Rian Johnson Responds to Kathleen Kennedy’s Comments about Negative Reactions to ‘Star Wars: The Las

Filmmaker Rian Johnson has responded to comments made by Kathleen Kennedy regarding a former Star Wars trilogy project that Johnson was meant to lead. Rian Johnson Responds to Kathleen Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy recently stepped down as president of Lucasfilm to return to producing full-time. She is replaced by Lucasfilm general manager Lynwen Brennan and chief creative officer Dave Filoni. In an exit interview with Deadline, Kennedy commented on Rian Johnson and The Last Jedi, citing that his project “Knives Out ate up ‘a huge amount of his time,’ she also claimed he got “a little scared” by the fan backlash to The Last Jedi and decided to step away from the project....