Ryan Reynolds Proves There's Nonetheless Hope For Adam Driver's Ben Solo Spin-Off Pitch

The tragic Star Wars information of the week is that Disney rejected Adam Driver’s pitch for an incredible-sounding spin-off. Nonetheless, actor Ryan Reynolds proved almost a decade in the past that there would possibly nonetheless be hope for The Hunt for Ben Solo.

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Earlier this week, Kylo Ren/Ben Solo actor Adam Driver confirmed he had developed a spin-off for his character set after The Rise of Skywalker, which might have continued his character’s redemption arc. Nonetheless, the choice was made by Disney to reject the concept regardless of the character’s excessive reputation.

This is why The Hunt For Ben Solo was handed over, and why there should be hope for the film now that we learn about it.

Why Disney Rejected Adam Driver’s Ben Solo Spin-Off Pitch

According to Adam Driver, his pitch for a Ben Solo spin-off was developed over two years with the complete assist of Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni. Likewise, Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brokovich, Logan Fortunate) and Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, Contagion) have been introduced on to assist develop the script that Disney finally rejected.

This was as a result of neither The Walt Disney Firm’s CEO Bob Iger nor Disney Leisure’s co-chair Alan Bergman was in a position to get previous the truth that Ben Solo died on the finish of The Rise of Skywalker, having given his life to save lots of Rey’s after their battle with the resurrected Emperor Palpatine.

So far as causes go to reject a Star Wars film pitch and a beloved character’s return, this one’s fairly slim. Paradoxically, The Rise of Skywalker was the identical film the place “by some means Palpatine returned“. Moreover, the respective returns of Boba Fett and Darth Maul following what fairly definitive deaths are value mentioning as properly.

Sometimes, the rule of thumb for Star Wars has been that if the character is cool sufficient or highly effective sufficient, a approach shall be discovered to carry them again, so why not Ben Solo?.

In spite of everything, the veil between life and demise on the planet Exegol, the place Ben Solo died, is canonically skinny. There’s additionally Ben Solo’s distinctive bond with Rey Skywalker to contemplate as properly. As a Force dyad, Ben and Rey possessed uniquely highly effective Drive talents able to transcending each time and house.

Out of all of the sequel trilogy characters, Kylo Ren/Ben Solo simply had essentially the most untapped potential, and his demise shouldn’t have been the deal-breaker that stored his spin-off from getting made.

We have Seen The Web Rally Earlier than With Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool

Deadpool in costume and looking at his drawing in Deadpool (2016) — Deadpool in costume and taking a look at his drawing in Deadpool (2016)

Within the days following Adam Driver’s reveal, enormous sections of the Star Wars fandom have united in a approach that is really fairly uncommon to see. Countless Star Wars fans have taken to social media to show their support for The Hunt for Ben Solo, demanding that Disney reverse its determination and that Lucasfilm fast-tracks the spin-off.

Apparently sufficient, we noticed one thing comparable in 2014, when check footage of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool was launched on the Web shortly after it had been rejected by twentieth Century Fox (Reynolds himself was greater than probably concerned within the footage’s launch).

After the Deadpool test footage went viral, excessive fan demand compelled Fox’s hand, and Deadpool was greenlit (albeit with a relatively small funds for a superhero blockbuster). However, 2016’s R-rated Deadpool went on to earn over $780 million worldwide with an 82% Rotten Tomatoes rating. The remaining is historical past, with two extra sequels and an anticipated MCU future for Reynolds’ Wade Wilson.

2016’s Deadpool is compelling proof that the correct mixture of inventive conviction and fan enthusiasm can revive even essentially the most deserted initiatives. If followers rallied behind Deadpool and even “Ugly Sonic” for that matter, they might simply as simply inspire Disney to revive a Star Wars spin-off centered round one of many franchise’s hottest characters from the sequel trilogy.

Is There Nonetheless Hope For The Hunt For Ben Solo?

Ben Solo Fighting Knights of Ren in Rise of Skywalker-1

The percentages of Disney reversing its determination on The Hunt for Ben Solo aren’t extremely excessive, although Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool proves they’re removed from inconceivable.

If viewers demand on the Web continues to develop and Adam Driver expresses a real curiosity in returning, it is potential that the studio may rethink. Particularly now that Lucasfilm is pivoting again to extra theatrical releases, perhaps the time is finally right for The Hunt for Ben Solo.

Optimistically, on-line demand and requires the challenge will not die down, which might hopefully result in Disney paying consideration and altering course.

Reynolds proved that persistence and the holy union of inventive and fan ardour can carry initiatives again from the brink. If audiences proceed to voice curiosity, and if Disney acknowledges the true potential on their palms, The Hunt for Ben Solo may nonetheless discover its approach again to being in improvement for the close to future.

In an period the place nothing actually has to remain useless, I do assume there’s nonetheless a level of hope for Ben Solo’s return to the Star Wars franchise.