Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy on Baby Yoda, ‘The Mandalorian’ and the Future of ‘Star Wars’

A story about “The Mandalorian” drawn from this interview with Kathleen Kennedy first appeared in the Emmy ot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm and a winner of the Oscars’ Irving Thalberg Award, is nominated for an Emmy this year as one of the executive producers of the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian.” The “Star Wars” spinoff series landed a surprising 15 nominations, putting it in the top five of all programs and making it the only first-year show to be nominated in the Outstanding Drama Series category. (No debuting programs were nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.) We sat down with the veteran film executive to talk about the future of beloved sci-fi franchise — both on the big and the small screen. Congratulations on all the Emmy nominations for “The Mandalorian.” Thank you. That was a very nice surprise. I don’t think any of us anticipated that. I have to admit that I expected it to get quite a few nominations, but I didn’t expect the drama-series nomination. No, that was really nice to see. Really nice. Also Read: Mark Hamill Had a Cameo in 'The Mandalorian' That Nobody Knew About For years, there’s...

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