Bad news for โStar Warsโ fans: Adam Driver is squashing any possibility of returning as Kylo Ren to the galaxy.
On a recent episode of โThe Rich Eisen Show,โ Eisen asked Driver if he thought heโd ever play the villain in the franchise again. The โGirlsโ actor responded: โYeah, itโs overโฆ No more โStar Wars.โโ We โtried to do one more,โ said Driver โbut theyโre like, โNo, heโs dead,โโ referring to Disney studio executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, who rejected a screenplay for a standalone movie centered on Kylo Ren that heโd pitched with Steven Soderbergh.
โI always was interested in doing another โStar Wars,โโ Driver said at the time. โWe presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, and they said no. They didnโt see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.โ
During the interview, Driver continued, reiterating that Soderbergh was attached to direct, and that โwe worked on it for a few years, really and earnestly. We got a script together that was really good with Scott Burns, Rebecca Blunt, and Soderbergh and I. We all worked on itโฆ It was awesome. It was really cool. But you know, I donโt get to decide.โ
Eisen then pressed Driver on whether heโd return if someone were to โresurrectโ the project. โIf they wanted to, fine. But weโre notโฆ Itโs not our call,โ said Driver. โI think the ship has sailed though.โ Driver did acknowledge the โfans responseโ to the dropped film, which he described as โpretty incredible.โ I didnโt expect that it was going to be billboards and people flying planes over Disney and things like that. That was pretty cool.โ
Back when the news broke about the film, a group of โStar Warsโ fans paid for a plane to fly a banner reading โSave The Hunt for Ben Soloโ over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
In April, Soderbergh shared a similar sentiment to Driver, saying that the film โwould have happened,โ โif it was gonna happen.โ
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