Definition of a Helicopter mom.

Eh, George wasn’t big on the extended universe either tbf. And it was never canon to begin with. It existed on George’s whim because he got a cut of the profits. But he had power to declare a novel or comic or other element from it as non canon if he so pleased.

She’s worked at Lucas Arts since the 80s at least. She started out as an assistant to Spielberg and got bigger roles in the company as time went on. George Lucas hand picked her to lead the company when he stepped down.

But she is more of a business person than she is a movie creative type.

The big villain for the sequels was Bob Iger. He demanded that they push out one Star Wars movie per year so the production schedule was hell. Kathleen obviously deserves some of the flack, but on some level she was also just pushing through decisions from higher up in the chain.

And the directors obviously deserve a lot of flack as well. They had 0 plan for the sequels. thank you JJ Abrams and your mystery box.