After years of hoping to reprise his role as Kylo Ren, Adam Driver appears ready to leave the Star Wars universe behind.
“Yeah, yeah, it’s over. No more Star Wars,” Driver said in an appearance this week on The Rich Eisen Show.
Rumors of a return for the fan-favorite character have followed Driver since his character’s death in the sequel trilogy finale, 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker.
“We tried. We tried to do one more, but they were like, no, he’s dead,” Driver said.
In an October 2025 interview with The Associated Press, Driver first publicly discussed the proposed film, titled The Hunt for Ben Solo, which would have followed the events of The Rise of Skywalker. Driver pitched the idea to Steven Soderbergh, who agreed to direct the project.
Soderbergh and his longtime creative collaborator Rebecca Blunt developed a story outline—which they pitched directly to Lucasfilm leadership. Executives Kathleen Kennedy, Cary Beck and Dave Filoni responded favorably, and Scott Z. Burns was brought on to write the screenplay. Momentum halted when Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman ultimately rejected the film.
“They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive,” Driver said. “And that was that.”
The studio’s rejection left Driver with little doubt that his time in the Galaxy, far far away, is over.
“If they wanted to, fine, but it’s not our call,” Driver said. “I think the ship has sailed, though.”
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