Is the Kathleen Kennedy Nightmare Finally Over?
Bill Whittle Network
Bill Whittle Network
4.8 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What do you call somebody with the power to destroy one of the most valuable entertainment and merchandising franchises of all time? |
| 0:07.0 | Well, with any luck, we're about to call her Kathleen Kennedy, first of her name, Destroyer of Star Wars, and former head of Lucasfilm. |
| 0:16.0 | We can only pray. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, everybody, I'm Steve Green with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott. |
| 0:19.0 | This is Right Angle, brought you by the |
| 0:21.1 | members. We're at Puck. Matthew Belloni reported on Tuesday that in the next week or two, |
| 0:28.1 | Disney will finally confirm what we've all known for months. Kathleen Kennedy is indeed |
| 0:32.8 | stepping down as Lucasfilm president. And Bill, this is what irks me. After so many flops and driving |
| 0:40.8 | lifelong fans like me by, you know, this forces female crap and all the rest, is it too |
| 0:47.6 | late for anybody to save Star Wars? I think it is. Yeah, me too. Yeah, I think it is. |
| 0:54.8 | And the same goes for Star Trek. |
| 0:57.3 | There comes a point where the damage becomes so overwhelming that fans leave. |
| 1:05.1 | So, you know, there are these stages of grief. |
| 1:07.3 | For those people not up on Inside Baseball here, Kathleen |
| 1:10.9 | Kennedy took over as head |
| 1:12.7 | of Lucas film once George Lucas sold |
| 1:14.5 | Star Wars to Disney, which was |
| 1:16.6 | after the prequel movies. |
| 1:19.1 | And then everything after that, |
| 1:20.9 | including the three |
| 1:22.3 | sequels, |
| 1:25.1 | and any number |
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