Disney+ Star Wars series architect Dave Filoni has been named Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm. The new position means Filoni will have an even greater voice in the future of the galaxy that’s far, far away.
Filoni said in the sitdown that he’s “exploring a possible second season” of Disney+ live-action series Ahsoka in which Rosario Dawson plays the grown version of Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who was an apprentice Anakin Skywalker.
He continues to hold his title of EVP which he was raised to in 2020. Filoni “weighs in on a narrative level” while Kathleen Kennedy continues to lead Lucasfilm overall as President.
Filoni made the reveal in a Vanity Fair interview on Tuesday. The Mt. 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 a live-action take on the cartoon Star Wars universe that Filoni built.
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