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Image: Universal PicturesSteven Spielberg wouldn’t be where he is without his crucial collaborators George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy. And you could say any of the trio have stepped in to save the day on a number of each other’s films through advice and in some cases even taking over directing duties. Without them we wouldn’t have the Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or Jurassic Park franchises.Spoilers of the Week | June 10thIn an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg revealed a glorious bit of DNA about the making…

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Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy with Star Wars fans at the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker.Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images)We’ll never understand how certain pockets of the internet vilify Kathleen Kennedy. Since Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm in 2012, she’s been instrumental in bringing one of the most famous franchises in the world back to prominence on the big screen and beyond. Under Kennedy we finally got to see what happens after Return of the Jedi, the first Star Wars TV show, what…

When the “old” and “tottering” widow Rachel – she is in her late 60s – hosts Christmas at her Sussex seaside home, comfort and joy fail to show. This acidic novel, first published in 1951, tackles an important subject to which many modern readers will relate: the murderous claustrophobia of a family Christmas. It is also a novel about post-second world war Britain: the nostalgia, grimness and traumatic memories, the fear – of nuclear annihilation and shifting gender roles – and the desperate hopes of this shaken land.The…

Punk great Kathleen Hanna will hit the road next spring for a special book tour supporting her upcoming memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14 via Ecco.  The book tour will begin May 14 in Brooklyn and include stops in Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boston, and Philadelphia. The May 22 event in Seattle will also be livestreamed for those unable to attend.  Tickets for all reading events go on sale today, Dec. 12, via Hanna’s website. A…

Even years after the release of Star Wars sequels, the galaxy far, far away fandom is still obsessing over how the powers that be mishandled the saga. And now, many of them are convinced that Lucasfilm has finally gotten rid of Kathleen Kennedy, the person in charge of planning the franchise since its acquisition in 2012. In other news, HBO’s The Last of Us has managed to earn a record-breaking number of Emmy nominations as the first video game adaptation to do so, though many are wondering if the post-apocalyptic father…

Rumor has it that Disney has fired Kathleen Kennedy from her position as Lucasfilm boss and Star Wars custodian, but should you take this new report with a grain of salt? Kennedy is one of the most well-known producers in Hollywood, responsible for more than 50 sensational flicks in a career that spans more than four decades. She’s also the person responsible for much of what the Mouse House has churned out in the world of the galaxy far, far away since the franchise’s acquisition in 2012. Under Kennedy’s leadership,…

In Irish writer Kathleen MacMahon’s fourth novel, Cassie and Christo, two half-siblings, who live on opposite sides of the globe, have centred their lives on their jobs in an effort to forget their traumatic past. They are attracted back to Galway, Ireland, to reminisce about a wonderful childhood summer, the final one before their mother died, when a big storm there makes the news. However, as they go, they come upon memories of a summer that was considerably less joyful and had ended in tragedy. They are then forced…

Image: LucasfilmThere comes a point in every movie franchise where new installments don’t feel quite as special as they usually do. Maybe it’s because the series has become annualized, or maybe it’s just that so many entries have diminished the magic—either way, this has happened before, and Star Wars was one of its most recent victims.Don’t Mess With Luthen and His Fricking Lasership | Andor ReviewBut with new movies planned to start up again fairly soon, the hope is that those movies can feel special once more. Talking…

The Last Jedi/ Disney Plus Showrunners in the Star Wars universe have clearly been listening to fan complaints from the last few years. Both Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Favreau have spoken about how seriously they reconsidered their approach to the upcoming installments in the franchise, and the creative leads are all about story cohesion from here on out. The extensive Star Wars lore gives the team plenty to work with, and though they don’t intend to force viewers to watch every series going forward — they are…