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Kathleen Kennedy should leave Lucasfilm this year

ByLeila February 26, 2025February 26, 2025

Will the heiress of George Lucas and Patroness of Star Wars at Disney will pass the hand this year?

“Revolution Starts Now”Braille Steve Earle on The trailer for season 2 of the Star Wars series Andor who has just been revealed. The revolution is starting to start, since the Puck site (relayed by the usually serious The Hollywood Reporter) announces that Kathleen Kennedy will retire before the end of 2025. She will therefore leave Lucasfilm, the studio she has run since her founder George Lucas sold her to Disney in 2012.

Historical producer of Steven Spielberg, she was the perfect heiress to manage Star Wars at Mickey. To his credit, on the successful side, Force Awakening,, Snape One and series Star Wars Streaming; On the other hand, Solo,, Indiana Jones and the Destiny Dial… Without forgetting the splendid The last Jedisuccess in theaters but which deeply divided the Fandom.

For the moment, Disney has not yet confirmed the news, while the studio is preparing the prophaine Star Wars Celebration which will take place in Tokyo from April 18 to 20. We should know more at that time on the future of Star Wars -with or without Kathleen Kennedy.

What is certain is that the next Star Wars film in theaters will arrive in May 2026: it will be The Mandalorian and Grogu by Jon Favreau, following the series The Mandalorian. Is the revolution already over? But did it only start?

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