George Lucas & Rick McCallum May Team Up Again on Indie Films

We already found out that producer Rick McCallum somewhat unceremoniously left Lucasfilm last week, but this past weekend, he made it more official with a statement on StarWars.com. For the fans, he reassured everyone that, “There’s only person in the world who could do this, and that’s Kathleen Kennedy,” he said. “The Star Wars saga will always be taken care of under her leadership.” So what’s next for the man behind Star Wars since 1997 and other endeavors like Red Tails and “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”? McCallum is now turning his attention to some independent films that will take him overseas. Read on! McCallum said in his update: “I have a Russian film about the Babi Yar Massacre in development that is being directed by Sergei Loznitsa. I am also working with Tomás Masín on a Czech story about two brothers who escaped Czechoslovakia during the Cold War while being chased …