Ben Solo Fans Trolled by Star Wars After Nixed Movie Idea

The official Star Wars YouTube channel seemed to poke fun at a story going viral this week about a potential Ben Solo movie that was nixed by Disney.

In a recent post on their YouTube channel, Disney uploaded the fight between Daisey Ridley’s Rey, Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren, and Ian McDiarmid’s Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While the clip itself is not anything special, it does come right after big news dropped in the Star Wars universe.

In a recent interview with AP, Driver revealed that acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh tried to develop a solo Kylo Ren movie, one that would take place after The Rise of Skywalker. Despite it being “one of the coolest” scripts he’d ever read, the idea was nixed because Disney’s Bob Iger didn’t see how Ben Solo would’ve survived the events of The Rise of Skywalker, who dies at the end of the film.

What are Star Wars fans saying about the troll?

Star Wars fans were quick to note the irony of the clip going live today. Fans in the YouTube comments jokingly began referencing other Star Wars films, or flat out asking if they were just being trolled on purpose.

“Are you guys trolling us with the Ben Solo stuff after what Adam said?” one fan asked, while another simply quoted Qui-Gon Jinn by saying “nothing happens by accident.” Another fan said this couldn’t be a coincidence, and implored Disney to “green light” The Hunt for Ben Solo, the film that Driver and Soderbergh pitched to Disney.

“Posting this right after the recent Ben Solo news?” another asked, while one fan simply demanded they “bring back my boy Ben Solo.” Needless to say, fans do want to see more of Driver’s Ren/Solo, although it seems unlikely Disney will be bringing him back as of now.

Source: Comingsoon.net