re: THR: Star Wars Succession Problem: Who Will Replace Kathleen Kennedy?

CNN article said may not be retiring in 2025

Saw that too

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The ‘Star Wars’ chief is staying on at Disney, despite a report that she’s leaving. At least for now

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They did kill it but it can be revived with the right talent

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it's funny that Disney gets blamed for "killing" Star Wars under KK rather than Lucas for picking her.

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She pretty much betrayed Lucas and Spielberg. She was with them every step of the way so George thought she could be trusted.

The worm turned when all of the lead females were sassy brunettes who were clearly molded in KK’s image. She purposely chose narratives that crapped on each franchise’s lore and decimated the fanbase Steven and George worked so hard to build.

Go see the video where the two of them ignore her while introducing John Williams at the Dial of Destiny premiere. You can tell they’re pissed at her.

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Irony and projection

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Do you even think what you are saying when you post? You might as well just post gobbledygook if you arent gonna make sense.

What is the irony in people that dont claim star wars is dead still posting in star wars threads?

We have Andor season 2 coming soon.

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The executive — along with Disney in general — has also often been targeted by franchise’s fandom for diverse casting moves and a perceived “woke” agenda (a perception that Disney boss Bob Iger has been eager to move past).

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You see it's all just a "perception" people have....just a wild crazy perception that Disney would deliberately batter the movie making process with progressive dogmatic decision making. All a perception, may be true may not. Lol

Star Wars is a Disney content mill. Whatever soul it had or whatever made it special has been stripped away.

There is a crowd of people who will consume literally anything so long as their favorite franchises are attached, but that market is finite and will wane.

Yes, you are getting content. I just don’t look for anything to light the spark that the series once had. Star Wars is just another media property now.

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Jon Favreau
Dave Filoni

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enough said.

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Star Wars creator George Lucas hand picked Kennedy in 2012 to run the company before selling his ownership stake to Disney

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So George poison-pilled Disney. Well done, sir!

Somebody give me a rational answer why Favreau or Filoni aren't even considered.

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“What people don’t understand is that it’s not a creative job,” says one producer with ties to Star Wars. “That’s about 10 percent. The rest of it is dealing with Disney, licensing and fans.”

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I understand that could eliminate Filoni, but Favreau is competent in those fields...
He came from the MCU, so he's aware of how the "Big Business/Dealing with Disney" part works.
Dealing with fans- see above. I mean, hell he's already beloved by fans, that's why his name is known.

As for licensing and such... isn't that the purpose of a Marketing division? That's obiviously a role you delegate to somebody who specializes in that area, and not something you'd mandate for a CEO.