Star Wars: The Acolyte

Phroobar

Phroobar

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While working under Milius during the production of 1941, Kennedy caught the attention of Steven Spielberg,[9] who stated in 2015:

She was horrible at taking notes... but what she did know how to do was interrupt somebody in midsentence. We'd be pitching ideas back and forth, and Kathy—who was supposed to be writing these ideas down—suddenly put her pencil down and would say something like, "And what if he didn't get the girl, but instead he got the dog?"[10]
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In 2018, Kennedy's contract to remain president of Lucasfilm was extended another three years, through October 30, 2021.


So how can someone who produced the most loved feature films in history fail so completely on her own with television?
 
MisterPenguin

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Phroobar said:
While working under Milius during the production of 1941, Kennedy caught the attention of Steven Spielberg,[9] who stated in 2015:


In 2018, Kennedy's contract to remain president of Lucasfilm was extended another three years, through October 30, 2021.


So how can someone who produced the most loved feature films in history fail so completely on her own with television?
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I've enjoyed the SW streaming shows. So, I wouldn't call it a complete failure.

The streaming stats for the shows also tell the tale of mass appeal.

And their critical scores.

So.. in what way were the complete failures?
 
AdventureHasAName

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MisterPenguin said:
You're talking about Kathleen Kennedy, right?

Here's a long list of her roles as a backup dancer/chorus/spear character from which one can mine a million insults...

en.wikipedia.org

Kathleen Kennedy (producer) - Wikipedia

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In order to do a proper retrospective of Kennedy's managerial career, I recommend taking her list of credits and separating them into "Involved Speilberg, Zemekis, Donner or Favreau" and "Didn't involve one of those four" ... then compare and contrast. When viewed this way, it's easy to understand why she has credit on some of the best films of the last 50 years ... and why her resume of projects she had full control of is turd city. She's a hanger-on who failed up the ladder. Now she is on her own and she sucks.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

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AdventureHasAName

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Sirwalterraleigh said:
She certainly was never a dancer

She started as George’s best friend’s secretary
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Well, it was her most successful contribution to Lucasfilm ...

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Sirwalterraleigh

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AdventureHasAName said:
In order to do a proper retrospective of Kennedy's managerial career, I recommend taking her list of credits and separating them into "Involved Speilberg, Zemekis, Donner or Favreau" and "Didn't involve one of those four" ... then compare and contrast. When viewed this way, it's easy to understand why she has credit on some of the best films of the last 50 years ... and why her resume of projects she had full control of is turd city. She's a hanger-on who failed up the ladder. Now she is on her own and she sucks.
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I don’t blame her for a lot of that

It’s an AWFUL ceo giving directives/approvals and some really awful directors…

Did they let JJ out of witness protection yet?
I hope not
 
Sirwalterraleigh

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So the hours draw thin…

How we feeling?

I just saw that “anyone a Star Wars fan prior to Disney will be done after episode 3” thing…

…so then no fans anymore? Active destruction/corporate malfeasance?

I hope not…but it totally scans
 
Sirwalterraleigh

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Phroobar said:
While working under Milius during the production of 1941, Kennedy caught the attention of Steven Spielberg,[9] who stated in 2015:


In 2018, Kennedy's contract to remain president of Lucasfilm was extended another three years, through October 30, 2021.


So how can someone who produced the most loved feature films in history fail so completely on her own with television?
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My money is because an uncreative has been paid $4,000,000,000 for her to stroke his ego some more and it’s way out of his league having any involvement in the property at all…
 
AdventureHasAName

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Sirwalterraleigh said:
My money is because an uncreative has been paid $4,000,000,000 for her to stroke his ego some more and it’s way out of his league having any involvement in the property at all…
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Lucasfilm and Marvel are like having two money-printing machines ... and then taking them both and pointing the spout (where the fresh money comes out) directly into a furnace. And then wondering where the money is (and why it is so hot in the room).
 
Sirwalterraleigh

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AdventureHasAName said:
He sucks too. He can write an excellent opening paragraph and then quits and let's someone finish it poorly. Every. Single. Time.
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One of the positives here is he was exposed for being just another hack.

Mr “lifelong Star Wars fan”

A lifelong Star Wars fan never agrees to a reboot. Period.

Which means he was what I feared: a lifelong fan of his Idol Steven’s wallet
 
mysto

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MisterPenguin said:
I've enjoyed the SW streaming shows. So, I wouldn't call it a complete failure.
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I've really enjoyed the streaming SW series. The Acolyte promises to be another one. :)

To her credit, KK appears to have stayed out of the way of these shows. It's even possible she was encouraging in a productive way. Just trying to keep an open mind.
 

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