As followers marketing campaign for a Star Wars challenge that by no means materialized, Steven Soderbergh is lastly in a position to talk about his script.
The 5x Oscar winner mentioned it “was a primary” for Disney to reject his accomplished script for The Hunt for Ben Solo, after Adam Driver revealed it was “one of many coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been part of.”
“For the document, I didn’t get pleasure from mendacity concerning the existence of THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO, nevertheless it actually did want to stay a secret…till now!” wrote Soderbergh this week on Bluesky.
“Additionally, within the aftermath of the HFBS scenario, I requested Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a completed film script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected,” he later posted. “She mentioned no, this was a primary.”
Beforehand, Soderbergh mentioned in a press release to the Related Press, “I actually loved making the film in my head. I’m simply sorry the followers gained’t get to see it.”
The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, in addition to the grandson of Anakin Skywalker, Ben (Driver) appeared within the Star Wars sequel trilogy because the villainous Kylo Ren. Though the character has a redemption arc earlier than his dying in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Driver felt Ben had unfinished enterprise.
“We introduced the script to Lucasfilm. They liked the concept,” he informed the AP. “They completely understood our angle and why we had been doing it. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman they usually mentioned no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
The actor added, “However it’s no extra, so I can lastly discuss it.”
Followers didn’t take Disney’s rejection mendacity down, campaigning for the sequel this week with a airplane flown above Walt Disney Studios with a banner studying “SAVE #THEHUNTFORBENSOLO.”