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fi ghters there. This is Lothal’s
industrial revolution, in confl ict
with its wilder side. Just like the “All the plotting in the world
magical world of Princess
Mononoke, where a clan of won’t matter if you don’t care
wolves protects the forest (wolves
being extinct in Japan), Lothal about The characters.” dave filoni
also has mysterious animals and
secrets in its wilderness. Filoni
has commented on this mix of
the real and uncanny, saying: return in animal form, he 03 Grand Admiral be seen wearing a shirt with an
“Star Wars gets really good when posted a sketch of Ahsoka on Thrawn is emblem he designed. In The
back, and still
you have a world that you believe Facebook and Twitter, clearly Clone Wars, the Wolf Pack is a
a thorn in the
in, but there is an element that labeled “Not the wolf.” rebels’ side. squad of clone troopers loyal
is intangible.” “It was interesting thinking,” to Plo Koon—Filoni’s favorite
04 Rogue One’s
he clarified, “but it doesn’t Saw Gerrera Jedi—and the showrunner has

Running with Wolves get you where you need to will play a also created several artworks
major part
A wolf even appeared in the go. So I thought I’d throw showing Ahsoka riding a wolf.
this season.

trailer for Season Four of Rebels, the challenge flag out on Fans recognize the
leading Filoni to take the unusual that.” He could hardly blame 05 Rebels’ action importance of the creature to
scenes are as
step of using social media to nip fans for fi nding signifi cance the storyteller, and are inclined
high-stakes
rumors about it in the bud. After in the wolf, however: Filoni as ever to confer some degree of
some fans speculated that maybe himself has taken the wolf as a (see right). importance to its appearance.
Ahsoka Tano would somehow personal totem and can often 06 Sabine faces For now, however, Filoni seems
challenges intent on keeping the meaning
from her obscured. “Those are the kind
03 past on
Mandalore of things the more you explain,
(see right). the less magical it is,” he argues.
“How much backstory do you
07 The Noghri
warrior Ruhk really get on Yoda?”
will make It seems that, as a fan from
his debut
(see right). the earliest days of Star Wars,
Filoni has never forgotten when
08 This season throwaway references to “the
will reveal
how our Clone Wars” by Ben Kenobi
heroes were the sort of thing you sat
fit into the
larger Rebel and pondered for hours on end.
Alliance Though fans today can now fi nd
(see right). out so much more about Star
Wars lore, Filoni is intent on
delivering the same sense of
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mystery and magic in his work
that originally captivated him
when he was a child.
Aside from Miyazaki, two
other storytelling visionaries
Filoni has cited as inspirations
are his mentor George Lucas
and The Lord of the Rings’
author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Both are
writers who created epics,
without losing sight of the
characters who inhabit them.
Filoni succinctly describes his
own storytelling philosophy,
saying “All the plotting in the
world won’t matter if you don’t
care about the characters.”

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