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Former Star Wars: The Acolyte producer Karyn McCarthy is suing Lucasfilm for breach of contract.

Having last year accepted their offer while also being actively courted by Apple for their series Sugar, she says she commenced work and was terminated two weeks later.

Apple had found someone else for Sugar and Karyn was left high and dry.

The suit also alleges that Lucasfilm pretended never to have hired her at all.

When McCarthy went to Lucasfilm and requested to be paid, Lucasfilm denied that they even had an agreement, even though (1) they had made their offer, containing all of the material deal points; (2) McCarthy accepted that offer; (3) Lucasfilm had McCarthy start right away; and (4) Lucasfilm sent to McCarthy a memorandum of agreement, memorializing the terms including that McCarthy had already commenced working, In further disregard of McCarthy and the work she had already done, Lucasfilm offered to pay McCarthy $5,000 for a single day’s work.

Ouch.

The Acolyte is presently in production and will be a Disney+ exclusive but has no ETA.

[ Main Image: Star Wars The Acolyte poster. Credit: Lucasfilm via IMDb.com. ]

References

Patten, Dominic (March 8, 2023). Lucasfilm Sued For “Egregious” Axing Of Producer Karyn McCarthy From ‘Star Wars’ Series ‘The Acolyte. Deadline.