The Mandalorian Changed Lucasfilm's Star Wars Plan, Says Kathleen Kennedy
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has exclusively revealed to Screen Rant that The Mandalorian completely “changed and pivoted everything [they] were doing” with Star Wars when it first aired in November 2019, just a few months before COVID permanently changed the entertainment media landscape.The Mandalorian, directed by Jon Favreau and executive produced by Kennedy as well as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels’ Dave Filoni, was the very first live-action Star Wars series. The series follows the lone Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), who retrieves and later goes on the run to protect the child Grogu.
Both seasons of The Mandalorian have garnered huge amounts of acclaim from both critics and Star Wars fans, as it takes Star Wars back to its original space western roots. The success of the series has already spawned one spin-off, The Book of Boba Fett, which dropped on Disney+ earlier this year. However, it is now clear that The Mandalorian is going to be the first of many live-action Star Wars television shows, as the prequel series Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor will air on Disney+ this year — Kenobi in May, Andor in August. A new series, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, starring Jude Law and directed by Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Jon Watts, will also hit the streaming service in 2023.
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The Mandalorian is clearly the crown jewel in a wealth of Star Wars streaming shows, with the highly anticipated season 3 set to premiere next February. Now, Kennedy has spoken about how the show is directly responsible for changing Lucasfilm’s Star Wars plan and their pivot to live-action series over films. In Screen Rant’s exclusive interview fromStar
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