Director Steven Soderbergh again addressed The Hunt for Ben Solo, an unmade Star Wars spin-off he developed with Adam Driver that Disney didn’t greenlight. Driver first revealed the axed film last October, leading to a viral campaign demanding it be saved.

Steven Soderbergh Talks The Hunt for Ben Solo

At the time, Soderbergh said, “I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I’m just sorry the fans won’t get to see it.”

Soderbergh recently sat down with BKMAG, who brought up Kathleen Kennedy’s Deadline interview in which she mentioned the Ben Solo script. Kennedy is stepping down as Lucasfilm president and, in response to a question about progress on various unfinished Star Wars projects, Kennedy said there are several finished scripts, but commented that “It’s not just my decision, especially when I’ve got a foot out the door. […] And as you have read, Steve Soderbergh and Adam Driver turned in a script written by Scott Burns. It was just great. Anything’s a possibility if somebody’s willing to take a risk.”

According to Soderbergh, The Hunt for Ben Solo was the first Lucasfilm project with a completed script to be rejected by Disney.

Soderbergh said it was “no surprise” that Kennedy was frustrated.

We were all frustrated. You know, that was two and a half years of free work for me and Adam and Rebecca Blunt. When Adam and I discussed him talking about it publicly, I said, “Look, do not editorialize or speculate about the why. Just say what happened, because all we know is what happened.” The stated reason was “We don’t think Ben Solo could be alive.” And that was all we were told. And so there’s nothing to do about it, you know, except move on.

He echoed his earlier sentiments, saying, “I’d kind of made the movie in my head, and just felt bad that nobody else was going to get to see it.”

“I thought the conversation was strictly going to be a practical one—where they go, what is this going to cost?” he continued. “And I had a really good answer for that. But it never even got to that point. It’s insane. We’re all very disappointed.”

Driver had said when he originally spoke about the film that Lucasfilm “loved the idea,” but Disney CEO Bob Iger and Entertainment co-chair Alan Bergman shot it down. “They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive,” he said. “And that was that.”

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