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NEW VIDEO || Ben Solo | Official Trailer | Disney+ [ahsoka trailer style]

since the release of the new ahsoka trailer, I became inspired to make a new Ben trailer due to my last one being a success (thank you btw 🥰) so I hope everyone enjoys!

Today comes the shocking news via Associated Press (AP) that beginning in 2021, Adam Driver spent two years trying to get a post-TROS Ben Solo movie off the ground. Titled "The Hunt For Ben Solo," the project would've reunited Adam with Scott Z. Burns (The Report) writing the screenplay and with Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky) directing. Dave Filoni loved it. Kathleen Kennedy loved it. Adam said it was the bleeping best script he's ever been a part of. He compared it to TESB.

Bob Iger and Walt Disney Pictures president Alan Bergman shot it down.

Because Ben Solo was dead. You know, in a galaxy where Darth Maul was sawed in half and managed to come back. Where Boba Fett survived the Sarlaac pit. Where Palpatine was resurrected in the very last film with little to no explanation.

Based on what I've seen on X, Reylos, rats, film twitter, and fanboys are united in their utter shock, anger, and disgust. You have one of the most talented, in-demand, respected actors around who WANTS to come back to Star Wars (and didn't wait 15-20 years to want to come back either), who LOVES his character, and was probably the most popular character to come out of the ST. You have an Oscar-winning director who WANTED to make a SW film and directed Adam in one of his most memorable performances. You have an Oscar-nominated screenwriter waiting in the wings. And they were going to get it done with a smaller budget. IT WAS A NO-BRAINER AND THEY STILL TURNED IT DOWN.

This film may or may not have reunited Ben with Rey but I believe it would've healed a lot of the bad vibes after TROS. It would've made people feel a lot better about the ST. And I think Adam believed so too.

This isn't just corporate stupidity, it's malfeasance. If enough fans owned Disney stock, we should file a shareholder's suit! Bob Iger is clearly allergic to money. Picture this:

JARED LETO: Hey, I know my last franchise movie flopped but how about if I star in a third Tron movie? Sure the last one was like 13 years ago and Tron never had more than a nerdy guy cult following, and there are all these allegations against me, but I think it'll be awesome.

BOB IGER: Sure, I'll even give it a $200 million budget!

ADAM DRIVER: I've got Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns to make a Star Wars film with Ben Solo post-TROS. We can get it done super cheap. The fans will love it!

BOB IGER: LOL, no.

While I think it's long been past Kathleen Kennedy's expiration date, I've maintained for years that the problems with Star Wars extend well beyond her leadership. This whole fiasco just proves that point. The Mandalorian & Grogu and Starfighter might turn out okay but right now the ship is run by fools. And I think the fundamental problem is that Disney's suits do not love Star Wars.

The good news is Iger is out the door next year (I hope for good this time) and new leadership might give "The Hunt For Ben Solo" another look. Maybe that's why Adam dropped the bomb now while he's supposed to be promoting his new flick Father Mother Sister Brother.

1. Make sure you do NOT block the sidewalk during this meetup. ALWAYS make a path for pedestrians and be PROACTIVE about this! Blocking the sidewalk is the #1 main excuse ABC will use to call the cops on you.

2. The new ABC building has entrances on ALL FOUR sides of the block, which they own. Take advantage of that if you get pushed off of one side of the building- you can probably get away with playing whack-a-mole with them if you need to.

3. If you get pushed off ABC's block entirely and have to move across the street, continue to actively keep a clear pedestrian path down the sidewalk! Very important for your safety, again don't give the cops any reason to mess with you.

4. I don't know how many people will show up but do your best to stay out of the street. Due to there being no prior permits filed with the city for an "event", blocking the street could give the police a reason to disband the group.

5. Do NOT block any entrance into ABC, nor block ANY EMPLOYEE'S entrance into the building. People coming and going on the weekend especially are just average workers like yourself, do not harass them, they do not know Bob Iger or anybody at LucasFilm. Stay respectful and make sure they can get to work unhindered and on time. If you fail to do any of the above, again, it's an excuse for the cops to show up.

6. Have fun, but stay safe and be KIND, especially to each other, to the pedestrians passing by, and especially to anyone coming in and out of ABC just there to work their shift. Make sure EVERYONE leaves with a good impression.

BONUS: Do NOT try to go inside the ABC building. That's tresspassing in this scenario. They do not have bathrooms for you to use. Make sure you sort out bathrooms for yourself in advance.

my fic for the 2024 rffa valentine's exchange, Peaceful, is up on ao3: read it here

Ben wakes up on Exegol - alive, but with his connection to the force severed. 6282 words • one-shot • TRoS alternate ending

written for the lovely @ceallaigheirinn, who kindly made this gorgeous moodboard in response! 💙

NEW VIDEO || Ben Solo | Official Trailer | Disney+ [ahsoka trailer style]

since the release of the new ahsoka trailer, I became inspired to make a new Ben trailer due to my last one being a success (thank you btw 🥰) so I hope everyone enjoys!

For people who feel they cannot leave a "good enough" comment on a piece of fic. A by no means exhaustive but hopefully helpful list.

1) MOST IMPORTANT: whatever you comment is good, even something as simple as "yay I loved this" is better than no comment. "I'm mad I can't kudos twice" "I really enjoyed this" "I was so excited to get the notification for this story" these are ALL GREAT COMMENTS, you might feel like they're "not good enough" but I assure you you're wrong for most writers, most of the time.

2) quote your favourite line(s) back at the author. if you then comment on the line(s), awesome, but having my writing quoted back at me with 😍 or 😭 or ♥️ = awesome awesome comment.

3) keysmashes make great comments. there are a handful of people I've met who don't appreciate a good adjfjsllfjfnjdjd on their fic, but in my experience they're wildly in the minority.

4) gif responses: code as follows

<img src="LINK-OF-IMAGE-HERE.GIF">

If the image is small you can also add in another piece of code which is

width="100%"

(Goes before the >)

Make sure you keep the " in, they are important.

You can use a different percentage, but percentage rather than pixel size is best because then it adapts to the size of the device.

A gif is like the pictorial version of a keysmash: "I am not able to express my feelings in words, please have this gif of my Emotions™!"

5) where appropriate/true: "headcanon accepted"; having someone say they're adopting a specific thing of mine into their personal headcanon? That's good shit, folks.

6) this was so in character! again, don't lie about it, but if that was your reaction, that's an excellent review - I'm always delighted by these!

7) I can picture this happening in an episode! another one that is never stale.

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If you leave a review with a combination of these things, you stand a genuine risk of your fanwriter crying and/or promising you their firstborn.

In conclusion: No question, any writer is going to be over the moon if you come and leave a long, in depth comment that details your reactions to specific bits of the story or compliments a specific aspect of our writing or our characterisation or our world building, those reviews are golden, they make my week/month/year. When someone comes along and writes a miniature essay in appreciation of my fic, I die of happiness. If you are able and willing to leave such a comment, your fic writer will be delighted. By all means, do it!

BUT

Just saying "adndndjksd i loved this 😄 thank you!" IS A GREAT REVIEW and honestly it's hard to find anyone who wouldn't have their day brightened. No matter how simple or inadequate it may seem, trust me, it is not.

@wolfiethewriter suggested one that's too good not to add to the original post: "how dare you hurt me like this" or variations thereupon is an excellent comment for Ze Angst 👍🏼

Also for smut, "I had to close this because I'm in public" will make your writer very happy.

"Reread kudos" aka "I'm rereading this fic and I don't have words, but I'd give you kudos again if AO3 would let me" is lovely. Like any time someone tells me they're rereading a story I wrote? I'm living for it. Even if that's all they say, I'm 🥹

Another couple of excellent ones by @fanpersoningfox:

My personal favorite is just describing your physical reaction: "this made me smile" or "I'm in physical pain reading this OMG" or describing the circumstances you're reading the fic in: "I'm on public transport, why am I reading pwp on public transport, I should know better" or "it's 3am and I have to get up in four hours but holy shit"