Lucasfilm's New Era Officially Begins

Lucasfilm's New Era Officially Begins

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January 29, 2026 · 1h 52m · Season 25 · Episode 50

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition in leadership at Lucasfilm following Kathleen Kennedy's announcement of stepping down as president.

On January 15, 2026, Lucasfilm formally announced that Kathleen Kennedy is "stepping down" as president of the company. Dave Filoni will take on the role of President and Chief Creative Officer. Lynwen Brennan, who for the past two years has held the title of "President & General Manager, Lucasfilm Business" alongside Kennedy, will continue in that role as "Co-President" with Filoni. On this episode of Hyperspace Theories, recorded days later, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester discuss the implications of this long-anticipated transition in the highest levels of Lucasfilm's leadership. We begin with a brief recap of the other Star Wars news stories in the preceding ten days, which had implicitly suggested that a major change would be imminent. We then unpack the press release from Lucasfilm, and what it represents as an official communication from a division of a publicly traded multi-national corporation. Next, we consider the additional information provided by source journalistic reporting from the major Hollywood trade publications – Variety , The Hollywood Reporter , and The Wrap – as well as Matthew Belloni at Puck , who has consistently broken accurate stories about the extended…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tricia Barr, B.J. Priester

Topics covered

  • Lucasfilm leadership
  • Kathleen Kennedy
  • Dave Filoni
  • Star Wars news
  • Hollywood trade publications
  • corporate communication

Keywords

  • Lucasfilm
  • Kathleen Kennedy
  • Dave Filoni
  • leadership transition
  • Star Wars
  • Hollywood news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucasfilm, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Puck, Deadline

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