Love him or hate him or both, Lucasfilm was George Lucas: the final decision maker. Without George Lucas, Lucasfilm is is a committee of people who only exist together because of the deal. Kathleen Kennedy is a legendary producer, but it’s obvious now she has no feel for Star Wars and nobody is in charge. The sequels are case in point.

1. They spend a fortune on the JJ reboot to set up their new franchise. Corporately, a safe move as he did it twice bedorw: make it quick, slick, fun, imitate the originals, being back old favorites, intro some new faces, do a few mystery boxes (who are Rey’s parents??!), end on the Luke cliffhanger, enjoy your popcorn and go home. Fine. They’ve got their franchise

2. For the first time in the history of the movie business, a major studio green lights a sequel to a billion dollar franchise that completely undermines the franchise they just spent a fortune setting. It would be like making Chris Columbus making Harry Potter 1, then green lighting HP 2 where Harry’s mother didn’t die to save her son, the scar on his head means nothing, and the entire student body is killed off at the end.

3, they bring back JJ Abrams to get them back to 1, but it’s way too late for that. Meanwhile, they make two spinoff movies; change their minds about what they wanted; fire the directors and reshoot the movies.

There hasn’t been a movie since, a pretty clear indication that nobody knows what to do. The Disney+ shows are giving them a chance to try out different things and see what works.