Logan Lucky director Steven Soderbergh has broken his silence on the cancellation of The Hunt For Ben Solo, sharing his thoughts on former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy’s take, “No, it was no surprise that she was frustrated. We were all frustrated”.
Speaking to BKMag.com, Soderbergh shared this about the cancellation…
Since you brought up Star Wars, I was reading the Kathleen Kennedy exit interview again before we got on the call. I think what surprised a lot of people from the outside was that it appears it was basically a green light, and then essentially the head of Disney kills it for “story reasons,” which has never stopped them from doing anything in the Star Wars universe. And I was wondering if that elucidated anything for you? Did you know how disappointed she was?
No, it was no surprise that she was frustrated. We were all frustrated. You know, that was two and a half years of free work for me and Adam and Rebecca Blunt. When Adam and I discussed him talking about it publicly, I said, “Look, do not editorialize or speculate about the why. Just say what happened, because all we know is what happened.” The stated reason was “We don’t think Ben Solo could be alive.” And that was all we were told. And so there’s nothing to do about it, you know, except move on.
And as I posted, I’d kind of made the movie in my head, and just felt bad that nobody else was going to get to see it. I thought the conversation was strictly going to be a practical one—where they go, what is this going to cost? And I had a really good answer for that. But it never even got to that point. It’s insane. We’re all very disappointed.
Read the interview in full here, and let us know if you want to see a Ben Solo sequel film set after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? Let us know your thoughts…
