Kathleen Kennedy Indeed Receives Three Year Contract Extension

Truly unfortunate for those of us raised on Star Wars. Does Does Disney not understand that gen-X and gen Y who’s parent gave us the Star Wars toys and merchandise years ago are the people who could be buying merchandise today for ourselves and our kids. I suspect the profit margins are reduced significantly due to this type of; to borrow a British term, wankery.

I think I may have figured it out. Disney is losing money, hand-over-fist, with Lucasfilm. Kathleen Kennedy appears to be the causes of those losses. So, it makes no sense to keep her on, right? But what if it DOES make sense? What if it doesn’t make sense to us because we are looking at it from the perspective of making money and staying profitable?

Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that Kathleen Kennedy DOESN’T want Lucasfilm to make money and stay profitable. Okay, so why would she take the job? Well, she’s married to Frank Marshall, so she has money, so that’s not likely the reason. Power and influence? She has all of her friends and contacts as well as her husband’s, so that’s not likely it. What if it is something as simple as vengeance?

Hear me out. She’s worked with men her entire life. Not as an equal, but as someone more in the background. She’s seen a lot. I imagine that the more she stayed in the background, the more she saw and the more dirt she collected. I am fairly certain that she has dirt on just about everyone who matters in Hollywood, including Mr. Speilberg. Which could be why she was credited with producing films like “Lincoln” (Golden Globes and Oscar Nominations… which was a far cry from what she’s doing to Star Wars, so, yeah… it was probably Spielberg doing the heavy lifting and giving her the credit. Something we see her doing with “The Mandalorian”).

Now, imagine that Kennedy has it in for George Lucas. Why? I am thinking it had something to do with the first “Indiana Jones” movie. Probably, George and Steve were talking about how terrible an assistant Kathleen was. I imagine, that was the start of Kathleen’s desire to rise through the ranks and shove it all back down their throats.

She began to use some of those dirty tidbits she collected to take more credit and claim awards, titles, and stature. Still, she was doing it to get back at those who felt they were above her. White men and their toxic masculinity.

Finally, she got up close and personal with George and he was starting to talk about getting out of Lucasfilm. Kennedy earned George’s trust, never letting on that she secretly wanted to destroy him and everything he stood for. During that time, where she had to be there at his beck and call just like a nefarious niece, waiting for her rich uncle to die and leave her his fortune.

Finally, the time is right. Kathleen leans on Spielberg a little to get his endorsement and, keeping her glee in check until the papers are signed. Saying everything George wants to hear… Then it’s all hers!

Now she’s got everyone over the barrel. Disney can’t get rid of her because they get pressure from those people she has dirt on to keep her happy. She’s costing them billions. She’s destroying George’s legacy, one character at a time. No one can do anything about her bleeding the money away. Sooner or later, Disney will have to dump Lucasfilm because it not only never made money, it is costing them more than they paid for it. When that happens, Kathleen’s victory will be complete. She’s already gotten them to shelve and delay anything to do with Star Wars. If her female director won’t make a movie that would further destroy the franchise, then she finds another one who will.

This is my theory.

None of us know how the contract reads; what sort of stops or controls are/or could be in it. Pure speculation here…she might have been forced to sign a contract limiting her power, and/or one with consequences of overreach. She might have signed it as opposed to hanging her head in shame as she was let go. Let’s just step back and see how this unfolds from here.