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FORCES OF DESTINY

“...Forces of destiny is an opportunity
to see the smaller moments that very

much make up who these women are...”

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as well as stalwart Star Wars voice changed my perspective greatly
actor Catherine Taber, who is about what that team was working
reprising the role of Padmé in the on and creating. The amount of
new show. love and craftsmanship that the

folks at Lucasfilm Animation were
CARRIE BECK bringing to their work was really
impressive to me.
Star Wars Insider: What forces of
destiny led you to work on this Forces of Destiny has been
new show? described as a way to highlight
Carrie Beck: It’s been a long character moments. What is
path to this point. Animation a “character moment” and
is actually pretty recent to me, how does it differ from other
and something I started working storytelling forms?

on here at Lucasfilm. Before that, For me, “a character moment”
I was working in feature fi lm is really about what we can focus
development for many years. on in under three minutes. As
I worked on movies, TV pilots, we started to think about making
and some other things before shorter content, we really had to
I ended up at the Sundance think about what it is that makes
Institute managing the New something Star Wars. So much

Frontiers Story Lab, which was of it is defined by the arc of the
all about the intersection of new Hero’s Journey: the ascensions and
media and storytelling. calls to action, all the things that
When the opportunity at are steps along the way. But it’s

Lucasfilm came up, I jumped not just those big moments that
at the chance to get back into make a hero. As well as the iconic 05
development to work with moments of sensing your destiny
Kathy Kennedy and [Lucasfi lm as you stare out at the twin suns,
vice president of development] it also has a lot do with your
Kiri Hart as part of the story values and how you live your life.
group. Very early on I met Dave So if a movie or the arc of
Filoni, and we started work on a season of a show like Rebels is changes of heart can have long-
Star Wars Rebels. Everything else about the major steps in character term implications.
evolved from there, taking the growth—that journey the heroes We can’t go as far as, say, Luke’s
storytelling skills I had learned take from selfi shness decision to redeem his father—we
in those previous jobs and driving to selfl essness—then 01 We’ll find out much simply don’t have the time to tell

it forward at Lucasfi lm. Forces of Destiny is an more about Rey those stories—but we can fi nd
and BB-8 (left).
opportunity to see the some of the DNA that defi nes
Did working on Rebels change smaller moments that 02 The series will our characters. To showcase their
your opinion of animation? still very much make up expand on iconic traits, their behaviors, and the
moments (left).
Well, my appreciation for what who these women are opportunities they take that speak

[Rebels executive producer] and define what their 03 There will be plenty to the person inside.
Dave Filoni and the team did values are. of action as well as
insights (left).
certainly grew exponentially, but Maybe the stakes are How does Forces of Destiny

I’ve always been a huge fan of not so elevated—perhaps 04 The series explores fit into the wider world of
Ahsoka and
animation. I spent most of my it’s about helping your Star Wars storytelling?
Padmé’s close
youth watching animated movies friend out of a bind—but friendship. There are a couple of different
and loving cartoons. But coming they are still moments ways. There’s the overt way, which
05 Of course, the

to Lucasfilm, getting to know the that resonate. Sometimes is that the choice of characters
Imperial forces are

team, and working with Dave even small decisions and never far behind... reflects a lot of who you’re going
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