Star Wars' Kathleen Kennedy debunks retirement reports, as she shares plans for the future of Lucasfilm: "I will die making movies"

Kathleen Kennedy standing with a bunch of Stormtroopers
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Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed she isn't retiring from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm anytime soon, despite reports of the contrary. That said, she has🔜 "every inte﷽ntion of making an announcement months or a year down the road" as to her role within the company.

Earlier this week, Puck c𒐪laimed that Kennedy was stepping down a꧟s the studio's president after 13 year𝔍s, having overseen the latest era of Star Wars projects from The Force Awakens to The Acolyte – and it didn't take long for other publications like The Hollywood Reporter and IGN to seemingly corroborate the story.

, stating: "The truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies."

Kennedy went on to candidly claim that she intends to "die making movies", though that doesn't mean her job title won't change in the not-so-distant future or that she hasn't had conversations with Disney bosses Bob Iger and Alan Bergman about who could take over if and ꦡwhen it꧋ does...

"What's happening at Lucasfilm is I have been talking for quite some time with both Bob and Alan about what eventual succession might look like. We have an amazing bench of people here, and we have every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road," she explained. "We are in lockstep as to what that's going to be, and I am continuing. I'm producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I'm also producing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shawn Levy's movie, which is after that. 

"I'm continuing to stay at Lucasfilm and look🌱ing very thoughtfully with Bob and Alan as to who's stepping in," Kennedy conc🐟luded. "So that is all underway, and we have every right to make that announcement when we want to make it."

For more, check out our breakdown of all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Star Wars movies headed our way.

Amy West

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