Producer Dave Filoni is the creative force behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels animated series. Both shows based on the Star Wars canon became beloved by fans and integral pieces of lore for the George Lucas opus. Each of these series kicked off with initial episodes being compiled together for their introduction. Star Wars Rebels‘ first two episodes were referred to as the “Spark of Rebellion” while the initial episodes for Clone Wars were compiled for a theatrically-released film that for all stated purposes served as the series pilot. The possibility of a future animated Star Wars feature film is conjecture at this time but Filoni feels that fans appreciate the medium as much as a live-action adventure.
“I think the one thing that we’ve been able to achieve with the Star Wars animation we’ve done is that the people, the fans really accept it as part of the story, and the medium doesn’t matter to the vast majority of them.”
It was George Lucas main emphasis that the media used is not nearly as important as the storytelling. This was confirmed when Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, and the studio mandated that the official Star Wars canon consisted of the six live-action films and The Clone Wars.
“George always treated the animation we did as part of his story, and he was just telling it with this different paintbrush now,” the producer pointed out. “I think the fans have really latched on to that, but I think it’s something that we’ve done, and we’ve tried to challenge ourselves to be great and push ourselves to try to meet that high level of the Star Wars films, dating all the way back to the originals. And when I see Dennis Muren in the hallway walking by, or Bill George, or any of the team that’s worked on the originals, or John Knoll, who’s worked on the prequels, I feel the responsibility to all of them.”
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