US EditionStar Wars Fans Actually Flew a 'Save The Hunt for Ben Solo' Banner Over Disney Studios After Adam Driver Revealed Failed Sequel
Fans paid for a banner over Disney studios urging the revival of The Hunt for Ben Solo, a scrapped sequel backed by Lucasfilm but rejected by Disney executives.
- On October 23, 2025, Star Wars fans paid for a plane to fly a banner supporting The Hunt for Ben Solo over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, Collider reported.
- Driver and director Steven Soderbergh developed The Hunt for Ben Solo for two years as a Lucasfilm-backed post-Rise of Skywalker film that Disney CEO Bob Iger and co-chairman Alan Bergman declined.
- Insiders say the project reached a finalized script and early pre-production under the codename Quiet Leaves, with Lucasfilm assembling a beat sheet, budget, and proposed start date.
- Driver said he was mystified by the rejection and had been in talks since 2021, while Soderbergh said he "really enjoyed making the movie in my head" and now regrets fans won't see it.
- A social-media post believed to be Steven Soderbergh's on October 22 revealed the project had remained secret until then, despite Lucasfilm supporting it, but Disney declined to comment.
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Star Wars Fans Fly Plane Over Disney Studios Demanding Bob Iger "Save The Hunt for Ben Solo"
The fallout from Adam Driver’s revelation that Disney rejected the idea for a Kylo Ren-centric Star Wars film just hit the stratosphere — literally. Star Wars fans furious over Disney’s decision to kill The Hunt for Ben Solo have taken their protest airborne, flying a banner over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, that read: “SAVE THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO.” The post Star Wars Fans Fly Plane Over Disney Studios Demanding Bob Iger “Save The …
Adam Driver's story about the cancelled film "The Hunt for Ben Solo" caused a stir. Fans were outraged and even tried to organize a support campaign—a crop duster flew over Hollywood somewhere with a banner. A surefire way to influence the public! New news: the film's potential director, Steven Soderbergh, wrote that
Steven Soderbergh confirms The Hunt for Ben Solo had a finished script when Disney rejected it
Another chapter unfolds in the saga of The Hunt for Ben Solo, the scrapped Star Wars movie that would have seen Adam Driver return to the franchise. Turns out the project was even further along than we thought. Steven Soderbergh confirmed on BlueSky that the script for The Hunt for Ben Solo was finished when they presented it to Disney. The studio ultimately rejected it, which is apparently the first time this had happened to a Lucasfilm project…
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