Overview
- In a Deadline exit interview, outgoing Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said Johnson "got spooked by the online negativity" following The Last Jedi.
- Kennedy also pointed to Johnson's Netflix pact and the Knives Out films as occupying a "huge amount" of his time.
- Johnson rejected that account on X, posting, "lol zero spooked, sorry."
- He has previously said the planned trilogy never advanced beyond a "very conceptual" stage and fizzled after Knives Out took off.
- Kennedy made her remarks as she passed leadership to Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan, while Johnson has indicated he may return to Star Wars someday but remains focused on his own projects.