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Kathleen Kennedy on her career, Lucasfilm and Star Wars

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In a wide-range conversation with Bloomberg Live, legendary producer and former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy reflects on her remarkable 14-year tenure steering the Star Wars franchise, navigating fan expectations, and transitioning leadership. She also reveals that George Lucas had written several paragraphs and there were no actual treatments for the Star Wars sequels.

Kennedy shares behind-the-scenes insights into the delicate balance between preserving beloved storytelling traditions and creating original narratives, noting that the franchise carries deep meaning for its passionate, multi-generational fan base. She also discusses the evolution of long-form streaming storytelling alongside theatrical releases, her ongoing work with the American Film Institute addressing the integration of AI in Hollywood through human-centric workflows, and her impressions of George Lucas’s newly opened Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Film Icon Kathleen Kennedy, Producer at the Kennedy Marshall Company discusses the creative partnerships and leadership decisions behind her career, what makes stories endure and the future of Star Wars with Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Brad Stone at Bloomberg Screentime 2026 in Los Angeles.

Nenko Genov
Nenko Genovhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5124820._
Nenko Genov was born in Plovdiv and has been a Star Wars fan since the early 1990s, discovering the saga through worn-out bootleg VHS tapes and the occasional imported collectible in post-communist Bulgaria. During the early years of Bulgarian Star Wars fandom he was known among local fans as “Young_Jedi” and served as a librarian, hosting a humble collection of English-language Star Wars books for local fans to borrow. (Today his collection includes most of the Star Wars titles ever published and takes up his entire attic!) Nenko holds degrees in English Studies and Film & Television Arts, worked for five years in television production and short filmmaking, and has lived in Poland since 2011, where he currently works as an educator. He also runs a long-standing Bulgarian book blog, launched in 2016, and regularly takes part in workshops, conventions and panel discussions focused on literature, film, pop culture and the creative arts. Nenko is a published writer and the author of the award-winning Bulgarian “Farewell, Diary!” trilogy (“Сбогом, дневнико!”) and the steampunk fantasy novel “The Adventures of Captain Claude and the Sky Scoundrels” (“Приключенията на капитан Клод и Небесните негодяи”). Working across Bulgarian, English and Polish, he has translated and edited a wide range of projects, and since 2022 has translated all the Bulgarian editions of Star Wars comics, manga and picture books, while also consulting on Star Wars novel translations and publishing plans. In collaboration with local publishers and with approvals from Lucasfilm and Marvel, he also writes the forewords for Bulgarian editions of Star Wars comics.
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Kathleen Kennedy on her career, Lucasfilm and Star Wars

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In a wide-range conversation with Bloomberg Live, legendary producer and former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy reflects on her remarkable 14-year tenure steering the Star Wars franchise, navigating fan expectations, and transitioning leadership. She also reveals that George Lucas had written several paragraphs and there were no actual treatments for the Star Wars sequels.

Kennedy shares behind-the-scenes insights into the delicate balance between preserving beloved storytelling traditions and creating original narratives, noting that the franchise carries deep meaning for its passionate, multi-generational fan base. She also discusses the evolution of long-form streaming storytelling alongside theatrical releases, her ongoing work with the American Film Institute addressing the integration of AI in Hollywood through human-centric workflows, and her impressions of George Lucas’s newly opened Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Film Icon Kathleen Kennedy, Producer at the Kennedy Marshall Company discusses the creative partnerships and leadership decisions behind her career, what makes stories endure and the future of Star Wars with Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Brad Stone at Bloomberg Screentime 2026 in Los Angeles.

Nenko Genov
Nenko Genovhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5124820._
Nenko Genov was born in Plovdiv and has been a Star Wars fan since the early 1990s, discovering the saga through worn-out bootleg VHS tapes and the occasional imported collectible in post-communist Bulgaria. During the early years of Bulgarian Star Wars fandom he was known among local fans as “Young_Jedi” and served as a librarian, hosting a humble collection of English-language Star Wars books for local fans to borrow. (Today his collection includes most of the Star Wars titles ever published and takes up his entire attic!) Nenko holds degrees in English Studies and Film & Television Arts, worked for five years in television production and short filmmaking, and has lived in Poland since 2011, where he currently works as an educator. He also runs a long-standing Bulgarian book blog, launched in 2016, and regularly takes part in workshops, conventions and panel discussions focused on literature, film, pop culture and the creative arts. Nenko is a published writer and the author of the award-winning Bulgarian “Farewell, Diary!” trilogy (“Сбогом, дневнико!”) and the steampunk fantasy novel “The Adventures of Captain Claude and the Sky Scoundrels” (“Приключенията на капитан Клод и Небесните негодяи”). Working across Bulgarian, English and Polish, he has translated and edited a wide range of projects, and since 2022 has translated all the Bulgarian editions of Star Wars comics, manga and picture books, while also consulting on Star Wars novel translations and publishing plans. In collaboration with local publishers and with approvals from Lucasfilm and Marvel, he also writes the forewords for Bulgarian editions of Star Wars comics.
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