"Why Steven Soderbergh Believes Adam Driver’s ‘Star Wars’ Adventure Could Be His Most Epic Masterpiece Yet!"
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Isn’t it funny how the universe aligns sometimes? Just like the planets, Steven Soderbergh’s career seems to be in its own orbit, even after it faced a major blackout—the scrapping of his highly anticipated “Star Wars” film featuring Adam Driver! While promoting his latest flick “The Christophers,” Soderbergh, our Oscar-toting maestro, didn’t hold back, revealing that his vision for “The Hunt for Ben Solo” was supposed to be his grandest project yet! Can you imagine? A Jedi drama that never was. But in true Hollywood fashion, he’s lifted his cosmic chin and isn’t letting the disappointment slow him down. Join me as we dive into the stellar insights he’s shared about this sidelined saga and his ever-expanding artistic galaxy!
Steven Soderbergh may never have gotten to make his “Star Wars” movie starring Adam Driver, but that’s not going to slow him down. While promoting his new movie “The Christophers,” the Oscar-winning director revealed that the project, tentatively titled “The Hunt for Ben Solo,” was “going to be the biggest thing” that he had ever attempted to make.
In October 2025, Adam Driver revealed that he planned to return to a galaxy far, far away with his character, Ben Solo, who was redeemed from the dark side and ultimately died in 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.” Although Lucasfilm initially seemed on board with the idea, Driver claimed Disney CEO Bob Iger scrapped the film after he didn’t see how Ben Solo could come back to life.
Soderbergh has since expressed “frustration” and “disappointment” that the project was scrapped, telling BK Mag “that was two and a half years of free work for me and Adam and [writer] Rebecca Blunt.”
He continued, “When Adam and I discussed him talking about it publicly, I said, ‘Look, do not editorialize or speculate about the why. Just say what happened, because all we know is what happened.’ The stated reason was, ‘We don’t think Ben Solo could be alive.’ And that was all we were told. And so there’s nothing to do about it, you know, except move on.”
“I’d kind of made the movie in my head, and just felt bad that nobody else was going to get to see it,” he continued. “I thought the conversation was strictly going to be a practical one—where they go, what is this going to cost? And I had a really good answer for that. But it never even got to that point. It’s insane. We’re all very disappointed.”
In another interview with The Daily Beast, Soderbergh admitted, “In the last few years, most of the projects have been either small or mid-sized, and I’ve been hankering for something a little bigger.”
He went on to say, “Star Wars was going to occupy that slot. That was going to be the biggest thing I’ve ever attempted to make. And I was excited about working on a big canvas. You know, it’s been a while. I’ve got other stuff that I’m trying to get going that’ll satisfy that desire.”
After admitting that he had been working on “The Hunt For Ben Solo” for a “long time,” he compared it to “complaining about the weather,” saying, “You just have to figure it out. It’s the artist’s job to adapt.”
When asked if he was afraid to approach another franchise after his experience with Disney, Soderbergh jokingly called himself “the cockroach after the nuclear winter.”
“There’s no version of the business that I don’t think I can find a way through,” he said. “I didn’t view that as stepping into the maw of some machine that was going to chew me up. It’s conceivable—whether it’s an idea that I generate or if I’m approached by something that is ‘hell yeah!’—that I would find myself working in a franchise context. I’m not worried about that. I can function properly in that atmosphere.”
Soderbergh was also asked in the interview if he planned to revisit the world of “Ocean’s Eleven.” Even though some fans have been looking forward to his return to the franchise, especially after his “Star Wars” project with Adam Driver didn’t work out, Soderbergh seemed ready to hand over the reins to someone else.
“Between the three I did and then Gary’s movie [Ocean’s 8], I’ve put in the hours. Honestly, somebody else should make it theirs,” he said. “I put my signature on the three I directed, and it’s all teed up for somebody else to do that, and they should.”
“They’re tricky, but they’re fun. And it’s fun to make things that are fun,” he added. “I have very fond memories of my Ocean’s duty, but it’s somebody else’s turn. I don’t know what else to give it.”
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