Overview
- Adam Driver says Disney chiefs Bob Iger and Alan Bergman rejected the project after Lucasfilm endorsed it, questioning how Ben Solo could be alive.
- Reporting indicates the film, codenamed Quiet Leaves, had a finalized screenplay, early pre-production underway, and Scott Z. Burns was reportedly paid a record fee to complete the script.
- Steven Soderbergh confirmed the project's existence on BlueSky and relayed that Lucasfilm characterized Disney's rejection of a finished script as unprecedented.
- Fans have launched a visible campaign that includes a plane banner over Disney's Burbank studio, a Times Square billboard, and newly posted 'missing' flyers for Ben Solo.
- The project remains shelved with no indication of a reversal, and some accounts cite unverified claims of internal corporate politics influencing the decision.