History repeats itself, even in the Star Wars universe. While Kylo Ren started out as the main villain in the Sequel Trilogy, like his grandfather Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Ben Solo turned away from the Dark Side and died a hero in The Rise of Skywalker. But as it turns out, Adam Driver didn’t want his character’s story to end there. The actor’s revealed that he tried to get a post-Rise of Skywalker Kylo Ren feature on the upcoming Star Wars movies slate, and he even had a stellar director attached to helm it.
While speaking with The Associated Press, Driver mentioned that he’d been interested in doing another Star Wars movie since 2021, as he felt there was “unfinished business” with Kylo Ren. Driver took a concept to director Steven Soderbergh, who then crafted a story outline with Rebecca Blunt to pitch to Lucasfilm. When executives Kathleen Kennedy, Cary Beck and Dave Filoni responded positively to the idea, Soderbergh and Blunt recruited Scott Z. Burns to write what driver described as “one of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a part of.” However, the project was killed off soon afterwards, with the Ferrari star recalling:
We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that. It was called ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ and it was really cool. But it is no more, so I can finally talk about it.
More to come…