No one's ever really gone in "Star Wars" — except maybe Adam Driver.

The actor has revealed he spent two years trying to get a "Star Wars" movie about his character, Ben Solo, off the ground, but Disney killed the idea.

USA TODAY has reached out to Disney and Lucasfilm for comment.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Driver said that he and director Steven Soderbergh hoped to make a film about Kylo Ren, a.k.a. Ben Solo, set after 2019's "The Rise of Skywalker," which ended with the character dying after sacrificing his life to save Rey (Daisy Ridley).

According to Driver, he went to Soderbergh with the concept, and the director then outlined the story with Rebecca Blunt. The trio pitched their idea to executives at Lucasfilm, who were on board. From there, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns was tapped to write the screenplay.

But Driver says Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-chair Alan Bergman rejected the film, which would have been titled "The Hunt for Ben Solo."

"We presented the script to Lucasfilm," Driver told the AP. "They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn't see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that."

Driver described the script as "one of the coolest" he has ever been a part of and expressed confusion about why Disney didn't want to make the movie.

"We wanted to be judicial about how to spend money and be economical with it, and do it for less than most but in the same spirit of what those movies are, which is handmade and character-driven," he told the AP. "'Empire Strikes Back' being, in my opinion, the standard of what those movies were."

Driver also told the AP that he was "always" interested in doing more "Star Wars" after "The Rise of Skywalker" and "had been talking about doing another one since 2021."

Driver starred as the main villain of the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, Kylo Ren, from 2015's "The Force Awakens" to 2019's "The Rise of Skywalker." In "The Force Awakens," Kylo, born Ben Solo, was revealed to be the son of Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford). In "The Rise of Skywalker," Rey and Leia help Ben reject the dark side of the Force, and he becomes a hero for the closing act of the film.

In the finale of "The Rise of Skywalker," after Rey dies in the battle against Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), Ben uses the Force to resurrect her, but at the cost of his life. The decision to kill off Ben was controversial in the "Star Wars" fan community, as some had hoped to see the character live so that future films could explore his journey of reckoning with his past.

Notably, Ben did not appear as a Force ghost after his death, as Force users typically do in the series, which some fans have used to theorize there could be a way to bring him back.

On social media, Driver's revelation sparked a wave of calls for Disney to make the film that he described. "This movie needs to happen," said an X post from a "Star Wars" news account.

Driver's comments come after years of Disney appearing to have difficulty settling on the proper way to bring "Star Wars" back to movie theaters after "The Rise of Skywalker," which ended the film saga on a divisive note, drawing mixed reviews from critics and fans. Since then, numerous "Star Wars" movie projects have been announced, then seemingly abandoned.

But the franchise will finally be back in theaters next summer with "The Mandalorian and Grogu," a film continuing the story of "The Mandalorian." The following year, a "Star Wars" film starring Ryan Gosling, "Star Wars: Starfighter," is scheduled for release.

Disney in 2023 also announced a "Star Wars" film that will bring back Ridley and follow Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order after "The Rise of Skywalker." No release date for the film has been set, and it's unclear whether Driver could be involved.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Adam Driver reveals why Disney killed a 'Star Wars' movie about his character

Reporting by Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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