The Hunt For Ben Solo: The Star Wars Sequel Revival Begins

Ben Solo’s not dead. Not going by my social media feed, anyway. Ever since Adam Driver divulged that he – along with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh – had recently spent years cooking up his possible return to Star Wars , in a film titled The Hunt For Ben Solo , only for it to be quashed by the higher powers at Disney, Ben Solo has been everywhere. Abundant GIFs of the redeemed villain wielding that blue lightsaber on Exegol, from Episode IX – The Rise Of Skywalker . ‘Missing’ posters, with images of Driver’s face, saying ‘HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?’ Even photos of a plane hired to fly over the Disney studios, with the hashtag ‘SAVE #THEHUNTFORBENSOLO’. It’s just like Luke said to Leia in The Last Jedi : “No-one’s ever really gone.”

So just how gone is The Hunt For Ben Solo ? F