Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
Wasnt she under Lucas for a long while? I am pretty sure she has more expierence with the seires at that end then a lot of people.
Honestly, She may not have made the best decisions, but she has made a lot of money for the series. She has made some decent choices as well.
Lets just wait till we get 10 years of this new stuff and see how thigns go. So 2025.
She worked with Spielberg as well, but as I understand she had more of a "clerk" position in the hierarchy. Not so much making the actual films themselves. Later on, Filoni was more of Lucas's protegee.
Kathleen Kennedy has made far less cash than predicted, and profits are apparently trending downwards across the board. And simply put, Lucasfilm did not have any of these issues before she came along. Not to mention there's rumours of her being an absolute tyrant, consumed by dogma, that has stacked the company with sycophants and deeply divided it between those loyal to her and the older hands still loyal to George Lucas.
I would not be shocked at all if Disney doesn't renew her contract. As another poster stated, no one wanted Kathleen's job at the time, but now Disney must want her gone. The Rise of Skywalker was the final in the coffin and the last agonising wince of regret at hiring this buffoon in the first place.