说实话，那些嚷嚷着让菲洛尼和费儒取代凯瑟琳·肯尼迪担任卢卡斯影业总裁的人，根本不了解电影行业，也不清楚肯尼迪的工作内容。

I have worked in the industry and this position is wrong. Most execs in the industry do both creative and business work. Harvey Weinstein, while not a director, was famously deeply involved in the creative of his films. Many directors have gone on to be head studios. Brian Robbins, the current CEO of Paramount, was a director for most of his career. Lucas himself is probably the best example here, actually running this exact company while also directing the prequels.

It is true that Filoni/Favreau certainly wouldn’t have the time to be as involved in the creative as they would if they were also the studio head, but the idea that they wouldn’t be involved in the creative at all, or that Kennedy isn’t, is the position that shows a misunderstanding of the job.

Your statement is right in theory, but you're assuming (and ignoring documentation to the contrary) that Kennedy is ONLY a business person.

This is false. She's spent ample time in rne spot ligjt tryin to take credit for things, as well as steering the ship creatively to the detrement of the franchise.

Hell she's quoted as saying "well marvel has decades of comics and writings to pull stories from, star wars just doesn't have that source material". Star wars is one of, if not the, most expensive franchises in history. It has more.books, comics, or whatever, than nearly any other franchise. So exactly how is it there's no "source material"

Kennedy is the reason the sequels sucked so hard. Trying to keep herself relevant and in control drove the story into rhe ground and she should be removed

I think the reason Star Wars fans want someone like Filoni or Favreau to take the lead, is because they are jealous (in a good way) of the Kevin Feige and the overwhelming success and general acceptance of the MCU in comparison with the divisive and controversial SW sequels.

Feige gives the impression that he is much more involved in the creative process and that many of the decisions of the main story line came from him. And people loved them!

On the other hand, the mixed reception of the sequel trilogy, especially the badly written RotS, in addition with the attempt for more female visibility (which let's face it was not always very well done), infuriated the hardcore fans because they wanted something as well constructed as the MCU.

Favreau and Filoni are for SW what Kevin Feige is for the MCU, they just dont hold the same executive position. I only hope that they continue to have full creative control over the SW stories

I just want to point out that Kennedy transitioned to the President of LFL after many, many years of successfully producing and executive producing movies.

What I think a lot of people sleep on is that Favreau has something like SEVEN $1 billion movies he has produced or been an EP. He’s been a consistent presence at Marvel since Iron Man, and has been leading the digital side of Disney’s “animated” projects for half a decade. PLUS everything the man has done for Star Wars.

I give Filoni a lot of the credit for the stories and direction of Star Wars TV. But Favreau is absolutely the guy that gets it all done. He’s 100% got that innovative side the George Lucas had, pushing the tech and the boundaries of what can be done on film.

Could Favreau someday take over for Kennedy? Absolutely. He’s literally done it all in the business. Act, write, direct, produce, etc. The man knows entertainment. Should he? Not right now. Like the OP said, let KK do the boring shit and F&F develop the stories and work their magic.