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Dave Filoni on the fate of Kanan in Star Wars Rebels

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Dave Filoni, the creator of Star Wars Rebels, has spoken about his decision to kill off one of the show’s main characters in the final season.Star Wars is used to killing off wise mentor figures throughout its illustrious history so when Kanan perished in Star Wars Rebels, perhaps fans shouldn’t have been as shocked as […]

Dave Filoni is not involved in “day-to-day” running of Star Wars Resistance

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Dave Filoni has admitted that he is not involved with the “day-to-day” running of the new Lucasfilm animated series Star Wars Resistance.One of the most beloved figures over at Lucasfilm by fans is, without question, the man behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Dave Filoni.Since Rebels has finished up its run, […]

Dave Filoni says its “hard” to think about other people working with characters from Star Wars Rebels

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Dave Filoni, creator of Star Wars Rebels, has admitted that it’s a challenging notion that other people might one day work with characters from the show.Now that Star Wars Rebels has come to an end, creator Dave Filoni has moved on to other projects like Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The characters he created for […]

Dave Filoni reveals the “pressure” he feels in making new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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Dave Filoni, producer for Lucasfilm, has commented on the “pressure” involved in making new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.When news broke that the beloved Star Wars: The Clone Wars was returning for a new season, fans of the series were unsurprisingly very excited, with many never thinking that they would see the day.The […]

Dave Filoni explains why Director Krennic and the Death Star didn’t feature in Star Wars Rebels

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During its four-season run on Disney XD, Star Wars Rebels featured guest appearances from a host of familiar Star Wars faces, including the likes of Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, The Emperor, Grand Moff Tarkin and Saw Gerrera.The latter made his live-action Star Wars debut in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which itself […]

Dave Filoni reveals that Star Wars: The Clone Wars was originally going to be more like Star Wars Rebels

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Dave Filoni, the man overseeing numerous Star Wars animated projects for Lucasfilm, has revealed that Star Wars: The Clone Wars was originally more like Star Wars Rebels.The news that The Clone Wars is going to be brought back to life for one final season after years away was jubilant news to fans around the world. […]

Dave Filoni’s new Star Wars animated series Star Wars Resistance announced

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Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that production is underway on Star Wars Resistance, a new anime-inspired animated series from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni.Taking place prior to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the new series will follow Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with […]

Ian McDiarmid returns as The Emperor in trailer for Star Wars Rebels’ final episodes

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Lucasfilm and Disney XD have released a new poster and trailer for the final episodes of Star Wars Rebels, as well as revealing that the six episodes will be released over a period of three weeks. Starting February 19th, there will be two episodes of Rebels each Monday, culminating with a regular 30 minute episode and an extra […]

Fan Expo 2017: Star Wars Rebels panel with Dave Filoni, Vanessa Marshall and Taylor Gray

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Ricky Church reports from the Star Wars Rebels panel at Fan Expo 2017…Today at the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, Star Wars Rebels creator and executive producer Dave Filoni and stars Vanessa Marshall (Hera) and Taylor Gray (Ezra) held a panel to discuss the upcoming fourth and final season of the series. They shared what’s […]