- Not long after the release of his memoirs, "The Ride of a Lifetime", Chief Executive Officer of Disney Bob Iger admitted the company "might've put a little bit too much in the marketplace too fast".
- In the interview with the New York Times, he also hinted that head of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy is "trying really hard" to make sure involving a female director in a Star Wars film happens at some point.
- In a separate interview with The Evening Standard, director Rian Johnson mentioned that a schedule for the new Star Wars trilogy was being discussed.
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Not long after the release of his memoirs, "The Ride of a Lifetime" and just ahead of the long-awaited launch of Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, Chief Executive Officer of Disney Bob Iger has been busy conducting interviews.
In one interview with the New York Times, the chief admitted while discussing Star Wars said he thought that the company "might've put a little bit too much in the marketplace too fast".
The last Star Wars movie, "Solo: A Star Wars Story", released at the end of 2018, substantially underperformed - it brought in a meager $400 million in revenue, which resulted in the studios deciding to slow down the production rate of the saga's films.
He caveated this, however, saying: "I think the storytelling capabilities of the company are endless because of the talent we have at the company, and the talent we have at the company is better than it's ever been, in part because of the influx of people from Fox."
Director Rian Johnson discussed the schedule for the new Star Wars trilogy in an interview with British newspaper The Evening Standard.
"The truth is they're still figuring out their schedule, their game plan, so if it's possible for me to squeeze in another film before or while working on that, I will," said Johnson.
It may well be, however, that Disney will try and involve a more diverse team of executives and leaders in its upcoming Star Wars films.
"You have to look one level down, because we've done a lot," Iger said, but he admitted that it was disappointing that those directly reporting to him "are lacking" in diversity.
He hinted that head of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy is "trying really hard" to make sure involving a female director in a Star Wars film happens at some point.
For those too impatient to wait for the next film, "The Mandalorian" will be available on the Disney+ platform from November 12 in the US, as will the next movie in the saga, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", due for release on December 18.