Kathleen Kennedy leaving Lucasfilm... maybe in September

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

hmmm....some good points.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/31712...ls-ben-shapiro

Not a bad article and I agree with most of it. He sort of lost me here, though:

"That’s because Kennedy had two choices upon being granted the helm of the Star Wars universe: (1) fast-forward fifty years, beyond the original characters, and reboot, losing the nostalgia of the original characters but gaining freshness; (2) recast the original characters and pick up where Return of the Jedi left off. Instead, in fully risk averse fashion, she chose door (3): leech off the nostalgia while introducing new characters a few years in the future. "

What? Why would #1 be one of the two only options? 50 years forward, like twice as long as between the first two trilogies? Why? #2, the opposite -- recast the original characters and pick up where Return of the Jedi left off... and have no gap at all between trilogies? Weird!

#3 was the soundest of the doors... she just needed to not do a remake and actually have at least a very basic plan for the trilogy, not made up on the fly.