Overview
- On The Rich Eisen Show this week, Driver said “the ship has sailed” and declared he is done with Star Wars after efforts to revive Ben Solo/Kylo Ren failed.
- Driver and director Steven Soderbergh spent roughly two years developing The Hunt for Ben Solo and produced a script with writers Scott Z. Burns and Rebecca Blunt that the creators called strong.
- Lucasfilm leadership reportedly supported the project internally but Disney studio chiefs Bob Iger and Alan Bergman declined to greenlight it, citing difficulty explaining how the character could return.
- Lucasfilm co‑president Dave Filoni has publicly called the project “absolutely dead,” Steven Soderbergh says he will not pursue revival, and Driver thanked fans for visible campaigns including billboards and plane banners.
- With the Ben Solo film shelved, Lucasfilm and Disney are moving forward with other franchise projects such as Episode X and Starfighter, and the creators involved appear to have accepted the closure after unpaid development work.