STAR WARS: Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Weighs In On Claims He's Taking Charge Of Lucasfilm

STAR WARS: Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Weighs In On Claims He's Taking Charge Of Lucasfilm

Rumours have persisted for a while now that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is gearing up to take on a creative role in Lucasfilm, and he's now weighed in on those claims while promoting WandaVision.

By JoshWilding - Jan 12, 2021 03:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Collider

The Mandalorian may be a hit, but Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - and the sequel trilogy, in general - remains fresh in the minds of fans. That means there are still plenty of people online who feel that Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy should be replaced, with the prevailing opinion among many being that the Star Wars franchise needs someone else calling the shots. 

It's been widely rumoured that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, a well-known Star Wars fan, could be someone Disney is eyeing to take charge of the Galaxy Far, Far Away. After all, he is developing a new Star Wars movie for the studio; a move many believe could be what sets the stage for him to eventually be the one who does for that world what he's done for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Asked during a recent interview whether all this speculation has any credence, Feige made it clear he's only working on his own movie, saying, "Not at all."

This will disappoint some fans, of course, but it's also not surprising. 

Feige leaving the MCU is impossible to imagine, and regardless of any mistakes made during the Skywalker Saga, Kennedy has definitely delivered more hits for Disney than misses. 

There's still no word on what to expect from Feige's Star Wars movie, but we recently learned that Loki's Michael Waldron has been tasked with writing the screenplay. Clearly, the Marvel Studios boss sees something special in the scribe to trust him with bringing his vision to the big screen.

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Blergh
Blergh - 1/12/2021, 3:41 AM
While we can all agree that Feige is doing a splendid job overseeing the MCU I think it's for the best that he only takes care of one universe at a time.

Give the reigns to someone like Filoni or Favreau. At least give it to people that care. Because where I'm in certain agreement with most of the SW fanbase is that Kennedy needs to go.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 1/12/2021, 6:56 AM
@Blergh - They should just hire Lucas back lol. Filoni and Favreau are creators so they need to stay making Star Wars or else it'll start getting messy again. Feige should just move on to Star Wars IMO, the MCU is good and even if they [frick] it up it's getting close to reboot time anyway.

It's crazy that Kathleen Kennedy and Amy Pascal have such great track records but they failed 2 of the biggest franchise ever (Spider-man & Star Wars).
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 1/12/2021, 7:20 AM
@mastakilla39 - they won’t be rebooting their multi-billion dollar, pop-culture juggernaut anytime soon
RokoVII
RokoVII - 1/12/2021, 3:46 AM
Give it to Favreau!

SnideCut
SnideCut - 1/12/2021, 3:53 AM
I'm okay with Kathleen Kennedy continuing.
Mugens
Mugens - 1/12/2021, 3:53 AM
I wholeheartedly agree that Disney should place the Star Wars Franchise/Universe in the hands of Favreau and Filoni as others on this thread has stated, and all will be well.
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 1/12/2021, 4:03 AM
She should go. The last two films were unforgivable. Absolutely unforgivable.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/12/2021, 4:08 AM
As much credit she deserves for Mandalorian, she also deserves the complaints and terrible decisions, and a trilogy that wasn't made whole before starting it. Her contract is through 2021, I hope someone who actually understands Star Wars gets the job. She knows how to produce, she's a producer. Not a world builder.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 1/12/2021, 4:10 AM
I want more stuff with Jedi. Jedi can be interesting. I wanna see more lightsabers go *whirr* than I saw from the sequel trilogy.
GothamSon
GothamSon - 1/12/2021, 4:26 AM
Kennedy may have been a solid producer in the past, but when it comes to Star Wars, she's an ignorant, clueless, self-entitled moron.

Get rid of her. Today.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 1/12/2021, 4:40 AM
Kennedy as Lucasfilm president has been a very mixed bag, even financially. It seems like she may have been given a second chance. Let's see how the next couple of Star Wars and Indy 5 do.
Boyle360
Boyle360 - 1/12/2021, 4:42 AM
Well yeah how would he possibly juggle being in charge of both Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm?

Cool that he's producing a Star Wars film but I wonder has he ever considered directing? I reckon he'd be great.
convoyBot
convoyBot - 1/12/2021, 4:47 AM
Someone doesn't know what "mortally wounded" means.
Ace101
Ace101 - 1/12/2021, 5:00 AM
Kevin is all good with the MCU.

MCU - Kevin Feige
SWU - Dave Filoni and Faverau
Kyos
Kyos - 1/12/2021, 5:09 AM
Kennedy has definitely delivered more hits for Disney than misses.

BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 1/12/2021, 8:01 AM
@Kyos - My immediate thought was where? What hits?
Her name is on Mandalorian but that is way more Favreau and Filoni's work.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/12/2021, 6:16 AM
It'd be like making Lawrence Fishburne the Grand Dragon of the KKK. No matter how good he is at what he does the audience is predetermined to hate him.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 1/12/2021, 7:49 AM
Kennedy is a capable producer but she was not equipped to handle Star Wars in a Kevin Feige sort of way. She just didn’t have the same passion as someone like Filoni who lives and breathes Star Wars. She needed someone to handle the franchise from the story standpoint while she handled the money, because she and her diversity hire “stotygroup” were not cutting it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/12/2021, 8:00 AM
I would offer it to Favreau and Filoni,they understand what Star Wars should be.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 1/12/2021, 8:15 AM
It would be too late anyway. They burned the franchise down with Episode VIII, Abrams did what he could to salvage it with Episode IX, and while we are getting amazing things from the Mandalorian and surely from the coming shows, they destroyed the movies. Only way to rectify it would be to retcon 8 and have a do-over on the last two. Same characters, just give me a decent story. 7 set up so many possible story arcs and Johnson was just like, "screw this", and did his own pointless BS.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/12/2021, 9:31 AM
Pretty sure he has more than enough on his plate already.
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