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Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy Expected to Retire This Year

Trilobit

Trilobit

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diffusionx said:
This is true, but over time I have started to think that the whole concept of these perpetual franchises is a folly. I mean, Star Wars came out in 1977. It is 2025. The cultural milieu that Star Wars found popularity in doesn't exist anymore, but we expect Star Wars to be popular? Do we really expect a 50 year old franchise to remain not just relevant but super popular and valuable forever? Especially with boomers shuffling off to their eternal reward? It doesn't make sense.

The problem is that these boomers have been around for so long they think their tastes are eternal. Think about it, Kathleen Kennedy is now 71, shes been working on SW for a decade, so you have a woman in her 60s trying to make stuff to appeal to 10-25 year olds. It's just fundamentally flawed. Star Wars is going to be irrelevant and while I do think she is to blame for the the crappy output, it was always going to be inevitable.
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Batman and Superman are still popular despite having been around for almost a hundred years. The problem is the lack of quality and that they haven't succeeded in making IP interesting for actual modern audiences. If the new trilogy had been made by the Nolan brothers it probably would have been a very hot IP today.
 
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Raziel

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Uhtred

Uhtred

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A franchise that I have loved and grew up with all through the 80s is in such disrepair right now. I don’t even think it matters. I don’t think Lucasfilm has ever been lower than it is now. The best thing that came out of the acquisition with Disney was TFA and rogue one everything else has sucked so bad..
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

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Days like these... said:
I noped out after TFA. I've never seen any of the shows or the last 2 shitquels.
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The Mandolorian Season 2, Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Skeleton Crew and Rogue One are the only live action Star Wars I actually love. The rest is BADDDD. And the amount of the bad stuff outweigh the good stuff due to the quantity of it, it's really got ridiculous. I want Tony Gilroy to replace Kathleen Kennedy as the head of the Star Wars division
 
newtypepilot

newtypepilot

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Star Wars is dead.

Even with her gone, I don't see current Disney management willing to undo their mistakes. They'll continue to push their propaganda, just in a different name and less in your face.
 
Halo is Back

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Shubh_C63 said:
I blame the fans as well as Kethleen Kennedy or Disney for no Rian Johnson's Starwars Trilogy.

It would have been much much better than current scenario and I always believed the guys directing chops.
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The Last Jedi was shit; just because he directed some good movies doesn't mean he was right for Star Wars. Anyways, this all falls under Kathleen's leadership and she is ultimately to blame. I've never seen such low morale and enthusiasm for the Star Wars brand in all my life. She has done irreparable damn to this franchise.

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Lord Panda

Lord Panda

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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
The Mandolorian Season 2, Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Skeleton Crew and Rogue One are the only live action Star Wars I actually love. The rest is BADDDD. And the amount of the bad stuff outweigh the good stuff due to the quantity of it, it's really got ridiculous. I want Tony Gilroy to replace Kathleen Kennedy as the head of the Star Wars division
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There were parts of Boba Fett that I liked but overall it was a huge disappointment. Not Obi-wan levels of disappointment but within striking range.
 
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
Lord Panda said:
There were parts of Boba Fett that I liked but overall it was a huge disappointment. Not Obi-wan levels of disappointment but within striking range.
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I can understand where the hate towards that show comes from. The only Rodriguez directed episode that was great was the last episode. His other episodes were bad. I loved the Tusken Raider episode with the train heist. I love The Mandolorian tie in episode. I thought the show was overall pretty good despite some issues I had with the Rodriguez directed episodes. I'm a huge fan of Cad Bane so I was extremely happy to see him. But yeah too many bad shows on Disney Plus is what really killed the brand. Not to mention The Mandolorian Season 3 was boring as hell and I wasn't that big a fan of Season 1 either

I was talking about apathy before and how that can kill a company since they kept doubling down on certain stuff that doesn't sell. Yet when they decide to actually give the fans who left what they want, it's already too late and you won't be able to get that fanbase back. And that's not only a Disney problem but a Hollywood problem

It's gonna to be interesting to see what rises out of Hollywood Ashes. I hope what comes out of the Ashes is something new and exciting that's willing to give customers what they want. I give Hollywood 10 to 20 years until it's fully bankrupt

Kathleen Kennedy should have been fired the moment Solo bombed
 
PrimetimeKnight

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Days like these... said:
I honestly don't know how so few checked out after TFA. It was a soft reboot cash grab how could people not see that?
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It was but it was something fans never thought we'd get when George Lucas still owned the IP. It played it very safe in story and personally I didn't think TFA was horrible, plus I was excited to finally get to see Luke in TLJ. That feeling quickly deteriorated when in the first scene Poe is making goddamn "your mom" jokes to Hux and was completely shot when Luke throws his fucking lightsaber like it's a piece of trash. After walking out of TLJ my brother who came to watch with me at the theater and I just looked at each other and were like "wtf did we just watch?"
 
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Trilobit said:
Perhaps she thinks that the Pakistani documentary director's Rey movie will be her chance to end "on a high note". It's pretty obvious that she no longer cares about Lucasfilm anymore, she's only occupied with her own legacy.
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Her legacy is screwed at least we can be thankful for that. She will go down in the movie industry biz as the worst
 
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K' Dash

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I don't know how this IP can make a comeback, it's completely ruined.

Maybe if they bring George? at least the one who gave birth to this universe would be the one ruining it.
 
Hyet

Hyet

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GymWolf said:
Way too late, i don't give any fucks about SW anymore, great job disney.
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My feelings exactly.

And I don't think her leaving will fix anything. The Filoni fanfic has just became what SW is and I couldn't care less. I would watch the mandalorian if it was it's own interesting pocket but it was taken over by Filoni storylines too.

Don't think I'll never be excited by this franchise anymore in any type of media.
 
Lunarorbit

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She's fucking useless. She knows her movies and shows have bombed spectacularly but she's way too scared to try something new. She was instrumental to Lucas 40 years ago but time moved on long ago.

It's sad that her defenders think it's all just rage baiting. She helped kill off my favorite IP from childhood and continues to not get it.
 
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Joramun

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when she took over the brand was worth 4 billion and now it's only about 1 billion.

they should have told her to stay and see how much lower she could drop the brand value.
 
BlackTron

BlackTron

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As cynical as it is, I actually think she might have been flirting with retiring from LF, but realized that if she did that now, there is a small chance that Star Wars could recover without her.

We all know this is completely unacceptable. It has to either succeed, or be so completely ruined no one can ever save it. The holy work isn't finished -stay strong Kathleen, no one said burning through billions would be easy, but you can rest soon. We all know you can do it -no, really, we do.
 
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