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alking with fans
at a recent
T screening of Star
Wars Rebels,
series co-creator
and executive producer Dave
Filoni said, “You can tell the
films that storytellers like by the

stories they tell later.”
Having overseen more than
200 episodes of Star Wars
animation, it’s safe to say Filoni
loves the galaxy that he’s playing
in. But Filoni’s shows, The Clone Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. It was 01 Kanan may
Wars and Star Wars Rebels, have Japan’s highest-grossing film of all still be blind, “IF you like

but his
also included homages to many time, until it was surpassed by connection something you
other iconic movies, too: from global phenomenon Titanic, to the Force
has never
The Wizard of Oz (1939) to which was released later the same
wavered. try to figure out
Apocalypse Now (1979). When year. Miyazaki’s inspiration for the
asked about the similarities film came from John Ford’s 02 Sabine will how to put that

be right in
between Rebels and Princess westerns (which also infl uenced
the heart of
Mononoke (1997), Filoni grinned George Lucas while making A the action in in your art. ”
and said, “Ahsoka was inspired by New Hope), and its story focuses Season Four. dave filoni

Mononoke. If you like something on the conflict between nature
you try to figure out how to put and industrial civilization.

that in your art.” Rebels’ similarities to Miyazaki’s
For those who are unfamiliar, movie begin with a similar tension.
Princess Mononoke is an epic The series opens on Lothal, and
historical fantasy anime fi lm Ezra’s heroic journey starts when
written and directed by Hayao the Empire sets out to build TIE
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