Sounds like they're trying to get their Feige, a single person overseeing the franchise. Hopefully it'll work out.
Yes, so now there will hopefully be a single vision for the franchise. Something that has clearly been lacking.
I don’t disagree, Dave would have been cool. But I don’t know if Dave wanted it. He’s a creator and likely wants to stay on that side and let someone else handle the business side.
My bet would be he is too close to the George Lucas era for Disney. They have made it abundantly clear they want to move on from Lucas star wars. So he's fine to pepper in here and there with TV but I just can't see them ever giving him control.
While I've long believe the "fan backlash" was more an internet thing than actual backlash. And that Kennedy while not good creatively, she is good on the business side. Solo being the anomaly all other Disney Star Wars films have made over a Billion at the box office. And that is what Iger and the board look at for a head of a studio. So I figure with now them having a single person to lead the franchise on the creative side. She is sticking around a lot longer to handle the business side than most posters around here predicted.
That could be true. Unfortunately I'm not super excited about this hire. Unless I'm missing something, what does she have in her background that says she can handle star wars. Feige was and is a marvel fan at heart. Understanding the history of the franchise and what is at its core is important. We will see how this works out in the end. But maybe this is something Disney allowed so if it doesn't work out, they have an out to let her go.
One doesn’t need to know the history of a franchise to be in this position. You can hire a creative director to oversee content development, like Dave, while Michelle oversees all the actual production stuff like hiring directors, writers, etc. Something that Kennedy used to do. So more likely she’s being groomed to take over for Kennedy, and not for reasons you think, more below. The point is Lucas is making moves to be more like Marvel, which should be applauded.
I know Kennedys back ground, we are talking about Rejwan. What has she done? All I see is she has credits on 2 of the most fan decisive films in history in last jedi and into darkness.Kathleen Kennedy (producer) - Wikipedia
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Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer and the president of Lucasfilm. In 1981, she co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and husband Frank Marshall.Her first film as a producer was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She subsequently produced the Jurassic Park franchise, the first two of which became two of the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1990s. In 1992, she co-founded The Kennedy/Marshall Company with her husband Frank Marshall. On October 30, 2012, she became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company for over $4 billion.[1] She received the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018.[2][3]Overall, Kennedy participated in the making of 60 films, mostly as executive producer, that garnered 8 Academy Award nominations[4] and over $11 billion worldwide, including three of the highest-grossing films in motion picture history.[5] Kennedy is second only to Spielberg in domestic box office receipts, with over $7 billion as of January 2018.[6]
Sure you can, I have no doubts of that. Of course That is Kennedy and we've seen what having no respect for the history of the franchise can have. So like I said, maybe Rejwan will work out, time will tell. But I just don't trust Kennedy to hire the "right" person for star wars. Now maybe she has been a huge star wars fan her whole life. Maybe she really knows and gets star wars. In all the articles, I see nothing that indicates that.
They needed to give that to Filoni. He's got the most in depth and best handle on Star Wars Old and New and would make a MUCH better overall franchise 'master'.
Like I said, I agree that they don't need to be a huge fan to have success. I do believe that it does help to have that knowledge and history with the IP. My bigger concern was/is did Kennedy make this hire? And if so I don't have a lot of faith in her decisions when it comes to star wars. And why Rejwan? All I see on her resume is two storied franchises that have 2 extremely negative movies in last jedi and into darkness. And she really hasn't done much of anything else. That just doesn't scream confidence in my opinion.
Well I can't say if Kennedy hired her directly or if someone else did. But I'm sure, being the head of the studio, she at least at some input.
And in the context of star wars, that scares me.
