Just under two months ago, the incredible news came out – quite likely the Star Wars news of the year – that Adam Driver and Steven Soderburgh had been developing a Star Wars film titled The Hunt For Ben Solo, bringing it to the cusp of production until Disney opted to hit the pause buton on the project. Speaking with IGN, Daisy Ridley gave her thoughts on the momentous news, and the fandoms reaction to it.
“I knew a piece of it. I heard rumblings. I have lots of friends who are crew, so things always travel like that. But, whoa! When the story came out, no, I was like, ‘Oh, my God!’ And it was him that said it, right?”
“It was funny because, like, ‘Oh, wow, Adam is saying it,’ and that’s the big surprise of the year.”
“I do love when there is a collective of positivity. The way the internet seems to have rallied to try and get it to happen. I think one), it’s fantastic for us all. It’s good for us to all be united about something in a really positive way. Obviously, everyone knows he was a very popular character, but it was also lovely to think, ‘Wow, people really, really care and want this.’ I just… I like it. I like when people join forces — excuse the pun — from all around the world, all different sorts of people. I just love that the Star Wars fandom is such a huge and gorgeous array of different points of view and different people, and the fact that everyone is really behind this thing, I think, is just sort of lovely, in a time that is so f***ing nuts for probably every single person on this Earth. I think it’s wonderful. So I was surprised, and honestly, I felt joyful about how it went down.”
