Star Wars fans are not happy with what Disney rejected from Adam Driver's Ben Solo pitch. As it turns out, the Kylo Ren actor previously hoped for another Star Wars movie to expand the life of the character, especially after he gained much adoration from critics and fans alike.
In their attempt to catch Disney's attention on this potential project, Star Wars fans flew to Disney Studios to protest and bring back Driver's Kylo Ren/Ben Solo role for a standalone film.
What Made Star Wars Fans Fly Over to Protest at Disney Studios?
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Adam Driver recently revealed that Disney Studio executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman rejected a screenplay for a potential standalone movie centered on Kylo Ren/Ben Solo, who remains one of the topmost fan-favorite characters in the franchise.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker led fans to grow fond of the villainous character, despite his role. Driver's sequel was titled The Hunt for Ben Solo and would have followed Ben Solo's redemption after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.
As reported by Collider, a group of Star Wars fans paid for a plane to fly a banner reading Save The Hunt for Ben Solo over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
What Was Adam Driver's Rejected Star Wars Project About?
In an interview published on October 20, Driver revealed to the Associated Press that he spent two years developing a standalone Star Wars movie centered on Ben Solo, alongside director Steven Soderbergh.
According to Driver, Soderbergh worked on the script with his Logan Lucky scribe Rebecca Blunt and longtime collaborator Scott Z. Burns. Driver previously starred in Soderbergh's Logan Lucky and Burns' The Report.
Driver loved The Hunt for Ben Solo and even started calling it the "standard" of what a Star Wars movie "should be", comparing it to the "handmade and character-driven" feel of The Empire Strikes Back.
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While Lucasfilm execs Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Cary Beck backed the project, Disney rejected the script.
"We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea," Driver recalled, "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."
"I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I'm just sorry the fans won't get to see it," Soderbegh told the AP, with Driver adding that it was "one of the coolest scripts I had ever been a part of."
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