Overview
- Steven Soderbergh publicly acknowledged the unmade film on BlueSky after Adam Driver disclosed it, confirming Disney declined the project despite a completed script.
- Driver said Bob Iger and Alan Bergman turned it down over objections to Ben Solo being alive after The Rise of Skywalker.
- The project, developed under the codename Quiet Leaves, had a finalized screenplay by Scott Z. Burns, a budget, and a proposed start date after internal approval at Lucasfilm.
- Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Carrie Beck were closely involved in development and supported the drafts, with Kennedy telling Soderbergh this was the first completed Lucasfilm script rejected by Disney.
- Fans escalated their push with a Times Square billboard after funding a plane banner over Disney’s Burbank lot, though there is no indication the studio plans to revisit the film.