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Kathleen Kennedy officially steps down as the head from Lucasfilm as Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan take over

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After days of rumors, Lucasfilm has officially announced that Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from the leadership of Lucasfilm and will be returning to producing. Dave Filoni will now lead the studio as President and Chief Creative Officer alongside Lynwen Brennan who will be Co-President. Kennedy as lead the studio for 14 years, starting in 2012 when Disney acquired the company.

Kennedy will return to producing including Lucasfilm’s upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu and Star Wars: Starfighter. She co-founded Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall.

Filoni rose to prominence building out Lucasfilm’as animation department which broke through with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He went on to help launch The Mandalorian along with Jon Favreau. Filoni joined Lucasfilm in 2005.

Brennan joined Lucasfilm in 1999 starting with Industrial Light & Magic eventually leading in starting in 2009. She became the General Manager of Lucasfilm in 2015 and President & General Manager of Lucasfilm Business in 2024.

Three New Star Wars films revealed

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At Star Wars Celebration Europe, Kathleen Kennedy was joined by Daisy Ridley to reveal three new films set in the Star Wars universe. James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will direct the films that will be out in the coming years. No dates or titles were revealed but some details were.

James Mangold’s film will take place in the “dawn of the Jedi,” while Filoni’s will be set during the New Republic. Filoni’s film will connect with the streaming television series Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, and The Book of Boba Fett. The final film, directed by Obaid-Chinoy, will focus on Ridley’s Rey Skywalker and her quest to build a new Jedi Order. It will follow the events of The Rise of Skywalker with some stating it takes place 15 years after the events of that film.

James Mangold is the director behind such films as Cop Land, The Wolverine, Logan, Ford v Ferrari, the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and more.

Dave Filoni is the producer behind much of the television Star Wars universe, and has directed the various Star Wars animated series and a few episodes of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has produced numerous films and shorts and directed 16 projects including two episodes of Ms. Marvel.