Kathleen Kennedy Says A Future STAR WARS Movie Will "Absolutely" Be Helmed By A Female Director

During an interview at last night's BAFTAs, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy confirmed plans for a future Star Wars movie to be directed by a female filmmaker! Find out more details after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Feb 03, 2020 12:02 PM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

Source: BBC

As of right now, the future of the Star Wars franchise is uncertain and we have no real idea what comes next for this Galaxy Far, Far Away. There have been various rumours about plans to head into the past long before the "Skywalker Saga," but Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has now confirmed that the studio is planning to have a female filmmaker take charge of an upcoming movie.

"We’ve already got [women directors]," she said during last night BAFTAs in London. "On The Mandalorian, we’ve got two or three fantastic women working with Star Wars. And we just brought in Deborah Chow who is doing the Obi-Wan series. We’re cultivating a lot of great talent."

Kennedy was then pushed for an answer on whether that means Lucasfilm is planning to allow a female director to work on a big screen Star Wars story, and responded: "Oh absolutely. Without question."

When that will happen remains to be seen, as Rian Johnson is still supposed to be developing a new trilogy, while that script written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is also still floating around. Last year, we heard that an announcement was going to be made in the New Year but we're now in February and there's still been nothing concrete, so what Disney has planned remains a complete mystery.

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200 Comments

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kylo0607 - 2/3/2020, 12:05 PM

Let's just hope it's a good director too and not anyone just so that it pushes diversity.

Repian - 2/3/2020, 12:06 PM

Bryce Dallas Howard

kylo0607 - 2/3/2020, 12:07 PM

@Repian - Nope

I really like her as an actress, but she directed the weakest episode, imo.

GeneralZod - 2/3/2020, 12:08 PM

Can Kathleen take it a step further and say that she will absolutely no longer be involved with Star Wars, and that JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson are not coming back to helm anything? Because that would be real progress.

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