Anyone who follows the Star Wars fandom knows that a good chunk of the anti-woke mob hates women and POC, but the mascot for a lot of their vitriol has been Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who took over for Star Wars after George Lucas sold it to Disney back in 2012.
Now after more than a decade of running the franchise, it looks like Kennedy could be set to retire. According to Puck News (via THR), Kennedy has informed her associates that she’s ready to step down as the president of Lucasfilm come the end of the year.
No further details have been revealed about Kennedy’s exit, but as expected, the people who have been against her for a while are taking this as a huge win for them. Now some are curious as to who Kennedy could choose to become her successor.
Though Kennedy had successfully relaunched Star Wars on the big screen with The Force Awakens, her run hasn’t always been perfect; especially with news of creatives getting sidelined—like Phil Lord and Chris Miller with Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards getting replaced behind-the-scenes with Tony Gilroy.
That being said, Kennedy was still at the helm when great Star Wars content dropped like The Mandalorian and the critically-acclaimed Andor on Disney+.
Outside of Star Wars, Kennedy has been known to be a dynamite producer, having worked on classics like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. She’s been nominated for eight Oscars her whole career and has produced/executive produced more than 70 movies.
It does feel odd that she’s stepping down with all this build-up to the next Star Wars movie starring Rey, but I can also imagine it’s been a tough decade since The Last Jedi when she became the target for hate speech and vitriol by arguably the worst people in the SW fandom.
I’m just hoping she picks the right successor who isn’t Dave Filoni.
