Disney Reportedly Wants Kathleen Kennedy to stop announcing Star Wars Projects

Disney reportedly wants Kathleen Kennedy to stop announcing Star Wars projects.

Industry insider Matthew Belloni of Puck reported that Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy “was advised by Disney to stop announcing projects and creative partners.”

The reasoning for the blockage comes down to “media management,” an effort to prevent fans and press from further tackling Lucasfilm following the cancellation of a slew of projects in recent years. The Rogue Squadron announcement video by Patty Jenkins and exciting press releases for Rian Johnson and D.B. Weiss & David Benioff’s respective trilogies are examples of Star Wars hype falling flat, an issue Disney is attempting to avoid.

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Ever since The Rise of Skywalker premiered in theaters back in 2019, Kathleen Kennedy has announced two live-action Star Warsmovies — on May 4, 2020, the company released an official statement saying that Taika Waititi would be co-writing and directing a new film set in a galaxy far, far away. It’s been two and a half years and the movie is still not written. Later that year, it was also announced that Patty Jenkins would be directing Rogue Squadron. But that movie project is in limbo and possibly canceled.

Since the release of The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars has lived solely on Disney+ and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. 

Related: Filming is underway for Star Wars: The Acolyte Disney+ Series

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