Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh tried to make a Star Wars movie, but Disney said no

Disney has rejected a pitch for a Star Wars movie that would have featured Adam Driver's character Kylo Ren, also known as Ben Solo, alive after the events of The Rise of Skywalker. The proposed film was a collaboration between Driver and acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh. According to the report, the movie would have continued the story of Kylo Ren, who was killed in the final installment of the Skywalker saga. Disney, however, declined the pitch, indicating a desire to move the Star Wars franchise in a new direction rather than revisiting existing characters. The news highlights the creative tensions and constraints that can arise when working within the confines of a major intellectual property like Star Wars, where decisions on the narrative's future are closely guarded by the studio. While the specifics of the rejected pitch are unknown, the report suggests that Driver and Soderbergh had an intriguing vision for exploring Kylo Ren's fate beyond the events depicted in the recent trilogy.