Two months in the past, Adam Driver revealed that he was set to return to the Star Wars franchise for a film titled The Hunt for Ben Solo. Nonetheless, regardless of Lucasfilm presenting Disney with a completed script, a finances, and even a proposed begin date, the studio scrapped it. A fan marketing campaign to save lots of the movie emerged nearly instantly, demonstrating to the studio that there’s nonetheless curiosity in seeing extra of Driver’s character. Some large names have thrown their voice behind The Hunt for Ben Solo, together with Driver’s Star Wars co-star Daisy Ridley.
Daisy Ridley Helps The Hunt for Ben Solo
“I knew a piece of it. I heard rumblings,” Ridley advised IGN. “I’ve plenty of associates who’re crew, so issues all the time journey like that. However, whoa! When the story got here out, no, I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God!’ And it was him that stated it, proper? It was humorous as a result of, like, ‘Oh, wow, Adam is saying it,’ and that’s the massive shock of the 12 months.“
Ridley added that seeing followers rally behind the scrapped undertaking has been heartening. “I do love when there is a collective of positivity,” she stated. “The way in which the web appears to have rallied to attempt to get it to occur. I feel one), it’s incredible for us all. It’s good for us to all be united about one thing in a very constructive method. Clearly, everybody is aware of he was a very talked-about character, however it was additionally pretty to assume, ‘Wow, people really, really care and want this.’ I simply… I prefer it. I like when folks be part of forces — excuse the pun — from all all over the world, all different types of individuals. I simply love that the Star Wars fandom is such an enormous and lovely array of various factors of view and completely different folks, and the truth that everybody is actually behind this factor, I feel, is simply form of pretty, in a time that’s so f***ing nuts for in all probability each single particular person on this Earth. I feel it’s fantastic. So I used to be shocked, and actually, I felt joyful about the way it went down.“
Ridley Says the Rey Film Can be Definitely worth the Wait
As for her personal character-centric Star Wars film, it’s apparently nonetheless taking place.
The Rey film is about to be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel), and it was initially regarded as one of many first new Star Wars movies to be launched. Nonetheless, it’s been plagued with setbacks. It was first introduced at Star Wars Celebration over two years in the past, with Damon Lindelof (Misplaced) and Justin Britt-Gibson (The Pressure) writing the script. The pair left or had been “asked to leave,” as Lindelof put it, and Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) stepped in to take over. Nonetheless, Knight dropped out as nicely and was changed by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum).
Ridley is conscious that it’s taken some time to get off the bottom, however that’s simply the way in which it goes typically. “Honestly, there are scripts that I read five years ago, and now I’ve gone, ‘Oh, maybe they will actually happen,’” she stated. “I think over the years, I’ve learned how the reality of getting any film made is so massive. The hurdles are vast… But with this particularly, I know that incredible voices and creatives are part of it, and I know the wait will be worth it.” The movie is anticipated to happen fifteen years after the occasions of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. It’ll comply with Rey as she makes an attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order and mentor a brand new group of younger potential Jedi.
On the threat of stirring the pot slightly bit… should you may solely choose one, would you moderately see The Hunt for Ben Solo or the additional adventures of Rey Skywalker?
