Disney Irish
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The boogie man story is the one you guys continue to tell yourselves about him staying long past 2026.
And he won’t be “tossed”, just like Kennedy he’ll leave and retire on his own when his contract ends.
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SPOILER: The Acolyte -- Disney+ Star Wars -- begins June 5, 2024
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And he won’t be “tossed”, just like Kennedy he’ll leave and retire on his own when his contract ends.
Tha Realest
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OJ was likewise obsessed with finding the real killerYou’re not much of a student of history on that one…
Look at this nonsense:
Bob Iger Says He's 'Obsessed' With Finding His Successor at Disney: 'I'd Like to Retire Again'
The chief executive's contract is currently set to expire at the end of 2026www.thewrap.com
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
How many kidneys you want to wager on that?
At this rate…the hedge funds will have him forced out. He’s on very borrowed, high interest time.
But 2026 is nothing to him. He’s done nothing but be a hatchetman since he came back…their performance has been TERRIBLE…and he extended himself once already.
See the pattern?
But you are correct he won’t be publicly fired like his pawn chapek…he will retire. But nothing about him indicates it will be at all by choice. That’s Bob.
What happened in the last 24 hours?
He said the democrats wanted him to run for president. That’s a well documented lie…he keeps bringing it up. Lie
He said he’s “obsessed” with finding a successor. That would involve picking up the phone and calling someone younger and qualified. It ain’t that hard. No hint he has ever done that even though he’s talked about it for about 10 years. Lie.
He “was mistaken in his comments about the death of linear”
Well he lied about the lucrative stream. And then he lied about cable dying cause he needs sports and gambling to prop up the sagging ship.
Is that like “two lies cancel each other out?”
Just a liar…and a has been…who’s been failing
And he really sucked with lucasfilm too…to bring er back around
Disney Irish
Premium Member
This isn't the thread to continue this, but here goes.
It doesn't matter how big you think Bob's ego is, the man is not stupid. You are correct he is on borrowed time, and he knows it, as there is no way Wall St or shareholders are going to accept another extension, Period, Full Stop. So it doesn't matter the rest of your rant, the man will leave in 2026 when his contract is up. As he is not going to risk any remaining legacy he believes he has trying to fend off a shareholder revolt a second time. Call it ego, call it being smart, call it whatever you want, but he just won't risk losing after having assured investors a succession plan is top priority. Its why all this information is coming out now just a few months later. And its why they reiterated that Gormon is leading the selection committee. Its all just to remind investors that its still happening.
If he had no intention of leaving Disney would be quiet about it and just let 2026 roll around and announce an extension, just like in the past speaking of history. The fact they are being so public about this again, interviews specifically about the topic, etc. indicates to me they are not far off from an announcement of who they've selected. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have the announcement right around Q4 earnings in Oct, if not shortly after.
erasure fan1
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I hope so, but I'm not convinced.
That's the key. The baby yoda reveal absolutely proves you can still capture the magic of original star wars. It's not impossible, it's not magic, it's getting someone like Favreau who's knows the brand.
Season one and two of mando did what everyone said Disney needed to do. It expanded the brand. My, at the time, 4yr old daughter went nuts for baby Yoda. If I was wearing my mando shirt, she run up stairs and put one of her shirts on and say, we're baby yoda twins! Sure she has no real clue about star wars. But guess what? Neither did I when a new hope came out. I thought the droids were awesome, the ships were cool... And I wanted the toys then. Then when empire was released I was old enough to get what was going on. And my love for star wars grew from there.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I would honestly be surprised if she gets another contract extension at this point. Its just time for her to move on. And given that other than Harrison's Legends presentation she hasn't been doing much of any Lucas related appearances in 2024, its all been Filoni, it seems like she is being phased out and will retire at the end of the year.
Disstevefan1
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OJ was likewise obsessed with finding the real killer
FIFY
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
It would be very smart of her to step away. Walk away now, take all the accolades that will come her way. "We wish Kathy all the best as she moves on to the next chapter in her hall of fame career."...... Why I'm not convinced is, she has an ego problem in my opinion. The acolyte can't be how she wants to end her tenure. Sure there's skeleton crew, but I'm not sure that does all that great. I already have friends and people who I talk about star wars with saying they won't watch it because of how acolyte turned out. And it getting cancelled doesn't help, they just don't want to get invested.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Why would she walk away now at the end of August 2024 when her contract is officially over in a little over 3 months, don't make sense. If she left early that would be more of an indication that she was forced out by Iger, rather than retired on her own. There were reports out last year that she wasn't actively seeking a renewal of her contract, and I don't see any indication that has changed. So no I don't see her being forced out early, especially with only 3 months left. And shows get cancelled all the time for all sorts of reasons, I doubt that Acolyte being cancelled would be a reason for her to change her mind and request another extension. Especially when it was likely her and Filoni that made the decision to cancel it. Again she hasn't been the public face of Lucas now for pretty much all of 2024, Filoni has. So I'm not seeing this ego problem that you are claiming she has. If she had an ego she'd be out there still as the public face of Lucas, but she hasn't. She has been fine to take the back seat and transition things over to Filoni, including all public engagements for Lucas. That is not ego, that is someone coming to the end of their career as they get ready to retire.
So no, I think she'll officially leave in December when the contract is up.
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networkpro
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Interesting articles out there on The Acolyte out there today. Looks like there's a neat tax angle that Disney could indeed have its figurative cake (an unpopular show with a definite spin) and eat it too (using it as a tax write off by yet again removing its existence) just like they did with Willow.
erasure fan1
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We were talking about her not leaving at the end of her contract. I wasn't talking about this very second.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Sorry when you say -
That doesn't mean in 3 months at the end of her contract to me. To me that means leave now in August 2024 and don't look back. But maybe its just me....
Wendy Pleakley
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What do people expect to happen when Kennedy leaves?
Star Wars will never be run like it was under Lucas. He was happy to sit and wait to make new content, only doing so when the technology was at a point he felt he could realize his vision of the prequels.
The building up of demand that made Phantom Menace and Force Awakens monster hits are unlikely to be seen again. Disney isn't going to let Star Wars sit dormant for a decade.
There will continue to be lots of content and some will work, and some won't.
Maybe they'll make some adjustments. A trilogy should be planned out and there should be another year between installments so they can tweak the story based on reaction. Lucas seemed to at least take the time to make positive changes such as sidelining Jar Jar.
Star Wars will never be run like it was under Lucas. He was happy to sit and wait to make new content, only doing so when the technology was at a point he felt he could realize his vision of the prequels.
The building up of demand that made Phantom Menace and Force Awakens monster hits are unlikely to be seen again. Disney isn't going to let Star Wars sit dormant for a decade.
There will continue to be lots of content and some will work, and some won't.
Maybe they'll make some adjustments. A trilogy should be planned out and there should be another year between installments so they can tweak the story based on reaction. Lucas seemed to at least take the time to make positive changes such as sidelining Jar Jar.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
And even then you still had fans complaining for various reasons, right or wrong.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
Who knows, for all we know it could get worse. But that's a chance I'll take. I've seen what she brings to star wars, I don't need to see anymore. Now to be fair, I don't really trust Iger to make that kind of hire. So I'd say let Favreau finish the mando film, then put star wars on ice until they find a new head of Lucasfilm. They have no plan anyway. It's all a bunch of throw stuff against the wall and see if something sticks. So I'd rather have no content then the, we have no clue what we want to do content we have right now.
I guess my question is, what do people expect to happen if she stays? I think we're at the point where, what's the definition of insanity, applies.
Tha Realest
Well-Known Member
Oof. They’re about to hit it with the Legends treatment.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Nope, its just a tax thing where they remove it from the service, they aren't going to de-canonize it just because the show got cancelled.
doctornick
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If they are removing it from the service though, that really is a big indictment of the program. Even when they were purging things previously, I don't think they ever removed any other Star Wars content, did they?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
First it should be noted that Disney hasn't officially said they were removing Acolyte from D+, at least as far as I'm aware. This is just some articles saying that it might be something that Disney might do now that its been cancelled in order to get a tax write off, or more likely so they don't have to pay residuals, as they did with Willow and other shows they recently pulled off the service.
Also you can read into it whatever you will, but this is the way of streaming services. Every one of them do it as part of their business, even Netflix. Its no different than when ABC or any old linear channel cancelled a show and never showed it again in reruns or syndication. We're just more aware of it now. It still doesn't mean that the events in the show are de-canonized and sent to Legends status.