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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Should Kathleen Kennedy Be Fired or Step Down?

There are rumors/fanboy hopes that Kathleen Kennedy either be fired or step down as President of Lucasfilm. A very vocal group of people claim that she "ruined" Star Wars because they don't like some or all of the four movies released by Disney (even though George Lucas already "ruined" Star Wars with the Prequel Trilogy...or maybe it was with "Return of the Jedi"). Others point to the fact that "Solo: A Star Wars Story" will be the first Star Wars movie to lose money, even though the previous three movies have earned over four billion dollars at the box office. I have differing opinions on this situation.

On one hand, Kennedy is the President of Lucasfilm, not the President of Star Wars. Although Lucasfilm has focused primarily on Star Wars for the last five years, she has also put another Indiana Jones movie into pre-production, and might possibly begin work on a Willow sequel. Some people have pointed out that she is a movie producer first and not a Star Wars fan, but they fail to realize she wasn't hired to run Star Wars. She was hired to produce all movies from different franchises.

On the other hand, she hasn't done a good job as a producer of the movies that have been released. She has clashed with the directors of almost all of the movies released or are yet to be released, even removing a few of them during production. I still don't understand how after a year-and-a-half of pre-production and four months of production (not to mention however long the process was to "interview" for the job) she decided that Phil Lord and Chris Miller weren't the right directors for "Solo" after all.

I don't have an answer to the question. If she's kept around, people won't be happy. If she's removed, another group of people won't be happy, especially if she's fired so a man can take over her job. Either way, it seems to be lose-lose.

Thursday, June 21, 2018

How To Remake "The Last Jedi"