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[lars573]

Star Wars is now in the hands of Kathleen Kennedy. The woman who produced all 3 Jurassic Park movies and was involved with ET.

[TinCow]

Star Wars is now in the hands of Kathleen Kennedy. The woman who produced all 3 Jurassic Park movies and was involved with ET.

With some rare exceptions, the producer doesn't tend to have a major hand in the actual creation of the film. At best, they stay out of it. At worst, they interfere and tweak things against the Director's will. Looking at her production history, there's nothing in there that I recall ever hearing any complaints about production interference with the film. So, I'll cautiously say she's one of the better ones. I'll reserve my judgment as to the actual film until the director and writers are announced.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I think Episode 7 should be about the return of the Republic, episode 8 should be the process of how the new Republic writes its Constitution and episode 9 will end with 2.5 hours of subcommittees debating about amount of control the Constitution allows the government to regulate and tax interplanetary trade between sanctioned Jedi temples.

[lars573]

With some rare exceptions, the producer doesn't tend to have a major hand in the actual creation of the film. At best, they stay out of it. At worst, they interfere and tweak things against the Director's will. Looking at her production history, there's nothing in there that I recall ever hearing any complaints about production interference with the film. So, I'll cautiously say she's one of the better ones. I'll reserve my judgment as to the actual film until the director and writers are announced.

Your thinking of a studio executive. A producer gets the thing made in every way possible.

[Beskar]

If you think about it, you know that Disney will actually make this film good. Think about cinema recently.. Disney has been putting out some very good films.

[Gregoshi]

If you think about it, you know that Disney will actually make this film good. Think about cinema recently.. Disney has been putting out some very good films.

Like John Carter.

Sorry, that was a cheap shot - and an exception for Disney.

[Hax]

Like John Carter.

Sorry, that was a cheap shot - and an exception for Disney.

You mean "Rome IN SPACE!!!​" ?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Disney seems to be vying to make it worse than Lucas did...

CR

[Fragony]

If you think about it, you know that Disney will actually make this film good. Think about cinema recently.. Disney has been putting out some very good films.

Exactly that. People think of The Little Mermaid and the (awesome) Lion King when they hear Disney but Disney is awesome nowadays. The Starwars franchise couldn't be in better hands.

[TinCow]

Your thinking of a studio executive. A producer gets the thing made in every way possible.

Producers are certainly in charge of getting the film made, but they don't make the film. Their job is to make sure that the actual people making the film get whatever they need, as well as keeping it within budget and making it profitable. The 'profit' aspect of the job sometimes results in producers stepping into the creative side of the film, but that usually pisses off the director big time and tends to only happen with actors/directors turned producers, such as Spielberg or Scorsese. The vast majority of Hollywood producers simply take care of the business and organizational aspects, and leave the actual filmmaking to the filmmakers.