> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Disney shoots down Adam Driver’s ‘Star Wars’ pitch, Boo Buckets are back, and Domingo returns - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/disney-shoots-down-adam-drivers-star-wars-pitch-boo-buckets-are-back-and-domingo-returns/ - Published: 2025-10-25T12:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-26T18:16:30.000Z - Description: Your weekly rundown of everything from Popculturology, Deep SNL Thoughts and Snackology. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: The Omnicosm • Saturday Wrap, The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Omnicosm, Star Wars, Adam Driver, Black Phone, SNL, Sabrina Carpenter, The Mandalorian, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola Hello! Welcome to the Oct. 25, 2025, edition of the **Saturday Wrap**. Here’s everything you might of missed from **The Omnicosm**. ## Join The Omnicosm Join the hundreds of subscribers who already get the free ****Popculturology**, ****Deep SNL Thoughts** and ****Snackology** newsletters. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2025/10/lede-102425-1.png) ###### Popculturology • Friday Newsletter ### Adam Driver pitched a Ben Solo ‘Star Wars’ movie. Disney said no. If I were CEO of Disney, and **Adam Driver** came to me with a pitch for a Ben Solo movie and already had **Steven Soderbergh** on board to direct and **Scott Z. Burns** on board to write the script, I’d green light that movie in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I’m not the CEO of Disney. Driver, who played Kylo Ren/Ben Solo in the *Star Wars* sequel trilogy, revealed in a new interview with the *Associated Press* that his attempt to continue the story of that character was shot down by Disney. [Keep reading ...](https://www.theomnicosm.com/adam-driver-pitched-a-ben-solo-star-wars-movie-disney-said-no/) [The Box Office Report: ‘Black Phone 2’ answers the call with $26.5M opening weekendMeanwhile, Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’ falls further behind the box office pace of ‘Tron: Legacy.’![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/icon/circle-rebrand-18.png)The OmnicosmBill Kuchman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/thumbnail/lede-102025-BO.png)](https://www.theomnicosm.com/black-phone-2-answers-the-call-with-26-5m-opening-weekend/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2025/10/lede-101925-SNL-2.png) ###### Deep SNL Thoughts • Episodes Reviews ### The universe finally lets Sabrina Carpenter host *SNL* — and she brings Domingo with her Over the past few years, it felt like the universe was willing into existence this moment when **Sabrina Carpenter** hosted *SNL*. She was the musical guest when **Jake Gyllenhaal** closed out Season 49\. She opened *SNL50* alongside **Paul Simon** in February before mixing it up with **Pedro Pascal** and **Marcello Hernandez** in a Domingo sketch later in that milestone special. She even popped up during **Quinta Brunson**’s monologue toward the end of last season. This episode was fated to happen. Did it live up to the moment? [Keep reading ...](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-universe-finally-lets-sabrina-carpenter-host-snl-and-she-brings-domingo-with-her/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2025/10/lede-102025-POD-1.png) ###### The Omnicosm • Podcast Appearance ### Breaking down *The Mandalorian and Grogu* trailer with *Hoth Takes* The folks over at *Hot Takes* were kind enough to invite me back, this time to talk about the first trailer for *The Mandalorian and Grogu*. I chatted with **Eric Geller** and **Haley Byrd Wilt** about what our hopes were for the first *Star Wars* movie since 2019 and what its release could mean for the franchise. [Keep reading ...](https://www.theomnicosm.com/breaking-down-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-trailer-with-hoth-takes/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2025/10/lede-boo-buckets-1.png) ###### Snackology • Classics ### Boo Buckets are back to scare up some McDonald’s Halloween fun If you were a kid back in the 1980s and 1990s, the McDonald’s Happy Meal at Halloween was unrivaled. Sure, Happy Meal toys back then were fantastic, but when trick-or-treat time rolled around, you could get a Halloween bucket. I’m envious of the people who had the ghost bucket. We had a bunch of pumpkin buckets and a witch bucket at our house, but we never got the ghost one. It glowed in the dark! How could I not have been envious of the kids who had that one. At some point during the 2010s, McDonald’s stopped offering the Halloween pails. I’m not sure the reasoning behind that decision, but like many great Happy Meal perks — the iconic Hot Wheels/Barbie summer duo, those lemon-y McDonaldland cookies — it appeared that the Halloween buckets had been locked away in the terrifying Officer Big Mac prison somewhere deep in the confines of McDonaldland. But then something magical happened a few years ago. McDonald’s brought the Halloween pails back, dubbing them “**Boo Buckets**” and making them available once again in the classic trio of the orange pumpkin, green witch and white ghost. [Keep reading ...](https://www.theomnicosm.com/boo-buckets-are-back-to-scare-up-some-mcdonalds-halloween-fun/) [Snackology Review: It’s easy being green when you’re Retro Diet Coke LimeThe throwback version of the flavor adds some zest to the basic taste of Diet Coke.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/icon/circle-rebrand-19.png)The OmnicosmBill Kuchman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/thumbnail/lede-diet-coke-lime.png)](https://www.theomnicosm.com/its-easy-being-green-when-youre-retro-diet-coke-lime/) ****The Omnicosm** is written and produced by ****Bill Kuchman**. Copyediting by ****Tim Kuchman**. 💰 Like what you’re reading on ****The Omnicosm**? 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