# Adam Driver Says ‘The Ship Has Sailed’ on ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ and He’s Done Playing Kylo Ren: ‘It’s Over’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/adam-driver-says-the-ship-has-sailed-on-the-hunt-for-ben-solo-and-hes-done-playing-kylo-ren-its-over/
- Published: 2026-11-05T05:06:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:20:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/adam-driver-the-hunt-for-ben-solo-kylo-ren-1236939988/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Adam Driver says he is finished with Star Wars.
- Disney rejected a Ben Solo film screenplay.
- Fans campaigned publicly to save the project.

## Summary

Adam Driver says he is done playing Kylo Ren, making a return in a standalone Ben Solo film unlikely. He and director Steven Soderbergh developed a screenplay for the project, but Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman rejected it because they did not see how Ben Solo could still be alive.

Driver said the team worked on the script for several years with writers Scott Burns and Rebecca Blunt, and described it as “really good”. He said the decision was not his to make and that “the ship has sailed”, while acknowledging the strong fan response, including a banner flown over Disney’s Burbank studio urging the company to save the film. Soderbergh has also said the project would have gone ahead if it were going to happen.

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