Kathleen Kennedy may officially be stepping down as President of Lucasfilm, but has given one parting gift to Star Wars fans eager to see the cancelled The Hunt for Ben Solo movie: Hope.

When asked in an interview with Deadline about the progress on films currently in development in the Star Wars universe, Kennedy confirms that the script for the standalone Ben Solo film was very promising, despite it seemingly no longer being in active production.

“And as you have read, Steve Soderbergh and Adam Driver turned in a script written by Scott Burns”, says Kennedy. “It was just great. Anything’s a possibility if somebody’s willing to take a risk”.

That risk may well now be in the hands of the incoming leadership at Lucasfilm. Replacing Kennedy will be Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Filoni will be the creative lead as Lucasfilm’s President and Chief Creative Officer, while Brennan will be Co-President of Lucasfilm. Both have long histories with Star Wars, so it will be exciting to see how they see the future for the almost 50-year-old series.

The revelation that a Ben Solo movie starring Adam Driver was once in production first took place in October 2025, when the Kylo Ren actor stated that the project had been in the works for over two years. Ocean’s Eleven and Magic Mike director Steven Soderbergh, who would be helming the film, then stated that he had handed in a version of the plot to Kathleen Kennedy, but was then told that it was the only completed script to date that Disney has turned down for a Lucasfilm project.

Ever since the movie’s death has come to light, superfans of the Star Wars sequels have come out in full force, desperate to see the story of Han and Leia’s son come to life, even going as far as to fly “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo” banners over Walt Disney Studios in California.

Soderbergh’s movie is not the only script to have been submitted to Lucasfilm of late, though, with Kennedy going on to confirm that many other Star Wars projects are on hold. “I’ve got to tread a bit carefully here”, the former Lucasfilm President prefaces. “Jim Mangold and Beau Willimon wrote an incredible script, but it is definitely breaking the mold and it’s on hold. Taika has turned in a script that I think is hilarious and great. It’s not just my decision, especially when I’ve got a foot out the door. Donald Glover has turned in a script.”

“Everything I just reeled off to you is taking a bit of a chance because none of those filmmakers are just walking in trying to do same old, same old”, she continues. “I’m excited by that, but the studio’s nervous about that, and that’s kind of where it sits at the moment.”

The waiting game looks set to continue as Lucasfilm, and in turn, Star Wars, enters a new era. Which dormant Star Wars project would you want to watch the most? Let us know in the comments!

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