George Lucas Names Kennedy As Lucasfilm Successor

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Fri, 06/01/2012 - 12:32pm

Filmmaker George Lucas on Friday named veteran producer Kathleen Kennedy as his co-chair and successor at the iconic film studio he founded four decades ago.

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