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Dave Filoni is a big name when it comes to Star Wars. If you’ve been paying attention to any Star Wars television in the last decade, you’ve certainly seen his name in the credits, whether it’s an animated series like Rebels or a live-action one like Mandalorian. With season 1 of Ahsoka now behind him, Filoni is getting a new office as he takes on a new role at Lucasfilm, he told VanityFair.
“Now I’m what’s called chief creative officer at Lucasfilm,” Filoni said in the interview. What that means to Star Wars fans is that Filoni will be involved in Star Wars projects much earlier, and at a higher level.
“In the past, in a lot of projects, I would be brought into it, I would see it after it had developed a good ways,” Filoni explained. “When we’re planning the future of what we’re doing now, I’m involved at the inception phase.”
Filoni will work directly with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and executive vice president Carrie Beck. Filoni has been producing and directing Star Wars projects for years, including the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series, as well as live-action shows like the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett.
“I’m not telling people what to do,” Filoni clarified. “But I do feel I’m trying to help them tell the best story that they want to tell. I need to be a help across the galaxy here, like a part of the Jedi Council almost.”
Filoni is still developing his own previously announced Star Wars film, which will reportedly help to connect the time between the end of 1983’s Return of the Jedi to 2015’s The Force Awakens. VanityFair notes that a second season of Ahsoka has yet to be announced.
Filoni has directed almost 90 episodes of Star Wars animated series and six live-action episodes between Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka.
“To truly help filmmakers, it was really important for me to experience it firsthand. I can also lend a perspective on the challenge that telling these stories will present I feel more capable of actually being helpful outside of just saying, ‘Well, Jedi are like this, Sith are like this.’
VanityFair notes that no known Star Wars films are being canceled as a result of Filoni’s promotion. Right now, we’re waiting to hear more from Lucasfilm and Disney about a film about the ancient origins of the Force from Logan director James Mangold and a film about Daisy Ridley’s character Rey from the latest trilogy of Star Wars films, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. On the television side, two more series are in the works, including The Acolyte, which is set in the High Republic era of Star Wars–the era before the Galactic Empire took hold in the prequel trilogy–and Skeleton Crew, which follows a group of kids traveling across the galaxy and will star Jude Law.
