Overview
- Driver disclosed in an Associated Press interview that a standalone titled The Hunt for Ben Solo was developed for roughly two years.
- Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Blunt outlined the story, with Scott Z. Burns later writing the script that Driver called one of the coolest he had worked on.
- The team pitched the project to Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni and Cary/Carrie Beck, and Driver says they responded enthusiastically.
- Driver reports Disney CEO Bob Iger and co‑chair Alan Bergman rejected the proposal because they did not see how the character’s return fit the canon.
- Soderbergh confirmed his involvement in a statement expressing regret fans will not see the film, and outlets report Lucasfilm declined to comment.