Coming as no surprise, Filoni is now the Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm which means he’ll be involved in the creative decisions at a much earlier stage.
Dave Filoni will work directly alongside Kathleen Kennedy and Carrie Beck.
It’s a welcomed shakeup to the higher-ups of the Star Wars franchise. This is something many fans have been calling for, for quite some time. This is down to his success behind The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.
In the past, in a lot of projects I would be brought into it, I would see it after it 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.
Dave Filoni in an interview with Vanity Fair
He did also touch base on Ahsoka’s season 2. He said that he’s “exploring a possible second season”.
Whether or not this happens remains to be seen but Ahsoka was well received by fans and liked what it brought to the franchise. It would be great to see a second season as they continue to build on the Mandoverse.
I’m also over the moon Dave Filoni has had this promotion as it’s obvious he really does care about the franchise, both Canon and Legends. Truth be told, we always needed someone like this who actually understands it all as well at the helm. I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds for Star Wars now.
