#StarWars fans paid to fly a plane over Disney Studios with a banner reading "Save The Hunt for Ben Solo," referring to the rejected Kylo Ren movie Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh developed for two years.
Driver revealed to the AP that Disney execs Bob Iger and Alan Bergman axed the standalone movie. The actor said "The Hunt for Ben Solo" was “one of the coolest scripts I had ever been a part of,” with Soderbergh adding: "I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I’m just sorry the fans won’t get to see it."
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It feels like the only way for a Star Wars show to be successful is to stay in the Skywalker Saga. #TheAcolyte dared to bring us to a new timeline we've never seen before in live-action.
It dared to give us something new and unique. Was the show perfect? No. Did it succeed in being something new? Hell yeah! I think people at Lucasfilm are afraid to do anything outside of the Skywalker Saga because of the kind of response this show got. But they did it anyway, they took the leap because they were excited about doing it.
But it seems the incredibly toxic people in the Fandom, if you can even call them fans, clearly don't like change. Even if it was just the writing, story or acting that you hated. At least they dared to do something new!
Do I still want stories within the Skywalker Saga? Absolutely! Do I want more projects outside of it too? Yes! Can we have both? Yes! Hell, make a story about what it was like 2,000 years before The Phantom Menace!
But now I'm willing to bet the people at Lucasfilm are even more afraid now to do these things. It's really sad.
@skytalkerspod I may have stood up when certain Sith poked his head out. I shouted obscenities at my TV. In a good way though. Also my daughter laughed at me.