Star Wars Episode 8

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

How I feel too.. especially with the head of lucas films anti male message.

If you think about it, Kathleen Kennedy probably experienced a lot of 70s and 80s era sexism to come up as far as she has in the male dominated film industry. She's likely seen more than her share of Weinsteins, Spaceys, and Ratners. Now that she's in a position of great power, she probably wants to shake things up in that regard, in terms of who gets to be in front of the camera as well as who's behind it.

I'd imagine that's at least part of the reason why the newer Star Wars films and projects(at least TFA/sequel trilogy and Rogue One) seem so female-focused.

I'm fine with more female characters, as long as they aren't boring Mary Sues. Maybe when they get through ramming the current stage of the franchise down our throats we'll get an Ahsoka Tano standalone flick about her years as a Grey Jedi. Clone Wars is still canon, and I know one of the characters in Rogue One also originated in the animated shows, so it seems possible.