Darth Ward takes over command (Source). Here's a snippet of the article:

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"I've worked closely with every division of the Lucas companies, and it's clear there is enormous potential for synergy between visual effects, video games, licensing and film and television production," Ward said. "I'm looking forward to exploring how — more — to integrate them into the current and emerging interactive entertainment markets, where so many possibilities exist. It's going to be a great adventure." Read more

In my humble opinion, this explains why Sam'n'Max 2 was cancelled. Don't expect any cool Non-StarWars games from Lucasarts in the years to come, after all "this is not a democracy"...

"Enter the beaurocrats - this is where the fan's power will disappear..."