Dave Filoni on Tackling His First Live-Action Star Wars Movie: ‘I’m More Prepared Than Ever’
thewrap.comone of three directors working on new live-action “Star Wars” films. Technically, Filoni — who writes, directs and executive produces the currently streaming “Mandalorian” and upcoming “Ahsoka” series — has already directed a “Star Wars” film: 2008’s animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” But taking on a big budget, big-screen live-action project is new territory for the franchise veteran.Filoni is relatively new to the live-action directing game.
The first time he shot live-action was on “The Mandalorian.” But Filoni’s mentor and co-executive producer Jon Favreau says Filoni’s experience in animation and ability to plan and visualize everything before it goes on screen TheWrap caught up with Filoni right after the announcement to discuss his live-action film, which will bring together characters and stories from shows he and Jon Favreau have created.TheWrap: If you think about it, a feature film is actually shorter than a series — three or so hours versus eight or more.
And production periods are often more condensed. How does your approach change going from series to film?Dave Filoni: I haven’t talked about this a lot, but in the beginning, when I was thinking of getting into live-action, it was always around the character of Ahsoka.
I mean, it’s just the character that I know the best. And it’s the story that I really want to tell. My original instincts were that it would be a film.
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