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Overview
- Lucasfilm confirmed Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as president, with Dave Filoni overseeing creative direction and Lynwen Brennan running business operations.
- Kathleen Kennedy said Simon Kinberg delivered a 70‑page treatment about four weeks before her exit interview and is expected to turn in new pages in March.
- Multiple outlets, citing scooper Daniel Richtman, report that Daisy Ridley’s Rey will play a major role in Kinberg’s post‑Episode IX trilogy, though the focus is said to shift to new leads.
- The standalone Rey film commonly called New Jedi Order is widely viewed as deprioritized after Kennedy omitted it from her project updates and Disney reassigned the December 2026 Star Wars slot to Ice Age 6.
- Daisy Ridley said her return is progressing at the right pace and that the wait will be worthwhile, while Lucasfilm’s near‑term theatrical lineup remains The Mandalorian & Grogu in 2026 and Star Wars: Starfighter in 2027.