{"id":14017,"date":"2026-01-16T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-as-lucasfilm-president-marking-a-new-era-for-the-star-wars-franchise\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:56:48","slug":"kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-as-lucasfilm-president-marking-a-new-era-for-the-star-wars-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-as-lucasfilm-president-marking-a-new-era-for-the-star-wars-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Kennedy steps down as Lucasfilm president, marking a new era for the Star Wars franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as president of Lucasfilm. Although she will continue as a producer for several Star Wars projects, including upcoming movie <em>The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/em>, the company will now be helmed by a duo in Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. It&rsquo;s a big changing of the guard for Star Wars fans, and marks the start of a fresh chapter for the sci-fi universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Before taking over at Lucasfilm, Kennedy had seen great success as a producer with a couple little films you may have heard of: <em>E.T.<\/em> and <em>Jurassic Park<\/em>. She became Lucasfilm&rsquo;s president in 2012 when the company was acquired by Disney. At that point, it had been several years since the last Star Wars movie; <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em> closed out the generally panned prequel trilogy in 2005. Fans&rsquo; best option for Star Wars content was <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>, a standalone film and animated series which were well-regarded but primarily popular among the hardcore devotees rather than reaching the widespread cultural relevance of the prior feature films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">During Kennedy&rsquo;s tenure, Star Wars returned to the big screen with <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> in 2015. Although that J.J. Abrams-led trilogy was also a roller coaster for many fans, it marked a renaissance for the franchise. Lucasfilm embarked on two standalone movies in <em>Rogue One<\/em> and <em>Solo<\/em>, which generated yet more buzz and more money for the company. Star Wars got the full cinematic universe treatment, with critically acclaimed live-action television projects and several new video games. The world fell in love with Baby Yoda. Ewan McGregor finally got to don his Obi-Wan Kenobi robe in a better vehicle. The franchise was back in the mainstream, with the budgets and expectations of media behemoth Disney at its back.&nbsp;No matter your feelings on the current state of Star Wars, it&rsquo;s an impressive accomplishment by Kennedy and a big legacy that she leaves behind at Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_33ipqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_53ipqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">So now that Lucasfilm has arguably ended this phase on a high note, what&rsquo;s next? Dave Filoni moving into the top spot isn&rsquo;t much of a surprise. He&rsquo;s long been seen by fans and seemingly by the company as George Lucas&rsquo; spiritual successor. Filoni was also the showrunner on <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> back in the day and has been involved in some capacity with many of the recent TV series, most notably <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> and <em>Ahsoka<\/em>. All that history means his new role of President and Chief Creative Officer is pretty expected, and the Star Wars faithful likely feel that they are in good hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">As the title implies, Filoni will be responsible for the artistic side of the operation, while as Co-President, Lynwen Brennan will be in charge of the business side. Brennan may be a less familiar name, but her tenure with Lucas&rsquo; businesses dates back to 1999 when she joined the legendary effects studio Industrial Light &amp; Magic. Dividing the art and the commerce can yield good results if the two are able to find a good synergy. Star Wars has proven that it&rsquo;s a moneymaker even when the films and series aren&rsquo;t particularly well-received, but here&rsquo;s hoping that Filoni and Brennan will each be able to maintain high standards for Lucasfilm and the Star Wars fandom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Kathleen Kennedy steps down as Lucasfilm president, marking a new era for the Star Wars franchise<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as president of Lucasfilm. Although she will continue as a producer for several Star Wars projects, including upcoming movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, the company will now be helmed by a duo in Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. It&rsquo;s a big changing of the guard for Star Wars fans, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-as-lucasfilm-president-marking-a-new-era-for-the-star-wars-franchise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kathleen Kennedy steps down as Lucasfilm president, marking a new era for the Star Wars franchise&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}