Lucasfilm ersetzt Kathleen Kennedy durch Dave Filoni und Lynwen Brennan als neue „Star Wars“-Chefs

Eh not a big upgrade .

Anything is better than KK . The way she promised George she’d stick to his vision then dumped that idea when he signed SW over was always very telling. At least Filoni has a love for the product even though people tend to have issues with his additions. Also really surprised Kennedy had her job for as long as she did due to the string of failures under her watch, too.

Enormous uphill battle to find the magic again, but this is a great first start.

**For those who aren’t aware:**

***“Yes,*** [***George Lucas***](https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Lucas&oq=Lucas+was+Filioni%27s+mentor&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiiBBiJBTIHCAMQABjvBTIKCAQQABiABBiiBNIBCDQ0ODdqMWoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfAKz_gJ76eMwTjfQxWWPGm8n-sooOuG5uIiAxjrEtgALnSFKy_XWCLoq4WspAafHRs3TCIghxnKVPCKqMA7elJeejyarrl5ceMb–LbgH43H857ZYwnNXfK6sEB95sdCv4Ho64qDztEBX4y_mzce5pGCuR6LbfH_ntumaBsHa1ff1k&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwipudSA346SAxUeg4kEHURmBi4QgK4QegQIARAE) ***served as a direct mentor to*** [***Dave Filoni***](https://www.google.com/search?q=Dave+Filoni&oq=Lucas+was+Filioni%27s+mentor&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiiBBiJBTIHCAMQABjvBTIKCAQQABiABBiiBNIBCDQ0ODdqMWoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfAKz_gJ76eMwTjfQxWWPGm8n-sooOuG5uIiAxjrEtgALnSFKy_XWCLoq4WspAafHRs3TCIghxnKVPCKqMA7elJeejyarrl5ceMb–LbgH43H857ZYwnNXfK6sEB95sdCv4Ho64qDztEBX4y_mzce5pGCuR6LbfH_ntumaBsHa1ff1k&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwipudSA346SAxUeg4kEHURmBi4QgK4QegQIARAF)***, personally recruiting him in 2005 and guiding him as the supervising director for*** [***Star Wars: The Clone Wars***](https://www.google.com/search?q=Star+Wars%3A+The+Clone+Wars&oq=Lucas+was+Filioni%27s+mentor&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiiBBiJBTIHCAMQABjvBTIKCAQQABiABBiiBNIBCDQ0ODdqMWoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfAKz_gJ76eMwTjfQxWWPGm8n-sooOuG5uIiAxjrEtgALnSFKy_XWCLoq4WspAafHRs3TCIghxnKVPCKqMA7elJeejyarrl5ceMb–LbgH43H857ZYwnNXfK6sEB95sdCv4Ho64qDztEBX4y_mzce5pGCuR6LbfH_ntumaBsHa1ff1k&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwipudSA346SAxUeg4kEHURmBi4QgK4QegQIARAG)***, teaching Filoni filmmaking principles and fostering his development as a key storyteller for the franchise, a relationship often described as master-apprentice or mentor-mentee. Lucas emphasized listening and understanding the core of Star Wars, which Filoni absorbed and applied to his work, eventually taking on a central creative role in both animation and live-action. „***

Kind of a bullshit title. She’s stepping down because she’s 72, not being “replaced”.