Overview
- Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh developed The Hunt for Ben Solo over roughly two years, culminating in a completed screenplay by Scott Z. Burns.
- Driver says Lucasfilm embraced the character-driven concept, but Disney chiefs Bob Iger and Alan Bergman declined to greenlight it.
- Soderbergh wrote that Kathleen Kennedy told him Disney had never before rejected a finished Lucasfilm script presented for approval.
- The project’s premise would follow Ben Solo beyond the sequel trilogy, a direction that reportedly prompted Disney’s skepticism.
- Fans have escalated pressure with a plane banner over Disney Studios, a Times Square billboard purchased by B.D. Neagle, and ‘missing’ posters near company offices.