Dave Filoni Confirms Disney Isn't Making Scrapped Star Wars Movie The Hunt for Ben Solo 'Right Now' | D23 2026

Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni has confirmed that, contempt the propulsion from fans, Disney inactive isn't moving connected its scrapped Star Wars movie The Hunt for Ben Solo.

Variety pressed The Clone Wars orchestrator astir the shelved Steven Soderbergh task aft past night's Disney Entertainment Showcase astatine D23 2026. Considering fans person been pushing Disney and Lucasfilm to bring Adam Driver's Kylo Ren backmost for The Hunt for Ben Solo for months, it shouldn't beryllium a astonishment to perceive Filoni has been expecting to beryllium asked astir the task for immoderate time.

"You know, idiosyncratic was going to inquire maine that successful this line," helium said with a smile. "I'm amazed it took this long, truthful that's truly cool."

Dave Filoni confirms that Lucasfilm is not making “The Hunt for Ben Solo” close now. #D23 pic.twitter.com/pH414RuZtc

Filoni, gesturing with a notation to the Jedi's hand-waving caput tricks, past said, "We're not making that representation close now. That's each I tin say."

He had a akin effect for Deadline: "It’s not here, you won’t find it here. The unit is not with america successful that regard; I emotion the emotion you consciousness for it."

Fans perked up with the anticipation for much sequel trilogy Star Wars erstwhile Driver spilled the beans astir a shelved task past October. He said the task was successful improvement with the rubric The Hunt for Ben Solo and had been worked connected by helium and Soderbergh for 2 years earlier Disney pulled the plug. At the time, the Traffic manager said, "I truly enjoyed making the movie successful my head. I’m conscionable atrocious the fans won’t get to spot it."

Even erstwhile Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said The Hunt for Ben Solo's publication was "great," but that didn't halt Disney from mounting the movie aside. Considering Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker near Kylo Ren's communicative connected a spot of a sour note, strength from fans has truly lone ramped up the past fewer months. While immoderate flew a "Save The Hunt for Ben Solo" banner implicit Walt Disney Studios, others waited for the premiere of this year's The Mandalorian and Grogu to dependable their dissatisfaction.

Although Soderbergh went connected to telephone the determination to scrap the movie "insane," adding that Disney got "two and a fractional years of escaped work" from him, Driver, and screenwriter Rebecca Blunt, it doesn't dependable similar he's been hopeful that the task could rematerialize. When asked successful April if determination was a anticipation of The Hunt for Ben Solo being revived, helium said, "nope."

"If it was gonna happen, it would person happened," Soderbergh told The Playlist. "It's that simple."

With Filoni present successful complaint of Lucasfilm, it sounds similar that anticipation inactive isn't high, astatine slightest not yet. His tongue-in-cheek reply does astatine slightest suggest the Star Wars minds astatine Disney are much than alert that it's thing fans privation to see, though.

In the meantime, Star Wars is chugging ahead. Following The Mandalorian and Grogu's premiere successful May, the franchise is acceptable to proceed connected Disney+ with Ahsoka Season 2 acknowledgment to its recently revealed January 2027 merchandise date. D23 besides gave IGN a sneak peek astatine the archetypal trailer for 2027's Star Wars: Starfighter. You tin drawback up connected each of the event's biggest announcements close here.

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