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[Unproduced Star Wars movie] The Hunt for Ben Solo Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh spent two years developing a SW film that was ultimately nixed by Disney. Driver: “I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen (Kennedy) had reached out. I always said: With a..."

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"...great director and a great story, I’d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him.” Driver: "We 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."

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EctoSage
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To be fair, all I really want Movie Wise from Disney, is a reboot of ep 7-9. With George's stories and art direction... No matter how insane. George getting cut out of Star Wars, is as if the last Dune books had been written while Mr. herbert was still alive. Madness.

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“We wanted to be judicial about how to spend money and 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,” Driver says. “‘Empire Strikes Back’ being, in my opinion, the standard of what those movies were."

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"The Playlist can now confirm that the film advanced far beyond development—it had a completed script, the full creative stamp of approval from Lucasfilm, including Kathleen Kennedy, and was greenlit internally before being canceled by Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman."

theplaylist.net‘The Hunt For Ben Solo’: Steven Soderbergh & Adam Driver’s Secret ‘Star Wars’ Movie Was Greenlit Before Disney Pulled The Plug [Exclusive]‘The Hunt For Ben Solo,’ a Steven Soderbergh & Adam Driver “Star Wars” film was fully greenlit by Lucasfilm before Disney killed it.
ATMcashpoint
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It doesn't speak well of Lucasfilm's creative process, IMO, that they're still interested in making films about the total void of charisma known as Ben Solo. Even one directed by Steven Soderbergh.

A Real Joel Dehn
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This project sounds cool as hell, top to bottom. But I tried watching that new Darth Maul show, and I have the same problem as those execs. I saw that guy get cut in half with a lightsaber, and it's tough seeing him run around stabbing with only a bionic cummerbund and spite keeping him together.