With the changing of the guard both at Lucasfilm and at Disney, with Kathleen Kennedy making way for Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan and Josh D’Amaro succeeding Bob Iger, it would be understandable to – at the very least – hope that the sensationally announced The Hunt For Ben Solo could rise from the netherworlds of the Force, but it would appear that’s not on the cards. Speaking recently, Steven Soderbergh discussed the project, making it clear that he doesn’t believe there’s a future for the film.
“Well, I don’t want to say [it had no influence], because then it makes it seem like, you know, ‘I watched “Andor,” and it had absolutely no impact on me,’ which is not true, it was great, but this was before ‘Andor’ aired. Adam and I started talking, and this would have been almost three years ago now.”
“It was strictly Adam saying, ‘I think there’s still somewhere to go with this character.’ That’s how it started. Otherwise, I never in a million years would have found myself in that universe again.”
“I don’t regret one minute of the time we spent working on that. I felt the work was good. It’s just good for you to be in that room and working on it. It’s like CrossFit—it’s good for you. It’ll have a residual effect that will be unexpected at some point.”
“As soon as it became apparent, OK, not gonna happen, I sat down and started writing. It’s like, ‘OK, new scenario, let’s get cracking.’ At a certain point, it’s like complaining about the weather. You just gotta keep moving.”
“Look, if it was gonna happen, it would have happened, it’s that simple.”
