As fans campaign for a Star Wars project that never saw the light of day, Steven Soderbergh can finally talk about his screenplay.
The five-time Oscar winner said it was “a first” for Disney to reject his completed script for The Hunt for Ben Soloafter Adam Driver revealed it was “one of the coolest (expletive) scripts I’ve ever been a part of.”
“For the record, I did not like lying about the existence of THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLObut it really had to remain a secret… until now! » Soderbergh wrote this week on Bluesky.
“Also, in the wake of the HFBS situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a completed movie script for greenlighting to Disney and had it rejected,” he later posted. “She said no, that was a first.”
Previously, Soderbergh said in a statement to the Associated Press: “I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I’m just sorry the fans won’t be able to see it.”
Son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, as well as grandson of Anakin Skywalker, Ben (Driver) appeared in the Star Wars sequel trilogy as villain Kylo Ren. Although the character has a redemption arc before his death in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Driver felt like Ben had unfinished business.
“We pitched the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea,” he told the AP. “They completely understood our point of view and why we were doing it. We presented it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that’s it.”
The actor added: “But that’s not the case anymore, so I can finally talk about it.”
Fans have not accepted Disney’s rejection, campaigning for the sequel this week with a plane flying over Walt Disney Studios with a banner reading “SAVE #THEHUNTFORBENSOLO.”
