Fresh off of writing, producing, and directing for the Disney+ series,Ahsoka,Dave Filonihas now been promoted to Chief Creative Officer for Lucasfilm. The news comes just a little over a month sinceAhsokafinished its eight-episode run on the streaming platform, which Filoni was unable to speak about at the time of its premiere due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Filoni joined Lucasfilm in 2008 after being offered a job by George Lucas that would see him develop the animated series,Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Since that time, he’s worked ona number ofStar Warsprojects, and has slowly been working his way up the corporate ladder. The new position will see him work closely with Lucasfilm president, Kathleen Kennedy, and Carrie Beck, Head of Development, as together the trio will usher in the next crop ofStar Warsmovies and TV shows.
Speakingwith Vanity Fairabout the new position, Dave Filoni mentioned how his role will now see him get involved much earlier in the development process.
“In the past, in a lot of projects I would be brought into it, I would see itafterit had already developed a good ways. In this new role, it’s opened up to basically everything that’s going on. When we’re planning the future of what we’re doing now, I’m involved at the inception phase.”
Filoni also mentioned how he won’t be telling people what to do, but rather work to help them develop their creativity to tell the best stories possible forStar Warsfans.
“I’m not telling people what to do, 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 a Jedi Council almost.”
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Dave Filoni’s Star Wars Movie is Still Happening
While he was busy withAhsoka, it was announced earlier this year during a Star Wars Celebration fan convention that Dave Filoni was developing aStar Warsmovie that would serve to bridge the gap betweenEpisode SixandThe Force Awakens. WhileAhsokaand other Disney+ series likeThe MandalorianandThe Book of Boba Fetthave already helped fill in some of those gaps, Filoni’s new film hopes to do it on a broader scale. He spoke about how his work on previousStar Warsseries has given him the tools to help other filmmakers accomplish their goals.
“To truly help filmmakers, it was really important for me to experience it firsthand. I can also lend a perspective on the challenges that telling these stories will present. I feel more capable of actually being helpful outside of just saying, ‘Well, Jedi are like this, and Sith are like this…'”
While we don’t know much about upcoming film projects set in theStar Warsuniverse, we do know that two new shows are etched in stone. They includeThe Acolyte, which will be set during the High Republic era, 100 years before the events in the originalStar Warsin 1977,andSkeleton Crew, about a group of four kids on an adventure to make their way home after the fall of the Empire inReturn of the Jedi. Filoni will serve as executive producer onSkeleton Crew, and will hopefully be exploring the possibility of a second season ofAhsokain the near future.
