Kathleen Kennedy Officially Stepping Down From Lucasfilm!
The Kristian Harloff Show
Kristian Harloff
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 143 minutes
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Summary
Kathleen Kennedy is officially stepping down from Lucasfilm, and today on The Kristian Harloff Show we break down what this means for the future of Star Wars, Lucasfilm leadership, and the franchise as a whole. From the official exit to Kennedy's own comments on the current status of multiple Star Wars projects, this is a major turning point for one of the most iconic brands in pop culture.
We also discuss Kennedy's reflections on the toxic side of fandom, her thoughts on what went wrong with Solo, and how audience expectations and studio decision-making have evolved over the years. What projects are still moving forward? What might be reworked or shelved? And what does this leadership change signal for the next era of Star Wars films and series?
In addition, we pivot to DC Studios news as James Gunn responds to reports that The Brave and the Bold could be targeting a 2028 release date, and confirms that the Mister Miracle animated series is officially part of the DCU. Big leadership shifts, franchise strategy updates, and major universe-building conversations all collide in today's episode.
Join Kristian and the panel as they analyze the implications, speculate on what comes next, and put these developments into context for both Star Wars and DC fans.
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| 0:00.0 | So it looks like those rumors, reports were pretty true. |
| 0:18.0 | Kathleen Kennedy, after years at Lucasville, is stepping down. The replacements have been named. |
| 0:26.5 | What does it mean? She gave an exit interview. We'll talk about that. I know it's supposed to be capes and cows, but this story is, it's too big. The show's going to really get out of your chair. No one needs you. |
| 0:38.0 | It's going to all be about what is happening over at Lucasville. |
| 0:43.3 | What does it mean? Is it a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Too hard to tell. |
| 0:49.4 | We're going to find out. It's myself. Chris Carr, winston a marshall let's do it welcome back to the show ladies and gentlemen it's |
| 1:07.5 | friday capes and cowsish today but it is a i guess a sith council type of show |
| 1:15.1 | because it's going to be all about lucas film star wars and all that so joining me on the show today |
| 1:20.5 | is one winston a marshal and the one, the only Chris. |
| 1:30.0 | Chris, you look gorgeous today. |
| 1:33.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:34.0 | But you don't call me Chris. |
| 1:34.9 | I call me Christian. |
| 1:36.4 | Oh, you look fine. |
| 1:37.8 | You look a little grainy, actually. |
| 1:38.9 | Yeah, that's fine. |
| 1:42.3 | I so appreciate that because I was very happy we started late because i've been editing since |
| 1:47.7 | six a m so thank you very much yeah we did indeed start late and one of the reasons why um |
| 1:53.9 | is because uh people have been when i was traveling people were asking they're going hey uh where's |
| 1:59.9 | game of thrones where's game of thr hey where's game of Thrones where's |
| 2:00.9 | Game of Thrones where's Game of Thrones well one of the things that we were doing is |
| 2:04.5 | Sam came in yesterday we shot episode season one episode seven and eight which is on |
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