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Breaking Down Kathleen Kennedy’s Biggest Mistakes

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For years, Star Wars fans have debated the direction of Lucasfilm under Kathleen Kennedy and now, with her stepping down, it’s time to take a clear, honest look back.

In this video, I break down Kathleen Kennedy’s biggest missteps during her time as Lucasfilm President: what went wrong, why certain decisions divided the fanbase, and how these choices shaped the modern Star Wars era. I also talk about her most successful Star Wars projects and how inconsistency between projects was her biggest mistake.

More importantly, we talk about what Lucasfilm can do better moving forward. What lessons should Disney take from this era? What needs to change to rebuild trust with fans and deliver consistent, high-quality Star Wars stories again? If you care about the future of Star Wars this conversation matters!

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Kathleen Kennedy finally steps down | Star Wars Rebel Round-up

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CJ and Luke discuss Kathleen Kennedy stepping down, Filoni and Brennan stepping up and the latest news in the Star Wars Universe.

Share your thoughts in the comments below so we can discuss them in future episodes.

0:00 Intro
1:00 Starfighter News
07:00 Dawn of the Jedi no more?
13:40 Lando movie happening?
16:40 The new trilogy is coming
19:50 Galaxy Edge Update
24:25 Kathleen Kennedy Review
42:12 Lynwen Brennan Overview
44:30 Dave Filoni Overview
45:50 Was it the right choice?
56:30 Fan Comments

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Kathleen Kennedy Stepping Down

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As Kathleen Kennedy steps down from Lucasfilm leadership to return to producing, Dave Filoni will lead the studio as President and Chief Creative Officer alongside Lynwen Brennan as Co-President

By StarWars.com Team

Lucasfilm announced today that after 14 years of leading the studio, President Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from her role. Kennedy will return to full-time producing, including the studio’s upcoming feature films The Mandalorian and Grogu and Star Wars: Starfighter.

Dave Filoni, who worked closely with creator George Lucas to build the Lucasfilm animation department on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and helped launch Star Wars live-action series alongside Jon Favreau on The Mandalorian, will take on creative leadership of the company as President and Chief Creative Officer and Lynwen Brennan will serve as Co-President.

Their close collaboration and more than 30 years of combined senior executive experience will carry Lucasfilm into its next chapter of storytelling, with a strong foundation of creative vision and operational leadership guiding the studio forward.

“My love of storytelling was shaped by the films of Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas. I never dreamed I would be privileged to learn the craft of filmmaking from both of them,” said Filoni. “From Rey to Grogu, Kathy has overseen the greatest expansion in Star Wars storytelling onscreen that we have ever seen. I am incredibly grateful to Kathy, George, Bob Iger and Alan Bergman for their trust and the opportunity to lead Lucasfilm in this new role, doing a job I truly love. May the Force be with you.”…

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Adam Driver’s “The Hunt For Ben Solo” Shot Down By Disney

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In an interview this week, Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver revealed that he, along with Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh developed a script for a new Star Wars movie called “The Hunt For Ben Solo”, which was ultimately rejected by Disney’s top brass. So what gives? We look at every angle of this story to break it all down, along with listener reactions and fired-up opinions. We pay tribute to legendary artist Drew Struzan with Erik Sharkey, director of the documentary “Drew: The Man Behind The Poster” and discuss some of his iconic Star Wars movie posters. Will we see the original 1977 version of Star Wars back in theaters for its upcoming 50th anniversary? We analyze some leaked info and imagery that may suggest the answer is yes. Plus, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson recently were interviewed about the soon-to-open Lucas Museum in LA. We review the highlights along with some comments from George about life after Star Wars.

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Breaking Down Luthen and Kleya

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The actors speak to StarWars.com about the motivations and mindset of their characters in Andor’s last story arc.

By Amy Richau

Their operatives “have friends everywhere,” but it’s the complex bond between Luthen Rael and Kleya Marki that helps deliver vital intel to the Rebellion.

After one of Luthen’s long-time undercover ISB assets, Lonni Jung, sends out an emergency call, things start to go downhill fast for Luthen and Kleya in Andor’s tenth episode. After years of living double lives secretly working against the Empire while publicly running a gallery in Coruscant, “Make It Stop” gives a backstory to Luthen and Kleya’s relationship intercut with Kleya’s gut-wrenching actions after Luthen makes the ultimate sacrifice to avoid Imperial interrogation.

Throughout both of Andor’s seasons, Luthen was shown to be a cunning, and at times ruthless, rebel insurgent, willing to risk his life and the lives of others for the larger goal of taking down the Empire. But Skarsgård was never shocked by his character’s behavior…

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Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Andor Season 1

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Spoiler warning: This article contains story details and plot points from the entirety of Andor Season 1.

Andor isn’t like the Star Wars we’ve known. It announces this to us in its opening sequence, which finds Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor skulking forward in the rain, heading into a brothel, and minutes later, accidentally killing a local officer before deliberately dispatching a second. As far as inciting incidents go, this is a far cry from bickering droids escaping Darth Vader and his forces.

Which is all to say that Andor was a gamble. The Disney+ Original series doubled down on the grounded tone of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, taking the galaxy far, far away to a far more real-world, messier place than it’s ever been. But for Tony Gilroy, Rogue One co-writer and creator of the series, deviating from what Star Wars typically is never gave him a second thought.

“I don’t worry about that at all,” he tells StarWars.com. “I worry about the storytelling. I worry about the logic of it. I worry about the plotting. I worry about the characters. I worry about the story making sense and things tying together.”

It seems to have worked out for Gilroy, as Andor proved to resonate with both critics and fans. The series just wrapped up its memorable first season, of which Gilroy spoke with StarWars.com at length. The 12-episode season follows Cassian Andor five years before the events of Rogue One, as circumstances take him from drifting loner to Imperial prisoner to, finally, a believer in the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire. Throughout, there’s nary a mention of Jedi; thankfully, Lucasfilm and Disney were okay with that.

“I think everybody was kind of aware on their side that there was not only an opportunity, but a need for a new lane,” Gilroy says. “If there’s a billion beings in that galaxy, surely there’s a billion stories there, and they don’t all have to do with lightsabers and Jedi and Luke and Darth Vader. I mean, other people are living their lives, and there are incredible events that are happening.”…

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Ashley Eckstein Shuts Down Rumors

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Ahsoka has been a bit of a bridge character for Lucasfilm in recent years. The once-young Jedi made the jump to live-action in The Mandalorian, directly connecting The Clone Wars with this new era of Disney+ streaming. Now, though the character will get a series of her own in the upcoming Ahsoka.

The Rosario Dawson-led streaming project will serve as a sequel series to Rebels, bringing that series’ set of characters into live action for the very first time. The show is supposedly coming soon with a first look having been shown off at the D23 Fan Expo in September.

But with Dawson taking on the role of Ahsoka in live-action, some are asking whether Jedi’s original voice actor Ashley Eckstein will be a part of the series in any way….

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Darth Vader’s Iconic Voice Actor to Steps Down

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Since Star Wars first became a part of pop culture in 1977, James Earl Jones helped push the phenomenon to incredible heights thanks to his portrayal of the Sith Lord, Darth Vader. Although that character has gone through various adaptations and actors over the last 40 years, Jones’ voice is the one content in bringing the cyborg antagonist to life on the big and small screen.

Vader was last seen in this year’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, with a team of actors and stuntmen helping bring the villain back in his battle against Ewan McGregor’s hero. While it allowed Hayden Christensen to return to his iconic role, earning a much better reception than his first go as Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader, James Earl Jones’ voice was also used through the Respeecher technology that Lucasfilm has employed numerous times on Disney+.

With Jones approaching his 92nd birthday, fans are naturally wondering how long he will continue working in Hollywood, especially with his workload having decreased fairly substantially over the last few years. Now, a new report has revealed that this time for Jones may come sooner than most fans were expecting….

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Imperials Explained

The Ranks Of The Imperial Navy Run Down…

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This video explains a run down on the various ranks of the imperial navy within the Galactic Empire in order as well as the details of the navy crew’s role and duties onboard the various capital ships and military stations the Empire constructed during its reign. All imperial navy ranks are sourced from material taken from Star Wars Legends.

Breakdown of all ranks covered:

Non-commissioned enlisted ranks:
1. Midshipman
2. Petty Officers
3. Warrant Officer

Commissioned officer ranks:
1. Ensign
2. Junior Lieutenant
3. Senior Lieutenant
4. Captain
5. Commodore
6. Rear Admiral
7. Vice Admiral
8. Admiral
9. Fleet Admiral
10. Grand Admiral

Long live the Empire!

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All Imperial Army Ranks Run Down…

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This run down explains all various imperial army ranks within the Galactic Empire in order of their rank including some details of the army roles and duties for surface and territory commands within the Empire during its reign. All imperial army ranks information is sourced from material taken from Star Wars Legends.

Breakdown of all ranks covered:

Non-commissioned enlisted ranks:
1. Trooper Recruit (1st, 2nd & 3rd-grade Trooper)
2. Lance Corporal
3. Corporal
4. Sargeant-Major

Commissioned officer ranks:
1. Lieutenant
2. Captain
3. Commander
4. Major
5. Lieutenant Colonel
6. High Colonel
7. General

Appointed Ranks:
1. Moff
2. Grand Moff
3. Grand Admiral
3. Grand General

Long live the Empire!

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