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Kathy Kennedy’s ‘Star Wars’ Amnesia

The Lucasfilm president was never enthusiastic about a now-shelved Kevin Feige Star Wars project. Is that why she seemed to “forget” its existence?

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was never enthusiastic about a recently-shelved Star Wars project, according to sources.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was never enthusiastic about a recently-shelved Star Wars project, according to sources. Photo: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney
Matthew Belloni
April 10, 2023

Um, who is Kathy kidding? A lot of rolled eyes at Marvel this weekend after Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy downplayed the recently-shelved Star Wars project that was in development from Marvel’s Kevin Feige. That project, according to Kennedy, “was something announced in the press, or I guess, fandom, but there was… nothing ever got developed… It’s not an abandoned project, it just didn’t happen.”