Rick McCallum & Lucasfilm: 'Star Wars' Producer Is Leaving Company

'Star Wars' Producer Rick McCallum Says Goodbye
BERLIN, Germany: US producer Rick McCallum poses during the photocall of Star Wars III, The Revenge of the Sith, 18 May 2005 in Berlin. The movie will be ssen on Germn screens from 19 May. AFP PHOTO DDP/TOM MAELSA GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TOM MAELSA/AFP/Getty Images)
BERLIN, Germany: US producer Rick McCallum poses during the photocall of Star Wars III, The Revenge of the Sith, 18 May 2005 in Berlin. The movie will be ssen on Germn screens from 19 May. AFP PHOTO DDP/TOM MAELSA GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TOM MAELSA/AFP/Getty Images)

Producer Rick McCallum — who was instrumental in the resurrection of the Star Wars franchise, from the “Special Edition” re-releases of the first trilogy to the prequel trilogy Star Wars films — is leaving Lucasfilm to pursue producing independent films. The announcement, made on StarWars.com, comes a month after the bombshell news that Disney is purchasing Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, with veteran Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy taking the helm of the Star Wars franchise as executive producer of a planned sequel trilogy.

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