3 more years of Kathleen Kennedy at Lucasfilm

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Kathleen Kennedy reportedly renews her contract with Lucasfilm through 2024. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, George Lucas handpicked Kennedy to be the studio's new president, entrusting his old colleague to oversee a new wave of Star Wars and Indiana Jones projects. Nearly a decade later, a slate of five Star Wars movies have been released, a plethora of Star Wars TV shows are coming through the pipeline, and Indiana Jones 5 is currently filming ahead of its 2023 release date. While there is a lot for viewers to look forward to, Kennedy's tenure has proven to be divisive amongst audiences for a variety of reasons.

In Matthew Beloni's newsletter for Puck (hat tip Star Wars News Net), it's mentioned Kennedy's deal with Lucasfilm has been extended, keeping her in place as president until at least 2024.

"Kennedy has a lot of good things happening at Lucasfilm, and I’m told she recently re-upped her deal for another three years.”



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[Sumac]

Just how much dirt she has on Disney?

[Leo656]

Headline should read, "Disney Has So Much Money They Don't Care How Many Nerds They Piss Off," with the extension being the sub-header.

Ruin Star Wars, remain bulletproof. God Bless America.

Actually, it's "God Bless 'The Mandalorian'," I guess. Because if that show had failed to "redeem" the entire Star Wars brand, I can't see this bitch keeping her job.

I guess no good deed goes unpunished. Stupid "Baby Yoda Show"! See what you did? You and your dumb chickie nuggie memes made people like Star Wars again and now we're stuck with Kennedy! Why couldn't you have the good sense to suck so we'd be rid of her?!

[ZariusTwo]

Doomcock is squirming and I love it.

[AquaParade]

Isn't there a downward trend since The Last Jedi? And she clearly has issues when it comes to choosing directors for projects.

Pretty odd. I guess the thought process could be to just not do anything to rock a boat that is, at least as of now, still a certified juggernaut, despite the trajectory. It could also have something to do with finding a suitable replacement. Maybe they tried and just couldn't pin one down who they felt comfortable with.

I'm not up on all things SW, so there could be something I'm missing.

[IMJ]

Doomcock is squirming and I love it.

He's honestly spent way too much time saying that her time is done. He's like the Robert Kiyosaki of pop culture, but instead of doom and gloom for the stock market, it's doom and gloom for Kathleen Kennedy. Not that he's wrong in his perspective, but I mean - don't report that someone is on the "outs" until they are.

Kathleen Kennedy on the other hand is a full-fledged idiot who rode purely on the coat tails of Lucas and Spielberg her entire career. If Lucas never handed her the keys I wonder what would've have become of her. My guess is that she's riding her job purely on "fixture status" and Lucasfilm.

[IMJ]

I guess they're keeping her to save face and giving her a second chance because the mandalorian was a huge hit. I do hope they get rid of her though, she has forever ruined star wars and no matter how many great projects they release now it's impossible to completely heal the wounds of the sequel trilogy.

This. Except for the Mandalorian part.

My understanding was that was a destructive force there somehow outmaneuvered a bit by Filoni and Favreau. I would doubt - strongly - that the Mandalorian has much if any at all of "Kennedy" in it.

I think it's saving face because they let her get out there so loudly with her mouth in the first place as a figurehead that they can't cut ties because of perception. It happens in business all the time.

[Leo656]

I mean, apparently/supposedly Patty Jenkins is still gonna get to make Wonder Woman 3, despite WW84 being smashed by pretty much everyone AND the fact it bled money. We live in interesting times where stuff happens despite making zero sense.

I'm guessing Jenkins gets another swing in her situation because she probably blamed WB for undermining the movie's financial success - "I TOLD you not to put it out on streaming and to wait until it could hit theaters! This isn't MY fault, it's YOUR fault!" - and in turn, they couldn't disprove her, so they figured, "Okay, ONE more chance".

No idea why Kennedy gets a pass, though.

[IMJ]

I mean, apparently/supposedly Patty Jenkins is still gonna get to make Wonder Woman 3, despite WW84 being smashed by pretty much everyone AND the fact it bled money. We live in interesting times where stuff happens despite making zero sense.

I'm guessing Jenkins gets another swing in her situation because she probably blamed WB for undermining the movie's financial success - "I TOLD you not to put it out on streaming and to wait until it could hit theaters! This isn't MY fault, it's YOUR fault!" - and in turn, they couldn't disprove her, so they figured, "Okay, ONE more chance".

No idea why Kennedy gets a pass, though.

Those directors get a pass exclusively because of the plausible deniability that the "pandemic affected our box office, but this would've been a smash hit".

It's all a pass the buck game.

[Andrew NDB]

It's difficult to think about Star Wars in 2021 for longer than a few seconds without immediately becoming somewhat depressed.

[Leo656]

I just pretend nothing but "Knights of the Old Republic" is canon. Not even the movies! F*ck it! :lol:

Even the original trilogy has nothing on that game, f*cking fight me. KOTOR is the greatest piece of Star Wars media ever created and everything else only existed to facilitate its eventual existence. You can keep ALL the damn movies, I seen 'em plenty anyways. I could live without 'em, but I would never want to face the chance of never playing KOTOR again.

Second one's pretty meh. Some great ideas, though, just got rushed out 2/3s done. THAT game needs a do-over. PC gamers got a fan-made patch eventually but us poor Xbox guys were screwed. Not fair!