Kathleen Kennedy expected that he would withdraw from Lucasfilm

After more than a decade in a distant galaxy, Kathleen Kennedy costs a course towards retirement. The Lucasfilm boss announced Associates that she wants to retire by the end of 2025. puck Registered on Monday evening.

Kennedy and Lucasfilm’s repetitions were not immediately available for a comment.

Kennedy came to Lucasfilm as Co-Chairman in 2012 as a co-chairman star Wars The creator George Lucas and a few months later Disney took over 4 billion US dollars for the company and Lucas.

She restarted the franchise, starting with JJ Abrams. Star Wars: The strength awakens (2015), which brought in more than 2 billion US dollars worldwide and has revived the property as a large -scale brand. Disney published A star Wars Film every year from 2015-2019 and then took a break afterwards Star Wars: the promotion of Skywalkerwhich received a mixed answer and only half of what earned Force Awakens Had brought in just a few years earlier.

As head of Lucasfilm, Kennedy kept one of the most visible and examined jobs in Hollywood, and it was not always smooth. She fired Chris Lord and Phil Miller as directors of Solo: A Star Wars story In the middle of production. (The film was the first star Wars To lose film Rogue One: A Star Wars story Director Gareth Edwards replaces him by Tony Gilroy, who was brought to monitor new admissions. (The film became a 1 -billion dollar -hit). Other projects were promised that have never come about, such as Rian Johnson’s trilogy and another, which was supervised by game of Thrones Showrunners DB Benioff and David Weiss. Daisy Ridley’s upcoming return too star Wars It has been under development since Fanfare announced in front of almost two Yaers.

But also as star Wars The franchise struggled to return to the big screen. The mandalorian Start in November 2019 together with the streaming service. It became a breakout goal that produced several spinoffs, including the criticized Andorwho returns for a second season in April, as well as several shows that did not hit the zeitgeist and concerns about the watering down star Wars Brand.

Lucasfilm is up to date The mandalorian and grogu From director Jon Favreau due on May 22, 2026 as the first excursion of great canvas for the franchise since then Skywalker ascent.

Kennedy’s famous career includes working with Steven Spielberg and husband Frank Marshall with cooperation, including Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Present Et of the aliens (1982), Gremlins (1984), The color purple (1985), The goonies (1985), Rich of the sun (1987) ,, Who framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and the Back to the future Trilogy (1985-1990) and the Indiana Jones Films ended with last year Choice of fate. In total, she produced more than 70 films and nominated for eight Oscars.

The news will be the Star Wars celebration in Tokyo in April, where the future of the future star Wars Franchise is expected to be unveiled.