Adam Driver continues to express his dissatisfaction with Disney over the decision to kill his “Star Wars” sequel movie “The Hunt for Ben Solo,” which he spent two-and-a-half years developing with director Steven Soderbergh. In a new interview with the Associated Press on his “Paper Tiger” press tour, the Oscar nominee said he was surprised Soderbergh’s involvement alone didn’t have the studio jumping at the chance to make the movie.
“For me it was: Steven Soderbergh wants to make a ‘Star Wars’ film. What are we debating?” Driver said. “It’s what it is. It’s criminal. Or it felt criminal. We’re all moving on. On to the next. And Steven already has something else that’s one of the best things he’s ever written.”
Driver revealed the existence of “The Hunt for Ben Solo” in an October 2025 interview with the Associated Press, explaining how Disney executives pulled the plug on the project because they couldn’t wrap their heads around the character coming back after he presumably died in 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
“I always was interested in doing another ‘Star Wars,’” Driver said at the time. “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.”
The mere existence of “The Hunt for Ben Solo” instantly mobilized “Star Wars” fans on social media into calling for Disney to reverse its decision and put the “Star Wars” project back in development. A group of “Star Wars” fans even paid for a plane to fly a banner reading “Save ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’” over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. Even Daisy Ridley, who starred opposite Driver as Rey in the most “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, championed fans for their support of “The Hunt for Ben Solo.”
“I was blown away by the response to it,” Driver told the AP in his latest interview.”In no way did I think there would be billboards in Times Square. It’s so moving. It did feel like we were all at the bar having a conversation about the films we wanted to see.”
Earlier in his “Paper Tiger” press tour, Driver said on “The Rich Eisen Show” that his time playing Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is officially over now that “The Hunt for Ben Solo” is dead and gone. The actor said: “If they wanted to, fine. But we’re not… It’s not our call. I think the ship has sailed though.”
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