“They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”

Adam Driver simply revealed he spent two years creating a Star Wars film about Ben Solo with Steven Soderbergh, and the Internet goes loopy.

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It’s been six years because the Star Wars sequel trilogy got here to an finish with The Rise of Skywalker. The film is the worst-rated live-action movie of the franchise, and plenty of followers really feel slighted about how the story wrapped up.

One supply of competition is the ending given to Driver’s Ben Solo, AKA Kylo Ren. The trilogy’s primary villain ultimately turned to the sunshine facet, however he died reviving Rey (Daisy Ridley). Turns out, Driver wished extra for the character. He revealed his plans with Soderbergh throughout a latest interview with AP News.

Adam Driver explains Ben Solo sequel concept

“I always was interested in doing another Star Wars,” Driver shared. “I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen [Kennedy] had reached out. I always said: With a great director and a great story, I’d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him.”

Driver added that the film would happen after The Rise of Skywalker, that means the son of Han and Leia would have survived.

Soderbergh and Rebecca Blunt pitched the story to Kennedy together with Lucasfilm vice chairman Cary Beck and Lucasfilm chief artistic officer Dave Filoni. The leads have been intrigued by the concept, so Scott Z. Burns was introduced in to put in writing a script. Driver says it ended up being “one of the coolest [expletive] scripts I had ever been a part of.”

Unfortunately, the higher-ups at Disney shut down the concept.

“We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it,” Driver shared. “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,” Driver added. “But it is no more, so I can finally talk about it.”

Star Wars followers react to Adam Driver’s scrapped Ben Solo film

Now that followers know Driver had greater concepts for Ben, they’re extraordinarily mad at Iger and Bergman for nixing the concept. Not solely have characters been introduced again to life in Star Wars earlier than (“somehow, Palpatine returned” is without end a meme), however Kylo Ren is a fan-favorite character.

The anger is actual:

As is the hypocrisy:

The memes are sturdy with this one:

And individuals are regarding Driver’s plight:

Come on, Iger:

Reylos (Rey and Ben shippers) are feeling the loss:

But some individuals are holding out hope:

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