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  • Re: TAN News: Kathleen Kennedy To (Finally!) "Retire"(?) by End of 2025

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to danny burstein on Wed Feb 26 14:09:03 2025
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    On 2025-02-26 01:04:15 +0000, danny burstein said:
    [snip]
    As per THR:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-
    kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/


    I still don't understand how she hasn't been canned in the last 3-5
    years, but better late than never I suppose.

    ah, so Ms. Kennedy gets to join the Jeannine Karabas club
    of women getting the blame...

    Kathleen Kennedy *is* to blame for all the Politically Correct nonsense
    she forced into the franchises. :-(

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Your Name on Tue Feb 25 16:50:42 2025
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    On 2/25/25 4:29 PM, Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-02-25 15:46:26 +0000, Ian J. Ball said:

    As per THR:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-
    kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/


    I still don't understand how she hasn't been canned in the last 3-5
    years, but better late than never I suppose.

    Unfortunately, it looks like this story has already been debunked.  :-( (added rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc)


       Is Kathleen Kennedy actually stepping down from Lucasfilm in 2025?
       ------------------------------------------------------------------
       No, Kathleen Kennedy looks like she will not be stepping down as
       president of Lucasfilm in 2025, despite some fans believing that
       she is responsible for the current state of Star Wars.

       According to a source close to the matter speaking with CNN, any
       rumors about her retirement are overblown, saying that "there's
       nothing there right now." The source says any announcement about
       her potentially leaving would be public when "actual decisions are
       made."

       An earlier report from Variety also stated that a source dismissed
       the initial report, believing that it was "pure speculation" and
       emphasized that no decision had been made.

    There's no way THR would report this if there wasn't something to this.
    My guess is that this "response" is P.R. CYA, but that she will in fact
    retire by the end of the year.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Wed Feb 26 13:29:15 2025
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    On 2025-02-25 15:46:26 +0000, Ian J. Ball said:

    As per THR:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/



    I still don't understand how she hasn't been canned in the last 3-5
    years, but better late than never I suppose.

    Unfortunately, it looks like this story has already been debunked. :-(
    (added rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc)


    Is Kathleen Kennedy actually stepping down from Lucasfilm in 2025?
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    No, Kathleen Kennedy looks like she will not be stepping down as
    president of Lucasfilm in 2025, despite some fans believing that
    she is responsible for the current state of Star Wars.

    According to a source close to the matter speaking with CNN, any
    rumors about her retirement are overblown, saying that "there's
    nothing there right now." The source says any announcement about
    her potentially leaving would be public when "actual decisions are
    made."

    An earlier report from Variety also stated that a source dismissed
    the initial report, believing that it was "pure speculation" and
    emphasized that no decision had been made.

    Some Star Wars fans have wanted Kathleen Kennedy to step away from
    Lucasfilm for years. In 2021 Kennedy signed a three-year extension
    to her contract. During that time, the phrase "Kathleen Kennedy
    Fired" trended due to the underperformance of Indiana Jones 5.
    Then near the end of 2024, a rumor began swirling that Kennedy
    would remain as president until Q2 2025.

    Still, there has been no official statement from Lucasfilm
    regarding the rumor of Kennedy's supposed departure. The source
    from the original report said that she was planning to leave in
    2024, going so far as to have an exit interview with a journalist.

    In December 2024, Kennedy received the Board of Governors Award by
    the American Society of Cinematographers for her impact on cinema.


    <https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/features/1928147-is-kathleen-kennedy-leaving-lucasfilm-2025-retiring-rumors-stepping-down>




    An award?!? Well, I guess ruining multiple franchises could indeed be
    termed as an "impact on cinema". :-\

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 26 01:04:15 2025
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    [dsnip]
    As per THR:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-
    kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/


    I still don't understand how she hasn't been canned in the last 3-5
    years, but better late than never I suppose.

    ah, so Ms. Kennedy gets to join the Jeannine Karabas club
    of women getting the blame...


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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to danny burstein on Wed Feb 26 17:50:53 2025
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    On Feb 25, 2025 at 5:04:15 PM PST, "danny burstein" <[email protected]> wrote:

    [dsnip]
    As per THR:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-
    kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/


    I still don't understand how she hasn't been canned in the last 3-5
    years, but better late than never I suppose.

    ah, so Ms. Kennedy gets to join the Jeannine Karabas club
    of women getting the blame...

    You know, sometimes women *are* to blame. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as an incompetent woman.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 27 09:27:42 2025
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    The news just gets worse. Even *if* she is quitting the Lucasfilm top
    job (so far officially denied), she will apparently still continue to
    interfere in the Star Wars franchise!! :-(


    Kathleen Kennedy Likely to Produce Star Wars Movie
    Even After Lucasfilm Exit
    --------------------------------------------------
    More information about Kathleen Kennedy's reported exit from
    Lucasfilm has come to light, with The InSneider's Jeff Sneider
    noting that Kennedy will likely still be attached to the world
    of Star Wars in some capacity.


    What do we know about Kathleen Kennedy's Lucasfilm exit?
    Sneider's latest report notes that, even when Kennedy steps
    down from her role at Lucasfilm, the legendary Hollywood
    producer will still be "producing projects within the Star
    Wars universe for years to come." Sneider notes past moves
    like Amy Pascal leaving Sony and still being a credited
    producer on the Tom Holland Spider-Man films as precedent.

    The report also mentions that Kennedy will likely end up being
    listed as a producer on the planned Star Wars movie from Shawn
    Levy, as well as Simon Kinberg's planned trilogy.

    Earlier this week,�Puck News' Matthew Belloni reported that
    Kennedy, who has been the president of�Disney's Lucasfilm since
    2012, was�planning to vacate her position�by the end of the
    year.

    An unnamed source told Belloni, "Kathy [Kathleen] was actually
    planning to leave last year, I'm told, and had even set up an
    exit interview with a journalist, but she decided to stay for
    one more year."

    Under Kennedy's leadership, Lucasfilm released a new�Star Wars�
    movie every year from 2015, including 2015's The Force Awakens,
    2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, 2017's The Last Jedi,
    2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story, and 2019's The Rise of
    Skywalker.

    While there hasn't been a new Star Wars movie in some time -
    the next one being 2026's The Mandalorian & Grogu - there have
    also been a number of Star Wars television series that have been
    released while Kennedy has been in charge, such as
    The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, Andor, and The Book of
    Boba Fett, among other titles.



    <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1928347-kathleen-kennedy-likely-to-produce-star-wars-movie-even-after-lucasfilm-exit>

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