View Full Version : Kathleen Kennedy is not being replaced says Disney CEO
Autbot_Benz
03-09-2021, 04:52 PM
“We’ve been absolutely thrilled that we can have the kind of talent like Kathy Kennedy to direct Lucasfilm… We look forward to having Kathleen Kennedy running the Lucasfilm organization for many years to come.”
What is the Disney CEO Bob Chapek smoking cause I want some of that
https://collider.com/is-kathleen-kennedy-being-replaced-lucasfilm-reason-why/
I knew the "internal struggle civil war inside Lucas film" was all cuckservative fake nnews for the gullible and too good to be true.
Despite Star Wars earning millions of dollars, Solo, TLJ and ROS were clearly failures financially and critically which is why they backed out of their annual Disney Star Wars movies (https://miscrave.com/articles/annual-star-wars-spin-offs/). But clearly there is no "civil war" or whatever and disney decided to stick with Kathleen Kennedy, so that's how it is, at least for now, anything else is rampant speculation.
Return of investment isn't calculated soley on profits, for s high risk high reward industry like hollywood they can't take chances.
Sumac
03-09-2021, 05:35 PM
Sad.
It means SW will continue to suck (mostly).
Shark_Blade
03-09-2021, 05:45 PM
She's made them billions of dollars and frankly the franchise under her watch has had more successes (Episode 7, Rogue One, all the shows except Resistance, other stuff like the books) than failures (Episodes 8 and 9, Resistance, and Solo).
They were never gonna fire her.
Galactus
03-09-2021, 06:03 PM
The newer Star Wars movies aren't for me (the only one I really liked was Rogue One) but all but one have been huge financial successes. You could make a reasonable case that the one that didn't do big numbers (Solo) was the one to give all the ones baying Kennedy's blood exactly what they wanted. If I were Disney I'd look at that and be very happy with it.
Vegita-San
03-09-2021, 06:05 PM
they are scared to fire her.
Plain and simple. and the civil war IS a thing.
For ****s sake, Kennedy's latest character is a ROCK named GEODE....
AquaParade
03-09-2021, 06:18 PM
A lot of her success was inherited, so it's hard to say. You have to look at the trend within the timespan of her working on the property. I'm pretty sure there has been a decline in numbers, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
they are scared to fire her.
Plain and simple. and the civil war IS a thing.
For ****s sake, Kennedy's latest character is a ROCK named GEODE....
Yyyyyuup.
And someone above said something about how she made them millions.
Anyone could've made Disney millions with Star Wars. Anyone. Yet she did it while managing to alienate or piss off most of the fanbase.
Don't feed your addictions if you have issues with any of this. Don't give Disney Star Wars a dime. I haven't - not since I saw the Last Jedi in theaters. That was it.
For ****s sake, Kennedy's latest character is a ROCK named GEODE....
https://64.media.tumblr.com/073027838689f12ab7619547e29bbad4/70ace61c35720c8c-28/s640x960/8533e1a9dfe31b20db78a011a8ac090997007d72.jpg
Vegita-San
03-09-2021, 06:40 PM
that is far more creative. this is what we got
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNXGApOv0VU/maxresdefault.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNXGApOv0VU/maxresdefault.jpg
And it somehow pilots a ship called...'Vessel'.
Yeah, they are publicly spitting in our faces with this un creative crap.
Jester
03-09-2021, 06:49 PM
"Geode’s true name could only be pronounced by those without a mouth.”
What?
Vegita-San
03-09-2021, 06:51 PM
maybe it has a vibration language....I just put far more thought into it than they did.
TurtleTitan97
03-09-2021, 07:02 PM
I knew the "internal struggle civil war inside Lucas film" was all cuckservative fake nnews for the gullible and too good to be true.
The fact that people actually bought into those (quite frankly obvious) lies for so long was pretty sad.
CyberCubed
03-09-2021, 08:15 PM
and the civil war IS a thing.
I like how someone with no inside knowledge of how anything at Lucasfilm or Disney works thinks there's some sort of "civil war" by people who are all millionaires as if this is someones personal fanfiction or indie movie.
Andrew NDB
03-09-2021, 08:40 PM
I knew the "internal struggle civil war inside Lucas film" was all cuckservative fake nnews for the gullible and too good to be true.
This doesn't mean there wasn't one. It just means she "won."
Leo656
03-09-2021, 08:49 PM
If we've learned nothing else from following the development of numerous films over the last decade, there is ALWAYS an internal struggle or "civil war" going on behind-the-scenes at any studio.
Frankly, I'm amazed at this point that with all the nonsense going on, that any movie ever actually 1. Gets made, and/or 2. Is good.
Sumac
03-10-2021, 01:39 AM
Much as I'd like to believe there is a "civil war", I think its scale and intensity are overrated. People might hate each other behind the scenes, but corporate money keep everyone together and silent.
No-one will go out of their to please relatively small group of old fans and lose their job and antagonize Pedowood establishment.
ZariusTwo
03-10-2021, 06:20 AM
This is very much a P.R version of this
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Galactus
03-10-2021, 05:31 PM
I'm sure there has been some discussion on how there's some fans dissatisfied with the direction of the franchise but I'm positive the billions she's made them shuts that down pretty fast.
Vegita-San
03-10-2021, 05:42 PM
This doesn't mean there wasn't one. It just means she "won."
sadly, yes. companies are SO afraid of the big bad woke twitter mob, that they are willing to sacrifice reputation, money and power in order to win over twitter likes. it's honestly INSANE the levels they go to, when just 6 years ago, she'd have been fired at the first sign of mass failure or inability to lead. A guy would have been fired already.
Coola Yagami
03-10-2021, 07:49 PM
sadly, yes. companies are SO afraid of the big bad woke twitter mob, that they are willing to sacrifice reputation, money and power in order to win over twitter likes. it's honestly INSANE the levels they go to, when just 6 years ago, she'd have been fired at the first sign of mass failure or inability to lead. A guy would have been fired already.
I seriously hate that Twitter has that much power. They literally have everyone by the balls.
Vegita-San
03-11-2021, 07:13 PM
Twitter honestly needs to be shut down at this point. it's nothing but a cesspool of hate and angry teens
CyberCubed
03-11-2021, 07:18 PM
Twitter honestly needs to be shut down at this point. it's nothing but a cesspool of hate and angry teens
Most people on twitter are 20-30+ year olds.
Galactus
03-11-2021, 07:52 PM
just 6 years ago, she'd have been fired at the first sign of mass failure or inability to lead. A guy would have been fired already.
What were Kathleen Kennedy's failures again?
Andrew NDB
03-11-2021, 07:56 PM
What were Kathleen Kennedy's failures again?
Not getting along with the director and electing to completely reshoot "Rogue One." Not getting along with the directors and electing to completely reshoot "Solo"... then having it fail (directly prompting Disney at large to cancel all of the non-trilogy Star Wars movies in pre-production). Total polarization of the fandom beginning with "The Last Jedi" and continuing into "The Rise of Skywalker" and the making of the brand semi-radioactive, as seen in the turnout for things like the ST-based Star Wars experience at Disney Land (yes, even pre-COVID). The only thing receiving any good worth of mouth is "The Mandalorian," with which she has slim to nothing to do with.
Galactus
03-11-2021, 08:09 PM
Not getting along with the director and electing to completely reshoot "Rogue One." Not getting along with the directors and electing to completely reshoot "Solo"... then having it fail (directly prompting Disney at large to cancel all of the non-trilogy Star Wars movies in pre-production). Total polarization of the fandom beginning with "The Last Jedi" and continuing into "The Rise of Skywalker" and the making of the brand semi-radioactive, as seen in the turnout for things like the ST-based Star Wars experience at Disney Land (yes, even pre-COVID). The only thing receiving any good worth of mouth is "The Mandalorian," with which she has slim to nothing to do with.
And you know what Disney's response to this is?
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All the new trilogy earned over a billion. Rogue One earned close to that and even though Solo wasn't a huge success it still made a profit.
They don't care that some fans on the internet are unhappy. Even if we count Solo as a failure that's one movie in five, that's an impressive strike rate. The spin off movies were always a long shot anyway.
Like I said at the top of this the newer aren't really my thing but no one at Disney pays anything but a passing notice of the anti-Kathleen Kennedy movement. Her movies start failing then you'll see her replaced but not before.
Leo656
03-11-2021, 08:24 PM
Ahh, the old "Stuff makes money even if it's garbage" defense, right on time. If only the trains were so predictable. And if only trains were still relevant. But I digress.
Insert standard "Transformers movies all made money, all still sh*t anyway" counterpoint. Poisoning your own brand for a fast buck is not a good long-term business model. But hey, "$$$" so all criticisms are invalid. Awesome.
TigerClaw
03-11-2021, 08:26 PM
And you know what Disney's response to this is?
https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.WqA8~2eefa/w:600/h:463/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/11/sport-of-tycoons-carl-barks.jpg
All the new trilogy earned over a billion. Rogue One earned close to that and even though Solo wasn't a huge success it still made a profit.
They don't care that some fans on the internet are unhappy. Even if we count Solo as a failure that's one movie in five, that's an impressive strike rate. The spin off movies were always a long shot anyway.
Like I said at the top of this the newer aren't really my thing but no one at Disney pays anything but a passing notice of the anti-Kathleen Kennedy movement. Her movies start failing then you'll see her replaced but not before.
Also there are the fans who don't really follow all the drama that's going on, and just watch the movies with there families.
Leo656
03-11-2021, 08:28 PM
They'd have to be watching them with their eyes closed or an armful of black tar heroin not to notice how f*cking garbage they are.
Turo602
03-11-2021, 08:35 PM
They'd have to be watching them with their eyes closed or an armful of black tar heroin not to notice how f*cking garbage they are.
They notice, they just don't b*tch about them on the internet, they b*tch to their friends and family and move on but their money counts so they must have loved it.
Leo656
03-11-2021, 08:46 PM
"The Last Jedi" was the only time I can remember actually walking out of a movie theater angry.
Yeah, they got my money, but they haven't since and possibly never will again. So... yay?
AquaParade
03-11-2021, 08:53 PM
I was just sort of confused by the end of The Last Jedi, after all the praise it received. I figured it was an acquired taste, but I never really warmed up to it, for the most part.
frank_one
03-11-2021, 08:53 PM
The goal for the revival of the brand was to gain new money and gather new fans. They got tons of money out of an horrible new trilogy, pissed off and lost older fans but regained most of them back with Rogue One and The Mandalorian. As far as NEW fans, I don't know: this could be their main failure.
All in all, I hate her :D but she hasn't done bad enought to deserve to be thrown out of the window, unfortunately.
Leo656
03-11-2021, 09:52 PM
It seems like most of the "new fans" they made with "The Last Jedi" jumped off again when "Rise of Skywalker" didn't keep going in the same direction.
Which goes to prove that as suspected, Those People never really even cared about Star Wars. What they cared about, was hijacking Star Wars and turning it into a delivery system for SJW fluff. Once that train derailed, those people abruptly decided that they didn't actually like Star Wars after all. Which anyone could have called from a mile away. Like all those people who never cared about Ghostbusters but jumped on with the Chickbusters movie for no reason other than, "This pisses Real Fans off, and I like that, so I'm all-in." That's who the new Star Wars movies made happy, but almost nobody else.
They did manage to win back a few people, but the jury's still out on how many or if they'll stick around after the next inevitable misfire. I still haven't bothered with "The Mandalorian" and don't really plan to, and I have no faith whatsoever in them actually making a movie that's any good anytime soon. Plenty of people are in the same boat. There'd need to be a full housecleaning among the higher-ups before I'd feel comfortable putting my faith - or money - in the Star Wars brand again.
Sumac
03-12-2021, 04:34 AM
All the new trilogy earned over a billion. Rogue One earned close to that and even though Solo wasn't a huge success it still made a profit.
And damaged reputation of the SW movies in the process.
In other studios people responsible for this being replaced or fired. Like look at all **** which has happened with DC cinematic universe: even though movies were profitable, they still lead to cancelation of other projects and staff shake ups.
Andrew NDB
03-12-2021, 06:26 AM
If they weren't aware and reactive to the extremely negative reception of SW films and their handling in a post-Last Jedi world we would still be getting 1 Star Wars movie a year. Starting with Star Wars: Boba Fett (which was already in production), then Han Solo 2, and Obi-Wan. And Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy would have been fast-tracked for sure, not just this thing many years later Kennedy likes to threaten the fans with occasionally when she's feeling particularly malevolent.
frank_one
03-12-2021, 07:29 AM
It seems like most of the "new fans" they made with "The Last Jedi" jumped off again when "Rise of Skywalker" didn't keep going in the same direction.
Which goes to prove that as suspected, Those People never really even cared about Star Wars. What they cared about, was hijacking Star Wars and turning it into a delivery system for SJW fluff. Once that train derailed, those people abruptly decided that they didn't actually like Star Wars after all. Which anyone could have called from a mile away. Like all those people who never cared about Ghostbusters but jumped on with the Chickbusters movie for no reason other than, "This pisses Real Fans off, and I like that, so I'm all-in." That's who the new Star Wars movies made happy, but almost nobody else.
They did manage to win back a few people, but the jury's still out on how many or if they'll stick around after the next inevitable misfire. I still haven't bothered with "The Mandalorian" and don't really plan to, and I have no faith whatsoever in them actually making a movie that's any good anytime soon. Plenty of people are in the same boat. There'd need to be a full housecleaning among the higher-ups before I'd feel comfortable putting my faith - or money - in the Star Wars brand again.I agree with all of this. I myself have still never watched The Mandalorian. Sometimes I wonder if it's really good or it's just the fans so desperate and hungry for something more traditional and "comfortable" after being shocked by the new trilogy. That big badass Luke's cameo in the season finale wouldn't have worked so well if the character had not been totally destroyed by The last jedi :ohwell:
ZariusTwo
03-12-2021, 07:53 AM
Mando could easily have been nerfed by the main character's babysitting duties and the domineering trinity of Gina, Sasha and Katie, but wasn't. The writing is very much on point and there's equality with all of the cast.
Vegita-San
03-12-2021, 09:04 AM
And damaged reputation of the SW movies in the process.
In other studios people responsible for this being replaced or fired. Like look at all **** which has happened with DC cinematic universe: even though movies were profitable, they still lead to cancelation of other projects and staff shake ups.
Bingo.
But, in this crazy SJW world, bad reputation, insulting fans, not listening to fans, actively telling fans not to buy their products..f iring people with viewpoints you don't like and supporting others with actively racist viewpoints....
Causing massive production problems...not paying attention to your job and wasting MILLIONS on reshoots and recasting and re directing. Actively trying to sabotage ANYTHING successful in the brand that you personally did not have a hand in doing...
need we go on?
This lady and anyone related to her agenda is poison. and it's infecting hollywood like a cult. Agents are actively telling their clients 'Think Left' even if you don't agree with it....so as to not get the cancel culture mob angry.
What they don't realize, is that the cancel culture mob HAS NO POWER unless they give it to them...because they do not buy or support your products.
it's mind bogglingly insane what is going on right now. and it was not this bad not even 4 years ago.
CyberCubed
03-12-2021, 10:36 AM
They just turned their planned Boba Fett and Obi-wan movies into TV series instead. Boba Fett is now getting his own series, and we have a Obi-Wan series coming as well.
I remember a Yoda movie was being considered too but I wonder if that idea was changed to the baby Yoda in The Mandalorian.
Leo656
03-12-2021, 11:35 AM
Like look at all **** which has happened with DC cinematic universe: even though movies were profitable, they still lead to cancelation of other projects and staff shake ups.
Kind of. That's still an oversimplification of the never-ending clusterf*ck that is WB.
To wit: "Shazam!" got good reviews and was basically "DC's Marvel Movie", but it was by far their lowest-grossing movie in a decade (it probably lost money for the studio), and THAT movie is getting a sequel and a spin-off. Which it probably wouldn't be getting if not for The Rock being involved, but regardless, that's the state of things.
"Movie gets good word of mouth but completely sh*ts the bed on ticket sales; WB says 'F*ck it, let's back THAT horse! It's only money!' in spite of conventional wisdom." I liked the movie, but it goes to show that 1. Nothing is ever cut and dry, and 2. WB as an entity does Whatever The F*ck They Want without any rhyme or reason.
Galactus
03-12-2021, 03:55 PM
Ahh, the old "Stuff makes money even if it's garbage" defense, right on time. If only the trains were so predictable. And if only trains were still relevant. But I digress.
Insert standard "Transformers movies all made money, all still sh*t anyway" counterpoint. Poisoning your own brand for a fast buck is not a good long-term business model. But hey, "$$$" so all criticisms are invalid. Awesome.
It's not a really a defense of those movies it's just a fact. As someone who has never fully warmed to them I'll continue to call out what I dislike about them but we are were we are in terms of their commercial success.
It seems like most of the "new fans" they made with "The Last Jedi" jumped off again when "Rise of Skywalker" didn't keep going in the same direction.
Which goes to prove that as suspected, Those People never really even cared about Star Wars. What they cared about, was hijacking Star Wars and turning it into a delivery system for SJW fluff. Once that train derailed, those people abruptly decided that they didn't actually like Star Wars after all. Which anyone could have called from a mile away. Like all those people who never cared about Ghostbusters but jumped on with the Chickbusters movie for no reason other than, "This pisses Real Fans off, and I like that, so I'm all-in." That's who the new Star Wars movies made happy, but almost nobody else.
They did manage to win back a few people, but the jury's still out on how many or if they'll stick around after the next inevitable misfire. I still haven't bothered with "The Mandalorian" and don't really plan to, and I have no faith whatsoever in them actually making a movie that's any good anytime soon. Plenty of people are in the same boat. There'd need to be a full housecleaning among the higher-ups before I'd feel comfortable putting my faith - or money - in the Star Wars brand again.
I don't really like parsing out who is a 'real' fan and who isn't. Putting aside that some longtime fans did like The Last Jedi and some newer younger fans prefer the classics the idea of the movie attracting a new audience isn't at all a bad thing at all. They weren't jumping on a bandwagon they simply liked a movie and couldn't understand the hatred it was getting from some quarters.
If debate on the movie was centered around subjects like whether the old school cast should have all been reunited at least once or the importance of the Skywalker story and whether people should be naturally skilled at the force without training in a swamp somewhere that'd be fine. It's when the discussion quickly goes into; the evil SJWs are ruining Star Wars with their women and blacks and gays that we should tune it out.
Rise of Skywalker walked back some of the creative decisions and paid the price for it showing, it turned off a lot of the newer fans that were invested in natural progression of the movie they liked and it didn't really win any of the cynics back showing that a lot of the dislike really did boil down didn't like there more diversity in the franchise.
I should point out that the thing that did seem derail Disney's longterm plans for the franchise was Solo. The movie that was everything longtime fans had asked for and pretty much SJW free.
If they weren't aware and reactive to the extremely negative reception of SW films and their handling in a post-Last Jedi world we would still be getting 1 Star Wars movie a year. Starting with Star Wars: Boba Fett (which was already in production), then Han Solo 2, and Obi-Wan. And Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy would have been fast-tracked for sure, not just this thing many years later Kennedy likes to threaten the fans with occasionally when she's feeling particularly malevolent.
Remember back when they first announced a whole wave of new Star Wars films fans were excited at a new sequel trilogy and wary of spin off movies focusing on random franchise minutiae. Rogue One ended up being an unexpected hit whereas it was the under-performance of Solo that screwed all that up. I should point out that movie gave everything the bellyachers wanted and it was the only one that tanked.
Andrew NDB
03-12-2021, 04:53 PM
Remember back when they first announced a whole wave of new Star Wars films fans were excited at a new sequel trilogy and wary of spin off movies focusing on random franchise minutiae. Rogue One ended up being an unexpected hit whereas it was the under-performance of Solo that screwed all that up. I should point out that movie gave everything the bellyachers wanted and it was the only one that tanked.
It was never just that.
Solo failing alone = no big deal. They root canaled out the movie and would probably be happy with a so-so return as such.
Solo failing + Last Jedi's terrible reception + almost nonexistent toy sales + underperformance of "Galaxy's Edge" = Uh oh. Better press pause on the movies.
Galactus
03-12-2021, 05:37 PM
It was never just that.
Solo failing alone = no big deal. They root canaled out the movie and would probably be happy with a so-so return as such.
Solo failing + Last Jedi's terrible reception + almost nonexistent toy sales + underperformance of "Galaxy's Edge" = Uh oh. Better press pause on the movies.
Like I said the spin off movies were always shaky territory from the beginning. Everyone just fooled themselves for a while thinking they would subvert expectations because the first one was an unexpected hit.
Critics loved the The Last Jedi and it had plenty of fans - I wasn't one of them but it had an audience that loved it. It was The Rise of Skywalker that really screwed things up and large part of that was they tried to walk back some of the creative decisions the previous movie pushed.
If I were Disney looking at which of their recent products worked vs those that didn't to see what direction they should take in the future I don't think you'll be very happy with the natural conclusions they'd come up with.
Leo656
03-12-2021, 10:28 PM
I don't really like parsing out who is a 'real' fan and who isn't.
I do. Love it. Can't get enough of it. I'm an incredibly judgmental person so all that suits me just fine. :trazz:
People who never gave a sh*t about Star Wars, and only showed up for the first time in 2017 because "Wummin Protagonist" and "deconstruction" and "salty fanboy tears" and "F*ck Luke Skywalker any damn way", shouldn't GET to have an opinion.
Sumac
03-13-2021, 04:24 AM
I don't like idea of "real fans" and "not real fans" since it is stupid way to divide people and, obviously, everyone who uses such distinctions will assign their own meaning to them.
As for people who joined on SW hype, just because, of political agenda - there are not fans of SW. They are fans of political ideology, but nothing else. And their opinions has nothing to do with quality of the writing or story and should be discarded.
Vegita-San
03-13-2021, 09:39 AM
I don't like idea of "real fans" and "not real fans" since it is stupid way to divide people and, obviously, everyone who uses such distinctions will assign their own meaning to them.
As for people who joined on SW hype, just because, of political agenda - there are not fans of SW. They are fans of political ideology, but nothing else. And their opinions has nothing to do with quality of the writing or story and should be discarded.
back in the day it might have been a more shift arrgument, just based on the many variation of property..and wiht that I'd agree. but I Think true fan has shifted a bit these days.
So long as you agree with the core properties of the franchise, and have the ability to like at least more than one iteration (I.e. a controversial one) I think you can be considered a true fan.
anyone who joins because of political reasons just isn't
Sumac
03-13-2021, 09:44 AM
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What's wrong?
If people claim they are fans of story, but not because they like characters or story itself, but merely, because, of "political message" in it, I wouldn't call them "fans" of said story.
Andrew NDB
11-23-2022, 01:38 PM
Maybe getting replaced:
https://sffgazette.com/sci-fi/star_wars/star-wars-new-rumor-points-to-kathleen-kennedy-being-replaced-as-a3443?fbclid=IwAR3l2J5P-gt9ADY0jGR7K2vz7CVJEuyNqKNhGuVjfEfQ49P9-2lJizxPnEg#gs.j0dwl8
Cowabung-Gal
11-23-2022, 01:58 PM
It’sAGundam believes that Kathleen will one day have fellow YouTuber Doomcock murdered for all the dirt he’s been revealing to the public. I kinda believe it too.
It’sAGundam believes that Kathleen will one day have fellow YouTuber Doomcock murdered for all the dirt he’s been revealing to the public. I kinda believe it too.
Nah she's a Clinton-wannabe.
If she leaves Disney she'll start streaming like Brie Larson on an internet apology tour trying to cultivate a following who will reinforce her for categorically destroying all of our favorite franchises as an outcome of whatever happened to her as a child to make her how she is today.
oldmanwinters
11-24-2022, 10:04 PM
Iger vs Kennedy should warrant its own movie one day.
ZariusTwo
11-21-2023, 12:08 PM
Lucasfilm has finally had it's shake up
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/11/star-wars-ahsoka-dave-filoni
Dave Filoni is now the new chief creative officer
Kathleen's not gone though
CyberCubed
11-21-2023, 02:54 PM
I expect Ahsoka to appear in every series now if they stay in the current timeline.
I'm a bit bored by Filoni's style by now but I don't know if i'm in the minority there.
The other problem is what we've discussed before, no matter how good star wars gets in the post OT era, it all leads to the sequel trilogy. I think the only good way to save Star Wars now is to do a great story that has nothing to do with the Skywalker saga, the sequel trilogy tainted it forever. The only way to enjoy the skywalker era is to forget for a second that the sequel trilogy exists but that only goes so far. And no, no matter what it's never going to get retconned, not that it matters since they can't remake them with the actors, it was a one time opportunity and not much can be done about it.
Panda_Kahn_fan
11-28-2023, 07:10 AM
I don't care about woke or not woke (in this case) female main character or no, as I stated in another thread, there is one reason I will not support Disney Star Wars:
... rebuilding the Jedi order was the responsibility that LUKE earned through his hero's journey and all his hard work and suffering in the original trilogy...
...it was LUKE'S legacy, in both Legends/the old EU and George Lucas's proposed sequel trilogy, rebuilding the jedi was LUKE'S achievement....
...to rip it away from him, make Luke a failure, and give the honor of rebuilding the Jedi to a new character, no matter who they are...
...it is the most scummy, underhanded, idiotic, trashy, worthless twist of storytelling I have ever wasted my money on.
The old EU/legends and George's story sequel trilogy story treatment (if it ever gets released to the public) are the only canon for me. I don't care how good the post-sequel trilogy media is, anything where Rey rebuilds the Jedi instead of Luke is worthless trash. I will never spend another dime on Kathleen Kennedy's self-insert Star Wars fanfic ever again.
Andrew NDB
01-06-2026, 10:59 AM
More fuel on the fire:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/lucasfilm-sets-its-new-co-presidents/
My first post in this thread which is also the first reply is still relevant. FAKE news, a random blog is not real. KK has been rumored to be kicked out since after TLJ and it's all been lies. At this point she's going to retire because of age and people will say "SEE I TOLD YOU, DISNEY KICKED HER OUT BECAUSE OF HER SWs SUCKED"!!!111". No doofus, if that had been the case they would've outted her years ago, not let her retire after pissing away the franchise. Clearly she is of value to them despite the state of the franchise.
And my last post in this thread before this one is also still relevant:
The other problem is what we've discussed before, no matter how good star wars gets in the post OT era, it all leads to the sequel trilogy.
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