Filoni is one of the most respected minds to ever touch “Star Wars.” He was essentially George Lucas’ protege on “The Clone Wars” before taking on “Rebels” under the Disney era. But he didn’t have a ton of experience in live-action. Fortunately, these shows gave him the opportunity to dip a toe in that arena. “As it’s evolved and changed, I think there’s a confidence growing because people are getting to come in and do an episode. One episode. And try an episode,” Filoni explained. “For me, doing an episode was infinitely easier to absorb and understand than if I had to start doing a movie.”
Now, Filoni is one of the biggest creative voices at Lucasfilm, right up there with President Kathleen Kennedy. Filoni was recently promoted to Chief Creative Officer. In that role, he’ll be guiding the future of a galaxy far, far away on both the big and small screen. Speaking further, he explained how his work on the live-action TV shows has helped him to guide the franchise into the future.
“For me it’s creatively I think managing the story and all these different characters, which I’ve been doing in ‘Clone Wars,’ but it’s just a little different in live-action … Working with the performers is different. So on a personal level, it’s been exponential learning, every time I do an episode. or am helping guide other episodes, or working with the other episode directors.”
All of that helped bring us to this moment where Ahsoka Tano got to take the spotlight in the flesh. Ahsoka was Filoni’s baby and, given that he is the man who helped give “Star Wars” a home on TV, it feels fitting that his greatest creation carried on in that medium. And let’s not forget that Filoni is developing a movie, which he’s planning to direct. So Ahsoka is still destined to grace the silver screen.
“Ahsoka” is streaming now on Disney+.
