Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren in the "Star Wars" franchise, has admitted that his chances of returning to the galaxy far, far away now appear slim. Driver and director Steven Soderbergh spent years developing a standalone Ben Solo movie titled "The Hunt for Ben Solo," but despite support from Lucasfilm, Disney executives ultimately rejected the project.
During an appearance on "The Rich Eisen Show," Driver was asked whether he expected to play Kylo Ren again.
“Yeah, it’s over... no more Star Wars,” Driver replied. The actor said the team had tried to make one more movie, only for Disney executives to reject the proposal because Ben Solo was dead. Bob Iger and Alan Bergman could not accept the idea that the character had survived the ending of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
“I was always interested in doing another Star Wars,” Driver previously said while discussing the project’s rejection. According to the actor, the team submitted the screenplay to Lucasfilm and received an enthusiastic response. “They loved it and completely understood our approach and why we wanted to tell the story. But when it went to Iger and Bergman, they said no because they couldn’t understand how Ben Solo was still alive. And that was it.”
“We spent years on it and took it very seriously. We put together a great script, and all of us contributed to it. The result was genuinely great. But, you know, the decision wasn’t mine to make.”
Although the screenplay was completed and Lucasfilm responded positively to the story, Disney executives never approved the movie for production. The long-gestating project has remained stalled with no indication that it will be revived, leaving Driver doubtful about his future with the "Star Wars" franchise.
When the host asked whether he would return as Ben Solo if Disney eventually revived the movie, Driver did not completely rule out the possibility.
“If they want to make it, sure, but that isn’t up to us,” he said. Still, Driver acknowledged that the opportunity may have passed after the project’s rejection. “I think the ship has sailed.”
In 2025, fans hired a plane to fly over the Walt Disney Studios lot carrying a “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo” banner as part of a campaign to revive the project. Soderbergh also said in April 2026 that if the movie were ever going to happen, it would have happened already.