Whilst promoting her new movie Rock Springs at Sundance, Kelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, spoke to Variety sharing that Kathleen Kennedy’s retirement from Lucasfilm was “such a loss, but I am very happy for all the life changes she is making”.
Asked at the Variety Studio about what Kennedy’s leadership meant to her, Tran said it’s “such a loss” that the “Star Wars” franchise is losing her.
“She’s had such an incredible career,” Tran said. “To have someone who is not just a woman but who is so capable in that role for so long, and it’s historic. I think that it’s such a loss, but I am very happy for all the life changes she is making.”
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Kelly Marie Tran says that Kathleen Kennedy retiring from Lucasfilm is “such a loss”: “She’s had such an incredible career. It’s historic.”
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