Dave Filoni Named Lucasfilm Chief Creative Officer, Talks Ahsoka Season 2 – Deadline

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Disney+ Star Wars Series architect Dave Filoni has been named chief creative officer of Lucasfilm.

This new position means Filoni will have an even bigger voice in the future of the galaxy far, far away.

Filoni said during the meeting that he was “exploring a possible second season” of the Disney+ live-action series. Ahsoka in which Rosario Dawson plays the adult version of the Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who was Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice.

He continues to hold his executive vice president title to which he was elevated in 2020. Filoni “weighs in on the narrative level” while Kathleen Kennedy continues to lead Lucasfilm as president.

Filoni made the revelation in an interview with Vanity Fair on Tuesday.

The Mount Lebanon, PA native has been an EP on animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rebels, and live-action series The Mandalorian And Ahsoka, the latter is a live-action version of the cartoon Star Wars the universe that Filoni built.

He is preparing to direct his first live-action feature film Star Wars film which will bring together all the intrigues of the Disney+ science fiction series.

“In the past, in many projects, I was involved, I saw it After he had already developed good routes,” Filoni said VF. “In this new role, we are open to virtually anything that happens. When we are planning the future of what we are currently doing, I am involved from the start-up phase.

The next step in the Star Wars the universe is the Disney+ series, Skeleton crew by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford; The Acolyte from director Leslye Headland and season 2 from Tony Gilroy Andor. Feature film projects in development include James Mangold, Taika Waititi, Shawn Levy and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

“To really help filmmakers, it was very important for me to experience it firsthand,” Filoni said. “I can also give my perspective on the challenges that telling these stories will present. I feel more able to be helpful outside of just saying, “Well, Jedi are like that, and Sith are like that…”