LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy talks about intention to hire female director for Star Wars and commitment to populate franchise with diverse faces in Variety interview

Last December, Star Wars began a new era of storytelling with The Force Awakens and this year it expands that story with a new cohort of rebels and heroes in Rogue One. What these movies have in common, besides the galaxy far far away, are two things: 1) Inclusive casts, and 2) the stewardship of...