Skallagrim
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The simple fact is: Kathleen Kennedy was a very good producer, whose career track record was one of many successes. She also worked decades to become Spielberg's favourite. Lucas relied heavily on Spielberg's glowing recommendation of Kennedy.
The problem is that a good producer isn't automatically a good (or even adequate) studio boss. Kennedy isn't cut out for it. She's great at the slimy politics, is why she got the job. She got the job, but she doesn't 'get' the job, as in: she doesn't understand it, and lacks the actual skill to carry out the core tasks.
To compare: if you take a politician who is extremely good at networking and the dirty business of getting laws passed, and put that person in charge of a task that requires specific concrete skills (for instance, the supreme command of an army at war)... things will go very wrong, and very quickly.
The corporate equivalent of that happened here.
The problem is that a good producer isn't automatically a good (or even adequate) studio boss. Kennedy isn't cut out for it. She's great at the slimy politics, is why she got the job. She got the job, but she doesn't 'get' the job, as in: she doesn't understand it, and lacks the actual skill to carry out the core tasks.
To compare: if you take a politician who is extremely good at networking and the dirty business of getting laws passed, and put that person in charge of a task that requires specific concrete skills (for instance, the supreme command of an army at war)... things will go very wrong, and very quickly.
The corporate equivalent of that happened here.