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‘Star Wars’ producer Kathleen Kennedy tapped to bring Hollywood magic to LA Olympics
New York Post ^ | October 28, 2026 | Thomas L. Murray

Posted on 10/28/2026 4:36:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The Summer Olympics are two years away from hitting the streets of Los Angeles, and the event’s committee announced that legendary film producer Kathleen Kennedy will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies of content.

Kennedy, who is a Hollywood veteran, will be replacing Peter Rice, who recently joined Netflix as its new chief content officer. Kennedy will be tasked with creating a team of producers that will design the look and content of the two ceremonies when the Olympics begin on July 14, 2028.

Rice is still expected to serve as an executive producer for the ceremonies.

The dual events are set to take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Kennedy will also lead a team that will design the closing ceremony and both ceremonies for the Paralympics, which will take place the following month.

Kennedy, who is a native of Berkeley and earned her bachelor’s degree in communications and film at San Diego State University, has left her fingerprints all over Hollywood, as she was a president at Lucasfilm from 2012-2026, where she helped work on Star Wars films and TV shows like “The Mandalorian,” “Rogue One,” and “The Last Jedi.”

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1 posted on 10/28/2026 4:36:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

All gay women Olympics?


2 posted on 10/28/2026 4:38:41 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Free Republic is going to be intolerable during the Republican Presidential primary in 2028.)
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To: Fledermaus

Well you know she wont allow any male athletes to compete.


3 posted on 10/28/2026 4:39:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nobody is going to take that headline seriously.


4 posted on 10/28/2026 4:46:15 PM PDT by x
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To: MinorityRepublican

Apparently yet another once-popular franchise needs destroying.


5 posted on 10/28/2026 4:49:45 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, Kennedy is a legend, all right...

The Olympics and Kennedy deserve each other.


6 posted on 10/28/2026 4:51:52 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She keeps failing upwards…


7 posted on 10/28/2026 4:54:26 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: MinorityRepublican

Make it lame and gay.


8 posted on 10/28/2026 4:57:48 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: MinorityRepublican

The fentanyl bend Olympics?


9 posted on 10/28/2026 4:58:44 PM PDT by kaktuskid (And )
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To: mewzilla

They’ll now be unwatchable!


10 posted on 10/28/2026 4:59:10 PM PDT by Reily
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To: MinorityRepublican
No one can make an Olympic opening ceremony worse than Paris 2024.

Kathleen Kennedy: Challenge accepted!

11 posted on 10/28/2026 5:04:07 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

12 posted on 10/28/2026 5:05:20 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Great.......the wOkeLYMPICS.....


13 posted on 10/28/2026 5:05:42 PM PDT by Mopp4
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To: MinorityRepublican

AT LEAST THEY LEFT OUT JAY-Z


14 posted on 10/28/2026 5:21:48 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She’ll make the olympics lame and gay - and they’ll fail spectacularly.


15 posted on 10/28/2026 5:53:16 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MinorityRepublican
The Olympic Committee has already shown the world exactly who they are.



16 posted on 10/28/2026 6:23:09 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Kathleen Kennedy will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies.” Great. I wish her luck. Los Angeles is more than ready for the Olympics. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, SoFi Stadium, and Dignity Health Sports Park are super nice and ready.


17 posted on 10/28/2026 10:24:50 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: DoodleBob

I came here for that meme.

LOL, so spot on.


18 posted on 10/29/2026 1:06:51 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Reily

That ship sailed many moons ago.

We haven’t watched the Olympics in decades.


19 posted on 10/29/2026 3:50:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: mewzilla

I would only watch certain events. Now don’t bother and haven’t done that in years! Putting the woke genius of modern Star Wars in charge is going to change that.


20 posted on 10/29/2026 5:58:58 AM PDT by Reily
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