Adam Driver says he's finished with Kylo Ren and 'Star Wars'

Adam Driver says his time as Kylo Ren is over. Asked on Wednesday's episode of The Rich Eisen Show whether he was done with the character, he answered quickly: "Yeah. It's over."

"No more Star Wars," Driver said, and then explained why. "We tried to do one more. But they were like, 'No, he's dead.'"

He was talking about The Hunt for Ben Solo, a proposed standalone film about his character that Disney turned down. Steven Soderbergh was attached to direct. The story would have picked up Ben Solo, the character also known as Kylo Ren, after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, where he died.

Driver said the team put in about two years of serious work on the project. "We worked on it for a few years, really and earnestly for two years," he said. He described a script he wrote with Soderbergh, Scott Burns and Rebecca Blunt as really good. "It was really cool, but I don't get to decide," he said.

Driver first disclosed the project and its rejection in October 2025. At that time, he said Lucasfilm loved the idea after the team presented the script. Star Wars leaders, including Kathleen Kennedy, supported the film.

The decision came from the executives above them. "We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no," Driver said last year. He said the Disney executives couldn't accept that the character was still alive. "And that was that," he said.

Earlier this summer, Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni said the movie was not in active development.

On Wednesday, Rich Eisen asked whether Driver would return if someone revived the project. Driver said he would. "If they wanted to, fine. But it's not our call," he said. "I think the ship has sailed, though."

Soderbergh has also stepped away. He has said he isn't interested in going back to The Hunt for Ben Solo and believes the film would already have happened if it were going to. He is now helping direct the final weeks of production on The Batman Part 2. Soderbergh stepped in after director Matt Reeves left the production during filming because of a personal matter. Soderbergh is following Reeves' direction and vision and plans to hand the film back to him for post-production.

Fans campaigned for Disney to reconsider the Ben Solo film. Driver said he was moved by their efforts. "The fans' response to it, though, was pretty incredible," he said. He added that he never expected supporters to put up billboards or fly planes over Disney. "That was pretty cool," he said.

Disney is working on Star Wars Episode 10, with Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts attached to direct. It is not clear whether sequel-trilogy characters such as Rey or Finn will appear in that film.

Driver stars with Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller in Paper Tiger, which opens in theaters Nov. 13. He is expected to start work on Michael Mann's Heat 2 in December.

In August, he was announced as Mister Sinister in the upcoming X-Men reboot.