Kathleen Kennedy tells Deadline she’s excited and “interested in exploring using those tools in responsible ways”:
> I’m not saying that it impacts every single story you’re going to tell in cinema, but certainly for big tentpole stories where you’re trying to world-build and create images people haven’t seen before, I really believe this technology is going to do that.
The whole interview’s a good read, but she’s wrong that ILM created the first CG shot in a movie with Young Sherlock Holmes. It was groundbreaking, but Tron, The Last Starfighter, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek II, Westworld, and even 1958’s Vertigo all had CG earlier.
[Link: A Shift In The Force For Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy: The Exit Interview | https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/ | Deadline]
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Kathleen Kennedy tells Deadline she’s excited and “interested in exploring using those tools in responsible ways”:
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Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-01-16T23:08:10Z
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