"Driver goes on to say during the interview that he was baffled as to why anyone wouldn't want to see a Soderbergh Star Wars movie. We wanted to be economical with it, and do it for less than most but in the same spirit of what those movies are, which is handmade and character-driven, he says. Empire Strikes Back being, in my opinion, the standard of what those movies were. But he is, to me, one of my favourite directors of all time."
"After traumatising the collective psyche of legions of Star Wars fans by reintroducing the long-dead Palpatine, entirely wiping the events of the previous film, and introducing something called the Force dyad to explain why Rey and Ren are suddenly snogging, Disney was invited to bring back Kylo for a high-jinks sequel."
A proposed Ben Solo film, provisionally titled The Hunt for Ben Solo, would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Adam Driver as the resurrected Kylo Ren. Lucasfilm reportedly loved the script and understood the creative angle. Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman declined the project because they could not accept how Ben Solo would be alive. The pitch aimed to be economical, handmade and character-driven, echoing the spirit of classic Star Wars entries. The idea followed contentious elements in The Rise of Skywalker, including Palpatine's return and the Force dyad explanation for Rey and Ren's bond.
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