De fleste der følger perifert med i udviklingen af Star Wars-film og serieprojekter har lagt mærke til, at der godt nok er mange projekter der afsløres for omverdenen, for så at gå totalt i hi. De fleste udkommer sågar slet ikke, eller mangler fremskridt i årevis efter den formelle annoncering.
Men selvom det er hende selv, og hendes bagland, der afslører disse projekter, så mener hun det er "problematisk" at særligt Star Wars-projekter granskes af fans så meget. I et interview med Deadline siger Star Wars boss Kathleen Kennedy dette:
"What's troubling and frustrating is that our development gets scrutinized, and I don't know any other production company where their development gets scrutinized like that. It's very hard for anything to happen within Star Wars without some aspect of it becoming public before you even want it to become public. So I guess managing the message in some way is also quite a challenge because, of course, not every single thing we put in development we [are] going to make. That's not unusual. We want to make those things that we feel are the best. We want to make those things that, as time passes, feel relevant to what the audience is responding to. So there's constant discussion around that. So yeah, that's a tricky one because a lot of the scrutiny around Star Wars and the negativity has been about development. Of course, we're going to develop lots of different things with an understanding that not everything gets made."
Igen er det Kennedy og Disney selv der afslører disse projekter før et manuskript er færdig, eller at projektet åbenbart har fået grønt lys.
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