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LucasArts names new president to run struggling game division

Following last month’s sudden resignation of former LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez and several key executives, Lucasfilm’s Jerry Bowerman was temporarily heading the company. Rodriguez marked the second abrupt departure from the company, with Jim Ward having resigned in April of 2008. Hopefully, those days are over, as today LucasArts today confirmed to IndustryGamers that Paul Meegan has been appointed president and general manager.

Starting mid-June, Meegan will report to Lucasfilm President and Chief Operating Officer Micheline Chau. Prior to adopting his new role, Meegan was the chief executive at Epic Games China. See Industry Gamers for more.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.