First, my take of Kennedy is that she is a very skilled producer. She has worked on many projects that have gotten good reviews, award nominations and wins, and did well at the box office. Those are three signs she knows what she is doing. And she has two Star Wars movies in that category so she definitely does know how to bake a successful Star Wars cake.

I liked 21 and 22 Jump Street. Likely what they were thinking was a Han/Lando buddy movie and they picked the right guys to do it… if these weren’t characters with 40 years of history and millions of fans. A film that does not do the characters justice will fall flatter than Jar Jar Binks with the fans. So it sounds like the directors wanted to take the characters in a different direction and Kasdan and Kennedy said no. There likely was some negotiating, or bull headedness, that didn’t end well and either they were sacked for not following instructions or they left because they couldn’t impose their vision on these characters. Either way, good riddance. I trust Kasdan and Kennedy over two comedy directors. Hopefully they were able to put some good camaraderie like the Jump Street movies had, but comedy has always had a back seat (sometimes a backseat driver almost) in the Star Wars films. Whoever comes in to finish this will be overseeing the final shooting, reshoots, and editing, so hopefully they can reverse and potential damage and give us a faithful early outing for our favorite smuggler and wookie.