Director Rian Johnson is making it clear the place he stands on the Adam Driver’s cancelled Star Wars undertaking The Hunt for Ben Solo. The Star Wars filmmaker, who directed Driver in The Final Jedi, is all in on seeing the actor return to the galaxy far, distant.
Ever since phrase unfold about The Hunt for Ben Solo, followers have been rallying to study extra in regards to the mysterious, shelved undertaking. The concept of a movie centered round Ben Solo after The Rise of Skywalker has sparked critical pleasure, and Johnson is true there with the followers.
In a current chat with Collider, Johnson didn’t maintain again his enthusiasm, saying:
“Take my cash! I solely know what I examine it on-line,” Johnson stated. “I didn’t know something about it, however who is aware of how issues are developed lately? However man, I’ll watch Driver in something, however I’d like to see him play that character once more.”
That’s some robust assist from one in all Star Wars’ most polarizing administrators, and one of many few individuals who actually understood the complexity of Ben Solo’s arc.
Final month, Driver revealed that he had teamed up with Steven Soderbergh to develop The Hunt for Ben Solo, a Star Wars movie that will discover the character’s life after The Rise of Skywalker.
The pair reportedly pitched the idea up the chain at Disney, reaching Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, however the undertaking was in the end turned down. The explanation? Executives couldn’t appear to wrap their heads round making a Ben Solo film because the character dies on the finish of The Rise of Skywalker.
That rejection hasn’t stopped followers from preventing for it. The concept of The Hunt for Ben Solo has sparked a complete grassroots motion. Supporters have organized rallies in New York Metropolis and Los Angeles, written letters and petitions to Disney, and even funded a aircraft to fly over the studio’s Burbank workplaces with the message: “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo.”
Disney reportedly has no plans to revisit the undertaking, however the fan power surrounding it isn’t dying down.
