Kathleen Kennedy retiring this year

[HyperDrive]

Filoni and Favreau are the real issues at this point.

 

[ZE_501]

Filoni and Favreau are the real issues at this point.

Filoni's a creepy nerd and needs to take his Ahsoka fantasy and go.

 

[chrisstbh]

I can tell you that you probably do not want Filoni gone. He's probably the only person at LF that understands Star Wars on the same level as George. Literally his protege.

 

[ZE_501]

I can tell you that you probably do not want Filoni gone. He's probably the only person at LF that understands Star Wars on the same level as George. Literally his protege.

I've been critical of Filoni for years. He's very proud of 'expanding the lore' but all I've seen is often ridiculous over-complication. I know who he is, and who anointed him and he's produced some decent work here and there, but nonetheless, I think ultimately he's a creepy hack who helped wreck the IP. Lucas didn't handle it particularly well either over the long term, so all respect to his early work and vision, but he sure as hell didn't stick any landings in his later career.

 

[screamingmetal]

Doesn't matter, Star Wars, Willow, & Indiana Jones are dead, deader than dead. Nothing they do at this point can save any of it other than not making anything for at least 10 years. With the current trend at Di$ney, that's likely not going to happen.

looks like Chris Gore's prediction was right on the money.

 

[davejames]

I've always thought it was extremely silly how fans blame Kennedy for every bad thing and pretend like she had nothing to do with the good stuff. And honestly without Lucas's vision making new SW was always going to be a struggle. Especially at the quantity Disney was asking for.

So anyone expecting a huge shift in quality is seriously dreaming. But hey if it shuts up the haters for awhile then I guess it's worth it...

 

[BeefEaster]

Too bad her stink is permanently imbedded into everything she was involved with.

 

[chrisstbh]

I've been critical of Filoni for years. He's very proud of 'expanding the lore' but all I've seen is often ridiculous over-complication. I know who he is, and who anointed him and he's produced some decent work here and there, but nonetheless, I think ultimately he's a creepy hack who helped wreck the IP. Lucas didn't handle it particularly well either over the long term, so all respect to his early work and vision, but he sure as hell didn't stick any landings in his later career.

What did he do to help wreck the IP exactly? Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Ahsoka and Mando are all pretty good.

Not sure where the "creepy" comments are coming from, bit unnecessary .

 

[RandomHero]

Thank you, creators of South Park.

 

[Star-Crunch]

What did he do to help wreck the IP exactly? Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Ahsoka and Mando are all pretty good.

Not sure where the "creepy" comments are coming from, bit unnecessary .

George isn’t exactly “un-creepy” either

 

[chrisstbh]

George isn’t exactly “un-creepy” either

Talking about Filoni.

But George is definitely a bit creepy, the skimpy 14 year old Padawan Ahsoka outfit was his idea.

 

[Star-Crunch]

Talking about Filoni.

But George is definitely a bit creepy, the skimpy 14 year old Padawan Ahsoka outfit was his idea.

I know, I mean I never thought Filoni was creepy. He’s just an awkward nerd. George on the other hand….

 

[Asta]

George isn’t exactly “un-creepy” either

He's the creepiest of the lot.

The evidence is in the 1978 'Raiders of the Lost Ark Story Conference Transcript'.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Now that's interesting.

 

[Otomofan]

Don't know why anyone thinks this is gonna change anything.

The damage is done. She destroyed Star Wars, either directly or indirectly.

There's no recovering from that. It's not like the last 15 years of absolute **** are just gonna magically disappear once she's out the door. We don't get a "do-over."

 

[ZE_501]

What did he do to help wreck the IP exactly?

As I said, his expansion of the lore surrounding the Force, Jedi and Sith is overly complex and IMO gets ridiculous. He leans very hard into the mystical aspects, doubles down and throws in Hyperspace Whales for Jedi to talk to. He also created many unaccounted for Jedi post Order 66.

Now I get it, some fans like or even love what he did, and think it's cool. I think he went too far and turned Star Wars into something closer to Harry Potter but if you like it, I won't try to change your mind. He didn't wreck it single-handedly but IMO he's contributed to its decline.

Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Ahsoka and Mando are all pretty good.

I find all of the above uneven at best, unwatchable at worst, although there are some cool elements, episodes and storylines. I did say he's done *some* good work.

Not sure where the "creepy" comments are coming from, bit unnecessary .

LOL ... hyperbole and giving him a hard time about Ahsoka. I'm half-joking.

 

[Khev]

I'll believe it when either Disney or KK actually makes an official announcement:

 

[Asta]

Now that's interesting.

That's what George said.



L — I like it if they already had a relationship at one point. Because then you don't have to build it.

G — I was thinking that this old guy could have been his mentor. He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven.

L — And he was forty-two.

G — He hasn't seen her in twelve years. Now she's twenty-two. It's a real strange relationship.

S — She had better be older than twenty-two.

G — He's thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve.

G — It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time.

S — And promiscuous. She came onto him.

G — Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it's an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he...


G = George Lucas

S = Steven Spielberg

L = Lawrence Kasdan

 

[Turtle882]

It's popular to hate on her, but the reality is that she is force of power with a number of great productions under her belt. Even ignoring what she has done at Disney and Lucasfilm, she produced a ton of classics with Amblin. I wish her all the best in retirement if that is what she does.

 

[chrisstbh]

As I said, his expansion of the lore surrounding the Force, Jedi and Sith is overly complex and IMO gets ridiculous. He leans very hard into the mystical aspects, doubles down and throws in Hyperspace Whales for Jedi to talk to.

I don't mind that personally.

He also created many unaccounted for Jedi post Order 66.

There's like 65 survivors (including Inquisitors), out of over 10,000 (0.65%), most of which died later.

That's not a lot. Order 66 fractured the Jedi and eliminated most of them.