Kathleen Kennedy Units the File Straight on the Way forward for Star Wars, Together with Her Retirement

Kathleen Kennedy isn’t retiring… from filmmaking. She is, nevertheless, searching for potential successors to take over for her at Lucasfilm. That information, and far more, simply broke out of an unique new interview with the Lucasfilm president.

Earlier this week, news leaked that Kennedy might be retiring from Lucasfilm by the top of 2025. Chatting with Deadline, the prolific producer wouldn’t put a timeline on it however did affirm they’re what’s subsequent. “I’m not retiring,” Kennedy mentioned. “I’ll by no means retire from films. I’ll die making films. That’s the very first thing that’s necessary to say. I’m not retiring. What’s taking place at Lucasfilm is I’ve been speaking for fairly a while with each [Disney’s] Bob [Iger] and Alan [Bergman] about what eventual succession would possibly seem like.”

“We’ve been speaking about [succession], as I mentioned, nonstop for the final couple of years as a result of for apparent causes, I’m not going to be right here perpetually,” she continued. “George [Lucas] requested me 13 years in the past to step in, and now I’m who’s going to exchange me. And as I mentioned, now we have a bench of individuals internally to deal with the enterprise, the inventive facet. The job has grown additionally since I stepped in. There was no streaming, there weren’t plenty of the issues that we’re concerned in proper now occurring. So it has grown.”

Kennedy refused to call any of the names of people that she’s however did title names by way of the way forward for Star Wars.

After all, we all know that The Mandalorian and Grogu is the subsequent movie coming, in 2026. Kennedy confirmed that Shawn Levy’s film (doubtlessly starring Ryan Gosling. although she didn’t point out the star) will comply with that. It’s a standalone film set about 5 or 6 years after the occasions of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. She’s producing each.

Kennedy additionally mentioned that Simon Kinberg has simply begun writing movies in his trilogy, which she describes as “the subsequent iteration, the brand new saga that strikes us into the longer term.”

She didn’t point out the film that might function the return of Daisy Ridley, however did say that James Mangold’s movie remains to be within the script stage as is Taika Waititi’s. “I hold ready for Taika and he’s working with one other author now,” Kennedy mentioned. “He’s so busy. I like him, I feel if we ever do get a script from Taika, it’s going to be improbable. I already noticed a primary act that I cherished, however tying him down it’s tough.”

So there you’ve gotten it. The experiences earlier this week had been… not fairly 100% correct however shut. And it feels like we could also be listening to extra about Shawn Levy’s movie at Star Wars Celebration.

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