Discussion around canceled Ben Solo movie is showing no signs of slowing down after Ray's Star Wars director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy posted a cryptic quote online – and fans immediately jumped to conclusions.
On Instagram, Obaid-Chinoy posted a video that included a quote from Rumi: “If there is light in your heart, you will find your way home.”
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (director of the upcoming NEW JEDI ORDER) posted this quote just days after the HUNT FOR BEN SOLO news came out 👀 pic.twitter.com/BxHHfbb4neOctober 22, 2025
If you have an Instagram account, perhaps you yourself have been prone to weird indirect quotes or cryptic messages that make them difficult to read. too much pays a lot of attention to Obaid-Chinoy's activities on social networks.
However, those who follow everything that happens in the galaxy far, far away will be well aware of the recent news that Adam Driver was working on a Ben Solo and Kylo Ren movie with Steven Soderbergh that was ultimately cancelled.
“Everyone wants a movie about Ben to be made” one answeredalthough another tempered expectations by saying fans were “looking too deeply” into the Instagram post.
However, the timing only fuels speculation – especially given how official Star Wars YouTube channel posted a clip of Rey and Kylo Ren battling Palpatine and his forces, just hours after news of “The Hunt for Ben Solo” broke.
“We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn't see Ben Solo alive. And that’s it,” Driver said. AP News.
Whether Rey's upcoming journey will coincide with The Hunt for Ben Solo remains to be seen, although these are certainly crumbs that the most ardent Star Wars fans can cling to for now.
Announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023, Rey has had a checkered history to date, with new screenwriter George Nolfi attached earlier this year.
More about this and the like The Mandalorian and Groguuse the Force and head to our guide to upcoming Star Wars films.