Tokyo, Japan – 07 December: (LR) Manufacturer Kathleen Kennedy, C -3Po and Mark Hamill participate in ‘Star … [+]
One of the most controversial figures in modern stars wars can bend by the end of 2025 according to a new report.
According to Puck’s report, a source of knowledge of Kennedy’s plans says she intends to retire after her current contract is over, though another anonymous source rebuked these claims as “pure speculation”.
Kennedy joined Lucasfilm in 2012, co-chairing the company along with George Lucas and became president when Disney won the company for $ 4 billion shortly thereafter. Her mandate has been a mixed success.
Kennedy’s achievements include excellent Star Wars Disney+ Live-Action Mandalous AND Andj And some big wins in the box, but the biggest picture has been one of the disorders, as Star Wars slips further and further into cultural and commercial importance. The last two Disney+ Star Wars series were unclear failures. Both Akolithic AND Skeleton Had the worst number of viewing all exclusivity. While other Star Wars Disney+ offers were more successful, it’s hard to see Obi-wan OR Boba Fett’s book Like everything, but inaccurate television shows that failed to capture the magic and imagination of Star Wars’s heritage.
Meanwhile, Mouse’s house has struggled to find steady success on the big screen with what was supposed to be a Dunk slammed for Disney by rivaling its success with MCU. While the trilogy of continuing without large arcas numbers (Force wakes up Remains the highest film in the US box history with $ 936 million in domestic / $ 2 billion globally) he also managed to share Fanbase. The fact that a coherent story and direction for the three continuing films was not conceived before filming remains one of the most reinforced mistakes of modern cinema.
Both Solo: A story of Star Wars AND Indiana Jones and the call of luck were great failures in the crate. Solo was the first Star Wars movie that actually lost money. Have passed over five years of the release of Skywalker’s growth And we still have to watch another Star Wars Hit theater film, though many projects have been announced. Some of these remain at the table by directors such as James Mangold and Taika Waititi, while others by Patty Jenkins, Rian Johnson and the creators of ThronesDavid Benioff and DB Weiss will never see the light of the day.
If she retires, Kennedy leaves behind a mixed inheritance at best. This is in accordance with the Lucasfilm tradition. Lucas himself tried to use the Star Wars brand after the original trilogy. Prefaces were successful trading, but for many fans (including myself) they were a mass disappointment. Worse, Lucas’s edits in the original trilogy have left everyone but undesirable. If Star Wars would ever dance as a cultural power plant that was once a giant question mark. Only a movie in a galaxy away, far away is something like a window of release, with mandaloris & Grogu from director Jon Favreau set to hit theaters in 2026.
I would like to see Disney and Lucasfilm towards the Star Wars ship, but at this point it is impossible to say if even a change in leadership could restore old fans, let alone win a new generation in any significant way .
Thankfully, we have season 2 of Andor that comes out in just a few weeks. In a way, amidst all this frustration and mediocrity, Lucasfilm managed to give us a genuine masterpiece. You can see the trailer of season 2 here.