Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy Committed To Finding Female Star Wars Director

Hollywood has a clear and well-acknowledged representation problem. The statistics don’t lie, and there are far fewer minority and female lead characters and folks behind the camera directing them than there are straight, white males. That in no way takes anything from the talent of those men, many of whom have told riveting, accurate, and award-winning stories featuring both the under and well-represented, but the facts remain. In the case of women, less than 12% of box office blockbusters are directed by them. It’s become a priority, then, to rectify this, as fans have become more vocal and producers have, to quote Lor San Tekka, found ways “to begin to make things right.” Read More…