Kathleen Kennedy, one of the most prolific and most retained in modern Hollywood history, can retire at the end of this year. In the past decade and more, she has been president of Lucasfilm where she – for better and worse – led Usher Star Wars In the 21st century with a new trilogy, fallout and a booming television slate. Now, however, that it can all end.
The news broke out early Tuesday morning via Puck Newswhich has developed the relationships like specifically Kennedy withdrawing from the post, rather than being ousted in one form or another. Puck News also alleys that Kennedy had previously planned to retire in 2024, going so far as to set up a potential interview with the press, but finally decided to suspend the decision for another year. Io9 contacted Lucasfilm to comment but had not heard as a publication.
In 2012, before Lucasfilm was sold in Disney, Kennedy was picked by hand by George Lucas to pass the studio in his new and unprecedented era. In the years that followed, Kennedy brought the franchise in a good and bad way. She, of course, had a huge success with The Mandalorian,, Rogue One, And Star Wars: The Force Awakens, But was also criticized for having released too early too early, not being adventurous enough with projects that go to screens while leaving a band of products announced in various uncertain limbo states, and, especially in recent years, do not convincingly come to navigate Lucasfilm through the cultural war that Star Wars often found itself a game, letting the actors and the crew fend for themselves.
So no, it was not always a smooth navigation. On the other hand, it is impossible to deny the successes that Kennedy contributed to during his mandate as president of Lucasfilm – who has to create new characters like Grogu and Rey who have become beloved by generations of new and old fans, bringing stars like Ewan McGregor and Temuera Morrison, or pushing for one of the Star Wars“ The greatest modern successes in Andor. Because even when she missed, Kennedy did what she felt that fans wanted.
Of course, before becoming the queen of Star WarsKennedy has had a long career as a successful producer. She started working alongside Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg Raiders of the lost ark and stayed on this path, working with them and the others on everything, GOONIES And Return to the futurehas Jurassic Park, Schindler listand the rest of Indiana Jones Movies.
If Kennedy East In retirement, the question becomes, who intervenes? The president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has long imagined himself Star Wars Fan that a Marvel fan, maybe he would see it as a chance to jump the ship. Internally, Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau – which have been the main creative forces of the studio in recent years, marked by Filoni’s own ascent to the position of the Director of Creation at the end of 2023 – seem to be good assumptions. THE management team Also has a plethora of talents experienced in the list, of the president of Lynwen Brennan affairs, to the longtime producer and current executive vice-president Carrie Beck and others.
Whoever takes over will join at a key moment in Star Wars history. Since Disney resumed the franchise, we are currently in the longest drought of Star Wars movies on the big screen to date with the next one, The Mandalorian and the GroguEven more than a year old. After that, films have spread throughout the Star Wars The chronology would be in progress, but nothing is settled in stone. It’s a crossroads, not just because of the place Star Wars Go, but because his last captain could finally resign. With all eyes on Star Wars Celebration in a few months to give us a vision of Star Wars“The future at this crossroads from a creative point of view, it would not be surprising that we hear more about the future of Kennedy in more certain terms.
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