Overview
- Driver revealed he and Steven Soderbergh spent about two years developing a post–Sequel Trilogy film titled The Hunt for Ben Solo.
- Scott Z. Burns wrote the script after Soderbergh and Rebecca Blunt outlined the story, which Driver called one of the coolest scripts he had worked on.
- Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni and Cary Beck at Lucasfilm heard the pitch and, according to Driver, loved the idea.
- Driver says Bob Iger and Alan Bergman declined to proceed, citing not seeing how Ben Solo was alive; Soderbergh issued a statement expressing regret fans won’t see the film.
- The project is not moving forward at this time, outlets report Lucasfilm declined on-the-record comment, and io9 says it independently confirmed Driver’s account.