The new Star
Wars animated series premiered yesterday and saw Ezra, voiced by Taylor Gray join
Hera (Vanessa Marshall), Jedi Kanan (Freddie Prince Junior), Zeb (Steve Blum),
and Sabine (Tiya Sircar), the rebels of the starship Ghost.
While at the
premiere event, the show executive producer, and supervising director, Dave
Filoni spoke to Collider about the future of the show, and whether there is a
plan for a big arc spanning multiple seasons.
"We do,
yeah. I am a very big stickler about a game plan. I don’t like to
stick to it, but I need to know where we’re going. When we did Clone Wars, I always had an end game in mind for Ahsoka, for
years. What was hilarious about that was that George had an end game in
mind that was different than mine. We would argue about it, all the
time. He was more in the, “We’re gonna kill her off,” camp. I was
in the, “No, she’s gonna live,” camp. We forged the story over that
debate, year after year. So, we sat down and had a talk about, given what
we know about the movies that this will run into, where does Ezra need to be
and where should Kanan be? We need to know those things, so that when we
get really close in these timelines, it starts to make sense. Once you
have an idea of where this can go, it lets you know, as a director, how to
orchestrate all of these pieces. It sounds really stupid to say, but I’m
a storyteller who loves to have a reason to tell these stories, rather than
just staying, “Star
Wars is a great story.” Okay, but what is that great
story? Luke is a story of hope and selflessness and redemption for his
father. We have to know those things. As we unveil them over time,
I think it’s going to be really different, unique and exciting."
Filoni was also asked if returning to
watch the show after seeing Episode VII and spin-offs will add something extra
to it.
"I think
that’s possible. I definitely know people did that when they watched Clone Wars, and then went back and watched the prequels. Star Wars is always touching the other parts of the galaxy and
influencing it. With what I know about the other stories being told, it
does influence things and decisions you’re making. We also don’t want to
repeat what each other are doing, but it opens up opportunities in the universe.
As much as some people might think it narrows things, it actually opens up
opportunities and gives a greater understanding. There are things that
you can leverage. I always feel bad speaking in vague generalities, but
because we’re the only thing out of the gate, I can’t really speak to the other
stories yet, except to say that it’s just an exciting time to be a part of Star Wars and to be a Star Wars fan, and to see other creatives at work. In some cases,
they’re dealing with similar problems that I’ve had, or they’re finding
solutions and being inspired by what solutions they find. It’s exciting
to be a part of this new team."
The executive producer is also a huge Star
Wars fan, so Collider asked him how will be incorporating Easter Eggs into the
show?
"It’s hard
to tell with Star Wars fans what constitutes and Easter egg anymore. I could
do something very simple, and then people are so excited about it and act like
I put it there for them, so I’m like, “Yes, I did!” The answer is that
it’s not hard, at all. What I find is that I’ll do something that feels
selfish and go, “Well, I saw this in the Return of the Jedi sketch book, as a kid, and it’s never been in a film, so I
want to put it in a film.” An entire generation of people relates to
that. We put the Troop Transport into the show, and that was a Kenner toy
that was never in the films. We needed a transport for the Imperials, and
I said, “How about that old Kenner one? I had that. I loved that
thing.” People are very excited about that. Star Wars works best when you can watch it over and over again and see
new things in the background and realize that droid was in the background
there, or this species that never talked before does now. There are a lot
of fun things that you can do."
Source -
Collider
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