Kathleen Kennedy OUT at Lucasfilm! What’s Next for Star Wars?!

The Kristian Harloff Show

Kristian Harloff

Tv & Film, News

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

It’s official — Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as President of Lucasfilm this August. After years of speculation and conflicting public statements, the longtime producer will be transitioning out of the role sooner than expected. But what does this mean for the future of Star Wars? And who might be next in line to take the reins? Kristian Harloff dives into the details, potential successors like Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck, and what this move signals for the franchise.

Also on today’s packed show:

🔥 The “Andor” Season 2 reviews are in — and they’re glowing! With a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93 on Metacritic, the show is being hailed as the best Star Wars storytelling ever.
🖊️ Carlton Cuse (Lost, Jack Ryan) is writing a new Star Wars series for Disney+ alongside his son Nick
🕷️ Wednesday Season 2 trailer and poster are coming soon, featuring a new horror-heavy tone and stacked cast
🧛‍♂️ Don’t expect Sinners 2, but Minecraft 2 is almost a guarantee after box office domination
🔪 First trailer drops for the I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. returning
🏆 The Oscars voting system is changing—now voters must prove they’ve actually watched the films
📺 And of course, Roxy’s TV picks of the week are here!

Is this the dawn of a new era at Lucasfilm? Will the galaxy far, far away finally find stability in creative leadership? We break it all down on this episode of The Kristian Harloff Show!

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0:00.0	Good. Roxy's right there. That's usually what we do, right? Not what we do at all. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to the show. Today we're discussing Kathleen Kennedy is actually stepping down from Lucasfilm. That's the new report that is going to happen in August. Star Wars Newsnet talking about it from Jeff Snyder's report.
0:21.6	Speaking of Star Wars and or season two, the reviews are in.
0:25.6	I watched the whole entire season and we'll discuss that.
0:29.6	We'll discuss what's going on with Star Wars and what people think about it.
0:34.6	We've got a lot to discuss.
0:39.6	And we'll be talking TV.
0:40.8	The last of us happened.
0:43.7	That was a big one over the weekend.
0:46.1	We'll do, but we might do spoilers on that one.
0:46.8	So you got to, we'll give you a warning.
0:48.9	We'll give you a warning.
0:49.6	It's going to be a new poster and trailer for Wednesday.
0:56.1	Definitely get a Minecraft too. We're not getting a sinners too. And the big story I want to discuss with Roxy here today, the Oscars are finally
1:02.5	making it a requirement that the people who are voting have to watch all the movies. Why that
1:07.3	wasn't a requirement in the first place. Who knows? But we'll discuss that and more on the show.
1:12.5	And I might.
1:13.4	I might just have a special guest starting the show with us,
1:17.7	but you got to see who it is.
1:19.0	Start guessing.
1:19.9	Let's see if you can guess who it is,
1:21.1	and I'll tell you if you're right or wrong.
1:23.2	All right.
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