Star Wars fans have launched a massive campaign to save a planned film from the saga that Disney recently canceled.
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Last week, actor Adam Driver made headlines when he revealed that he had been working on the script for a Star Wars sequel for two years, which was to be directed by director Steven Soderbergh.
called The Hunt for Ben SoloThe feature film was supposed to follow the fate of Ben Solo (Kylo Ren), the character Driver played in the films. “The Force Awakens”, “The Last Jedi” etc. The Rise of Skywalker, released between 2015 and 2019.
According to the actor, the project would have generated a lot of enthusiasm in the offices of Lucasfilm, the company that created the Star Wars films, before being suddenly rejected by the big bosses at Disney.
This refusal on the part of Disney displeased several fans of the saga, who decided to go to extreme measures to ensure that their dissatisfaction was heard.
Last Thursday on the site Collider reported that a plane flew over Disney's California studio with the caption: “Save #TheHuntForBenSolo.”
Two days later, the same media outlet reported that a billboard had been purchased in Times Square. It had the following message written on it: “For Adam. No one ever really left. Hope is alive. We are alive!” (“For Adam. No one really disappears. Hope remains. Ben is alive!”
Photos of the two initiatives have circulated widely on social media in recent days.
This isn't the first time the Star Wars fan community has called for change from Disney. In 2017, a petition was launched to remake the film. The Last Jedi which divided fans of the saga.
