Earlier this week, it was rumored that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy would leave the production company by the end of the year. Well, Kennedy, who succeeded George Lucas as head of the company following the Disney acquisition in 2012,

"I will die making movies," she said in an interview with Deadline on Thursday. "The truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies. I will die making movies.

Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has called the scrutiny Star Wars movie development comes under “troubling and frustrating,” while revealing how many projects she's confident will come to fruition.