Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy Says Kevin Feige's STAR WARS Project Was Never Discussed
Several years ago, it was revealed that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was developing a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm. We recently learned that the project had been scrapped, but now during an interview with IGN, Lucasfilm president, Kathleen Kennedy said that the project was never official.
Kennedy said that she barely even had a conversation with Feige about a movie. When asked about what was going on with several of the announced Star Wars projects that don’t seem to have any movement, she said:
"Well, those things haven't been shelved. They haven't been shelved. Development is a complicated, long term process. Some people, we're dealing with scheduling. Because, obviously, really talented people are working. So, it's often not a shelving. It's more like, 'Is it ready?' That's really what it comes down to… Kevin Feige's project was something announced in the press, or I suppose, fandom. But, nothing ever got developed. We never discussed an idea. Everyone knows Kevin is a huge Star Wars fan. If he did come up with something, I would be all ears. But, that's never really happened, so it's not an abandoned project. It just never really happened."
It’s interesting that she said that, because it was reported a couple of years ago that Lucasfilm hired Michael Waldron to write the script for Feige’s Star Wars movie. He previously worked on Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness and also served as head writer and executive producer on the series Loki.
I should point out that all of this news about Feige came from Disney CEO Bob Iger, and studio co-chairmen Alan Horn, so it wasn’t announced by the “press” of “fandom” like Kennedy claims.
Horn explained that Kennedy "is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together.” It was also reported at the time that Feige did pitch his idea to Kennedy, Iger, and Horn.
Feige had even “told a major actor that there’s a specific role he would like that person to play if and when he makes the movie.”
So, I don’t know what’s going on here. Regardless of the two different stories, Feige’s project is not moving forward.