“Logo Text After More than a decade in a galaxy Far, Far Away, Kathleen Kennedy Is Charting A Course Toward Retirement. The Lucasfilm Boss Has Told Associates She Plans to Retire by the End of 2025, Puck Reported Monday Night. Repps for Kennedy and Lucasfilm Were Not ImmediaTely Available for Comment. Kennedy Joined Lucasfilm in”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
After more than a decade in a galaxy Far, Far Away, Kathleen Kennedy Is Charting A Course Toward Retirement. The Lucasfilm Boss Has Told Associates She Plans to Retire by the end of 2025, Puck Reported Monday Night.
Repps for Kennedy and Lucasfilm Were Not ImmediaTely Available for Comment.
Kennedy Joined Lucasfilm in 2012 As Co-Chair Alongside Star Wars Creator George Lucas, and A FEW MONHS LATER TOOK The REINS After Disney Paid $ 4 Billion for the Company and Lucas Exited.
She Relaunched The Franchise, Beginning with Jj Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Who Grossed More Than $ 2 Billion Globally and Reinvigated The Property As A Big Screen Brand. Disney Released a Star Wars Film Every Year From 2015-2019 and THEN TOOK A PAUUSE Following Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerWHICH RECEIVED A MIXED RESPONSE AND EARned Just Half of What Force awakens HAD BROUGHT IN Just A FEW Years Earlier.
As Lucasfilm Boss, Kennedy Held One of the most visible and scrutinized jobs in Hollywood, and it was not Always Smooth Sailing. She Fired Chris Lord and Phil Miller As Directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story In the Middle of Production. (The Film Went On to Be The First Star Wars Movie to Lose Money Theatrically.) She ALSO SIDELINED Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Director Gareth Edwards, Replacing HIM WITH Tony Gilroy, Who Was Brough on to Openerse Reshoots. (The Film Became A $ 1 Billion Hit). Other Projects Were Promisened That Never Materialized, Such As Rian Johnson’s Trilogy, and Another One Overseen by Another Game of Thrones Showrunners DB Benioff and David Weiss. Daisy Ridley’s UpcomING RETURN TO Star Wars HAS BEEN LANDING IN DELEPMENT SINCE BEING ANNOUNCED TO FANFARE ALMOST TWO YAERS AGO.
But Even As Star Wars Strugmed to Return to the Big Screen, The Franchise Found Newfound Life on Disney+, with The Mandalorian Launching in November 2019 Along with the Streaming Service. IT Became A Breakout Hit, Spawning Multiple Spinoffs, Including the Critical ACCLAIMED AndorWHICH RETURNS FOR A Season Season in April, As Well Multiple Shows That Failed to Hit the Zeitgeist and Sparked Worries of Diluting The Star Wars Brand.
Coming up, lucasfilm have The Mandalorian and Grogu from Director Jon Favreau Due Out May 22, 2026 As The FIRST Big Screen Outing for the Franchise Since Rise of Skywalker.
Kennedy’s Storied Career Includes Work with Steven Spielberg and Husband Frank Marshall, with Collaborations Including Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Et the extra-terrestrial (1982), Gremlins (1984), The Color Purple (1985), The goonies (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and the Back to the Future TRILOGY (1985-1990) AND The Indiana Jones Films, WhoCluded with Last Year’s Dial of Destiny. In all, she have been worked or Executive Produced More than 70 films and been nominated for eight oscars.
The News ComESS AHEAD OF April’s Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Whore The Future of the Star Wars Franchise is expert to be unveiled.