divisive The Rise of Skywalker. \u201cI always was interested in doing another Star Wars,\u201d Driver said. He revealed he had been in talks about another Star Wars movie since 2021, and that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy had \u201creached out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI always said: with a great director and a great story, I\u2019d be there in a second,\u201d Driver commented. \u201cI loved that character and loved playing him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The idea was The Hunt for Ben Solo, a movie directed by Soderbergh set after The Rise of Skywalker. Of course, it\u2019s hard to imagine Ben Solo in any future Star Wars film after his heroic death at the end of the movie (a fatally wounded Ben uses his remaining Force power to revive Rey and they kiss before he dies). But apparently Driver felt there was unfinished business for his character.<\/p>\n
The movie was pitched to Kennedy, Lucasfilm vice president Cary Beck, and Lucasfilm chief creative officer Dave Filoni, and they were apparently interested. Scott Z. Burns was drafted in to write a script, which Driver described as \u201cone of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a part of.\u201d Driver said Lucasfilm \u201cloved the idea\u201d and \u201ctotally understood our angle and why we were doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney co-chairman Alan Bergman said no. “They didn\u2019t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that,\u201d he said. Soderbergh told AP: \u201cI really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I\u2019m just sorry the fans won\u2019t get to see it.\u201d Disney and Lucasfilm declined to comment.<\/p>\n
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Driver was described as feeling mystified by the decision, insisting the plan was to \u201cbe judicial about how to spend money and be economical with it, and do it for less than most but in the same spirit of what those movies are, which is handmade and character-driven.\u201d He pointed to the much-loved Empire Strikes Back as being \u201cthe standard of what those movies were.\u201d<\/p>\n
Disney and Lucasfilm have so far declined to comment.<\/p>\n
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n