Kathleen Kennedy finally steps down

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Kathleen Kennedy will end her 14-year run at Lucasfilm. She will be replaced by not one, but two executives when she leaves the Walt Disney Company this year. Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni and President and General Manager Lynwen Brennan will both lead the company behind “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” as it looks to recapture its stride. Filoni’s elevation had been widely expected, but Brennan’s promotion is something of a surprise. It suggests that Disney felt the need to pair a strong filmmaking force with someone with a firm sense of budgets and balance sheets.

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/k...rs-1236624307/

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[Andrew NDB]

Watch out for that Lynwen Brennan. She's every bit a younger version of Kennedy as you might fear. She's openly pushed for changing multiple "boys" properties into girls' properties and all that stuff in the past. She's going to be Filoni's minder in the same was Kennedy herself was, so nothing really is going to change.

[ZariusTwo]

The A.I Fan films are the future now, doesn't matter who's in the chair, the learners have become the masters.

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

The A.I Fan films are the future now, doesn't matter who's in the chair, the learners have become the masters.

I don't think people realize how much the industry is going to change in just the next few years. Hollywood will likely try to keep doing the same thing while copyright striking any AI films as they get progressively better each year. It'll be like the music industry vs mp3s in the 2000s all over again.

[ZariusTwo]

Lucasfilm had better watch out