News Filoni and Brennan to replace Kathleen Kennedy at Lucasfilm

[Your Salad]

Good of thread as any to post this.
(not AI)

 

[Fedorgasm]

This is a terrible blow for the lame and gay community

 

[High Test With da Best]

Lol that fucken killed me hahahah!

Also, congrats (?) on the bloo, question mark is because I don't know if that's a promotion or like being in the dog house.

Sorry, Dawg house

 

[GtehMVP]

Dave will be the successor to KK that she wasn't to George. He will faithfully carry on the trash she left behind.

 

[greygoose]

If they stick to the animated universe, I'm all in, as much as a non-SW person can be all in. The live action stuff has never done it for me.

 

[MLarson]

They need to stop making Star Wars movies, it's getting tired.

I beginning to feel the same way about super hero movies.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I bet if Dave publicly announces that the sequel trilogy is declared non-canon, and that they're going to make a new star wars sequel movie starring the winter soldier as Luke Skywalker, and then show a teaser trailer that hints at Mara Jade being in the movie, he'd instantly win back all the nerds. Both young and older generations would go see it and Disney would make a crap load of money.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Kathleen Kennedy has been the worst thing to happen to the franchise. The storyline and everything was already laid out for her but Kathleen thought she had better ideas.

 

[clutchCAT420]

Eat shit mouse...

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Nothing will change.

Thought I'd expand on my lack of enthusiasm for finally getting what we, the fans, have claimed to desire for over 7 years at this point.

Kathleen Kennedy should have been removed as LucasFilm President after two things happened.
*Ep8 TLJ bringing in significantly less than Ep7 TFA.
*Solo being forced to reshoot 3/4ths of the movie and royally bombing... The only SW movie to ever bomb at that boxoffice.

After that the franchise has mostly been a disaster, with Ep9 ROS bringing in half of what Ep7 did, and everything after has been delegated to Disney+. The occasional quality SW (Last 4 episodes of Clone Wars Season 7 & Mandolorian Seasons 1&2, Tales of the Jedi/Sith) were well received due to Kathleen's lack of involvement.

Everything else... Mandolorian Season 3, Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, Kenobi, Boba Fett, The Acolyte... complete shit.

The one series that I've heard high praise for - but received extremely low ratings - Andor, really shows the incompetence of LucasFilm for finally making a damn good show but they put no marketing behind it.
That said, just like Solo, making an expensive series about who was believed to be a boring character and is known to die at the end of Rogue One... not the smartest idea to bring in viewers.

And Kathleen Kennedy's incompetence wasn't restricted to the Star Wars franchise... She also destroyed Indiana Jones and it bombed at the boxoffice.

So, for seven years now she's deserved to be fired. So why is she leaving now? Because she's old.
She's 72 years old and made hundreds of millions off destroying the film studio she was put in charge of.

She's not fired. She has the power to stay on as LucasFilm President for 13 years, 7 of which have been complete failures, she probably could stay around if she wanted to and she probably hand-picked her successors.

Also the Mandolorian movie is in post-production, and from what I hear Starfighter is either currently filming or wrapped filming. They will have her fingerprints and teeth marks all over every aspect of those movies.

After they bomb (in all probability) Star Wars will absolutely be dead.
I'll be shocked if the new Presidents will be able to do anything decent after she leaves because she didn't want to appoint anyone that could upstage her.

So, that's why I'm so confident with my statement of 'Nothing will change.'

/ Rant Over.

 

[ChickenBrother]

Thought I'd expand on my lack of enthusiasm for finally getting what we, the fans, have claimed to desire for over 7 years at this point.

Kathleen Kennedy should have been removed as LucasFilm President after two things happened.
*Ep8 TLJ bringing in significantly less than Ep7 TFA.
*Solo being forced to reshoot 3/4ths of the movie and royally bombing... The only SW movie to ever bomb at that boxoffice.

After that the franchise has mostly been a disaster, with Ep9 ROS bringing in half of what Ep7 did, and everything after has been delegated to Disney+. The occasional quality SW (Last 4 episodes of Clone Wars Season 7 & Mandolorian Seasons 1&2, Tales of the Jedi/Sith) were well received due to Kathleen's lack of involvement.

Everything else... Mandolorian Season 3, Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, Kenobi, Boba Fett, The Acolyte... complete shit.

The one series that I've heard high praise for - but received extremely low ratings - Andor, really shows the incompetence of LucasFilm for finally making a damn good show but they put no marketing behind it.
That said, just like Solo, making an expensive series about who was believed to be a boring character and is known to die at the end of Rogue One... not the smartest idea to bring in viewers.

And Kathleen Kennedy's incompetence wasn't restricted to the Star Wars franchise... She also destroyed Indiana Jones and it bombed at the boxoffice.

So, for seven years now she's deserved to be fired. So why is she leaving now? Because she's old.
She's 72 years old and made hundreds of millions off destroying the film studio she was put in charge of.

She's not fired. She has the power to stay on as LucasFilm President for 13 years, 7 of which have been complete failures, she probably could stay around if she wanted to and she probably hand-picked her successors.

Also the Mandolorian movie is in post-production, and from what I hear Starfighter is either currently filming or wrapped filming. They will have her fingerprints and teeth marks all over every aspect of those movies.

After they bomb (in all probability) Star Wars will absolutely be dead.
I'll be shocked if the new Presidents will be able to do anything decent after she leaves because she didn't want to appoint anyone that could upstage her.

So, that's why I'm so confident with my statement of 'Nothing will change.'

/ Rant Over.

After that the franchise has mostly been a disaster, with Ep9 ROS bringing in half of what Ep7 did

ROTJ and ESB also brought in half what ANH did:

Here's How Much Money Every 'Star Wars' Movie Made | Man of Many

'Star Wars' has been a staple of sci-fi cinema for the past 50-odd years—but how much money has this story brought in? Here's your answer.

manofmany.com

And adjusted for inflation, ROS outperformed ROTJ and ESB in both worldwide earnings and % relative to the first movie in their trilogy. Now don't get me wrong, the ST was a steaming pile of shit but on balance you can't say it wasn't a commercial success.

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[DougieJones]

Brendan Filone?

 

[Bob Gray]

Heard this before. Ill believe it when it happens. Then I will become become excited.

 

[shunyata]

Yub Yub Motherfuckers!

Undoing the damage will take time, but I want to believe.

Maybe we'll get that Filoni Thrawn movie one of these years.

 

[Motivated BJ Penn]

Who cares? ...she's already, long since killed it.

Yeah as someone who was a YUGE star wars fan when I was a kid, I just dont give af anymore. Its dead to me. Killed in the name of profits. They even ruined the only decent thing they put out (besides Andor) in the Mandalorian because they wanted to sell more baby yoda toys...

 

[Satur9]

When you have sucked for longer than you rocked, it’s time to hang it up. The franchise is lost. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

 

[Thrawn33]

When you have sucked for longer than you rocked, it’s time to hang it up. The franchise is lost. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

with the EU an PT...pretty sure it's been good longer than since the Mouse bought it

 

[GtehMVP]

I bet if Dave publicly announces that the sequel trilogy is declared non-canon, and that they're going to make a new star wars sequel movie starring the winter soldier as Luke Skywalker, and then show a teaser trailer that hints at Mara Jade being in the movie, he'd instantly win back all the nerds. Both young and older generations would go see it and Disney would make a crap load of money.

Star Wars is a dead property at the cinema, and I have no faith in Disney or Filoni to make it right, but there is a way to course correct with that world between worlds plot device with Ashoka.

If Dave was smart, and Disney actually cared about making money, revitalizing the IP, and distancing itself from identity politics, they could use the Mando movie with Luke, baby Yoda and Ashoka to change the future.

Everything post RTOJ needs to be scrapped regardless. Casting Stan as 40-ish Jedi Master Luke makes too much sense.

Anthony Ingruber already nailed Harrison Ford, and is pushing 40


It shouldn't be too hard to find someone to play Leia.

They should just adapt the Thrawn Trilogy, make fans happy, and give them source material that's pretty damn good. I'm sure George has some ideas from his sequel trilogy they could mesh in.

No one in strong enough numbers wants to be reminded of Rey Skywalker and the Disney Trilogy. That blemish needs to go.

I have a bad feeling (pun intended) Dave will want to continue pleasing KK and the feminists/leftists that never liked SW, so he can feel good about being a white male, and stay true to her only vision.

I'm just glad they haven't damaged the Old Republic timeline. A Bane series should be a no brainer too, but with all roads leading to Rey, any Star Wars project is probably DOA.

 

[Madmick]

ROTJ and ESB also brought in half what ANH did:

Here's How Much Money Every 'Star Wars' Movie Made | Man of Many

'Star Wars' has been a staple of sci-fi cinema for the past 50-odd years—but how much money has this story brought in? Here's your answer.

manofmany.com

And adjusted for inflation, ROS outperformed ROTJ and ESB in both worldwide earnings and % relative to the first movie in their trilogy. Now don't get me wrong, the ST was a steaming pile of shit but on balance you can't say it wasn't a commercial success.

Oh, fuck off with this disingenuous bullshit. What's worse, it's not even accurate.

It made more than the takes from the international film market in 1977-1983 adjusted for inflation? Um...no it didn't. What was the top grossing foreign take for any movie in those years (every country combined except America)?

George Lucas:

• 1977 -> Star Wars: Ep4 = #1, $303m (#2 made $171m, +77%) [$1.229bn in 2015 USD, more than Ep7 made]
• 1980 -> Star Wars: Ep5 = #1, $257m (#2 made $40m, +642%) [$815m in 2017 USD, more than Ep8 made]
• 1983 -> Star Wars: Ep6 = #1, $166m (#2 made $120m, +38%) [$617m in 2019 USD, more than Ep9 made]

Kathleen Kennedy:

• 2015: Star Wars: Ep7 = #2, $1.13bn (#1 made $1.16bn, -3%)
• 2017: Star Wars: Ep8 = #5, $731m (#1 made $1.001bn, -27%)
• 2019: Star Wars: Ep9 = #12, $558m (#1 made $1.941bn, -71%)

Not that anyone should care about comparing the immature foreign film market 50 years ago to today. You could adjust the second biggest earning films at the foreign box office from the second and third films back then (1980,1983), and they wouldn't touch the top earners in the corresponding years (2017, 2019) from the 2nd and 3rd films of the prequel trilogy. Hollywood's export revenue was tiny in comparison to today.

And it only gets worse when you factor in the total budget: production and marketing. Rise of Skywalker cost $594m total. It barely broke even. Meanwhile, the combined total budget for all three of the original trilogy is estimated to have been around $60m-$65m. So even with the theaters taking a bit over half of the sum $1.7bn worldwide gross it probably generated over 15x what it cost to make. It made everyone involved stinking rich.

 

[Stoic1]

She killed a cultural icon. I can only wish her pain and suffering in the future.

It will take nothing less than an Empire quality movie for me to return.