Kathleen Kennedy not leaving lucasfilm

Yes because the story about Rebels fighting STORMTROOPERS and then a prequel about the fall of a republic isn't political....nope...not at all.

(Sarcasm)

 

Based on what exactly?

Please give one specfic example where she was "political" in a way that Star Wars hadn't been in the past.

 

Will I remembered only she talked about gender equality and not about Star Wars in certain interviews and when made in apperception during most of her hiding from toxic fans and had one interview she was only talking about gender instead of Star Wars.

 

I'd say it's more than likely pretty much irrelevant at this point. She showed herself incapable of making their sequel trilogy hang together as a story between the original three director/writers chosen. The complete clashing from one movie to the next which resulted in the third director being let go speaks for itself. That is the great failure of her tenure.

Anything else pales in comparison but it's not like she was alone in this between herself, Iger, Horn and any other unnamed executives along with the directors who couldn't get it together.

Apart from that Rogue One was good if uneven in parts and Solo was fine. That they had to shoot the movie twice was a bit of a debacle but things like this happen in Hollywood.

I suspect that future projects will not only not be anywhere near as important as a sequel trilogy but that her overall part in them will be very much arms length or further. She have her name on them of course but overall I think it's going to be a lesson learned and let creatives create but have a clear delineation of responsibility.

Their ST needed one person in charge to create a unified through line for the characters and story. They failed and I would think that they internally admit it to themselves. Why they didn't do that in the first place I have no idea. It really was the only way to go that made sense.

All these new projects so far be they movies or series seem to have a creative at the top so whatever they are they at least will be guided by those ideas.

Except that as terribly orchestrated as it was it still made 4.5 billion dollars at the box office. The decision to not even use Lucas' story arc as the basis was not her's alone. In theory using three writer/directors could work albeit uneasily if she was a strong executive with a vision of her own to cross the three movies. She wasn't able to do that so it didn't happen.

She's not going to have that responsibility again. I wouldn't be surprised if her biggest task in any truly creative way at all is Indy 5.

Not at all but he knew how to do it because the most important thing are the characters and story being told. They come first.

This is a man who specifically wanted his ST to really elevate Leia in the overall saga story to match Anakin and Luke's importance as well as the female scavenger character that Luke would train.

Instead the DST made a point of denigrating Leia and destroying her. Same goes for their version of the scavenger in Rey. There is no way Lucas would have so demeaned and degrade his primary female characters nevermind any other ones he would have created including Anakin and Padme's grand-daughter.

 

Variety confirms that Fiege has no plans of moving to Star Wars. So again confirmation Kennedy isn’t going anywhere

 

She has no business producing another SW movie after the abomination that was Rise of Skywalker.

 

We get it mate.

 

KK is here to stay for many more years until at least all the shows she announced is released and done. Michelle Rewjan will be her replacment and she continnue KK's legacy.

 

Honestly, I'm not even worried about it. Her contract being renewed will be just the most obvious middle finger to long time Star Wars fans. And at that point we'll know full well where their priorities are and how they are going to continue with the franchise. What I've mentioned previously is that Star Wars will at the most become just another franchise among many franchises in the world of geekdom. It won't retain any special status for me. And a major reason for that would be the fact that Kathleen Kennedy, who brought us the tragedy of the Sequel Trilogy, is still in charge. And I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to be as passionate about Star Wars as I once was, knowing that that's who I would be supporting to continue the franchise. We matter too, and we shouldn't have to settle for the junk we got and continue to be told to like it, and that we are the problem if we don't. They seriously have no idea how many fans will leave the franchise if KK's contract gets renewed. Or even one of her proteges. And even if it isn't a direct middle finger to all of us, it still shows how totally out of touch they are with the fanbase, and that all they are concerned about is continuing to turn Star Wars into a circus show at their theme parks, and some social justice project for new writers and actors in Hollywood who meet that criteria.

And I say I'm not worried about it, because at that point, I'll be able to leave Star Wars behind and truly feel like I'm not missing out on anything. Like I said, I'll keep a passive interest, but only in conjunction with the various other franchises I'm interested in.

 

ok, moving on.

 

Doesn’t really matter she will. Disney cares about one thing and one thing only. Money. If the films and shows make enough money. They are fine with that.

 

Also KK has good faith with all around with disney.

 

I just can't imagine being at a big convention, at a big Star Wars panel, and seeing her walk out on stage, with that big ear to ear grin she puts on, with that raspy smokey voice she has, to tell us all what a great era Star Wars is about to enter, and seeing that as genuine in any way, shape, or form.

 

you need some better imagination then,

 

It’s just like I don’t care. If you think marvel and Star Wars will be anything but money machines or that either “care about the franchise” Kevin Feige may put on a better show, but what he cares about is money. Just the way those companies will be run pretty much forever,

 

A franchise can make money while also delivering quality films.

 

Frankly, I believe Star Wars has fared better in that regard than Marvel in recent years. Despite the Sequel Trilogy, I still managed to enjoy "Rogue One" and "Solo". Both are favorites of mine. In regard to the MCU, the only film in the past five years I have any real respect for is "Black Panther". And I didn't even like the ending.

 

Yea, but they can't keep giving us one good production, one decent production, and then make the rest of the quality of the ST. And then tell us to just refer to the couple of good ones they put out as a way to not let us have an opinion on what is happening with Star Wars overall.

And while the Marvel movies are not perfect, nobody is asking for perfect. They don't have to be groundbreaking achievements in cinema. Just entertaining, quality films.

 

I think outside of the sequel trilogy LFL has done pretty good, with the public eye.

 

I don't know. Most people, except Star Wars fans specifically, have already kind of forgotten about the ST. When people think Star Wars right now, they think Disneyland theme park. And Baby Yoda. But it's not like people are basking in the glory that was the ST.

 

so same like the PT.

 

Well, I think if the PT had been released over the last six years, general audiences would probably still at least be talking about it. Even if it wasn't considered landmark filmmaking.

 

Just some thoughts:

-Keeping the films a certain quality is not her job. She’s the CEO of a studio and reports to Iger. You want to know who to blame for crappy Star Wars films? Directors & writers. If she were getting micromanagerial and nitpicky, we’d be hearing complaints ala Marvel of directors not having any creative freedom.

-Yes, Star Wars has always been political. Sometimes overtly so.

-Disney is first and foremost a profit-driven company. The sequels alone made about 4 billion dollars on a 1 billion (roughly, for all three films) budget. By Disney standards that is just fine.