A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Ahsoka Tano as she appears in Star Wars: Rebels. © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)  Asked on Quora as: "If the Clone Wars series is considered to be canon, then where is Ahsoka Tano (Anakin's Padawan) during AOTC and ROTS?" After George Lucas put the finishing touches on  Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,  the then-chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. hired animator Dave Filoni and a team of producers, writers, computer animators, and directors led by Catherine Winder. Their mission: to set up Lucasfilm Animation and start production on a new television series,  Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Lucas himself told fans about the new show - which is set  between  Attack of the Clones (AOTC)  and  Revenge of the Sith (ROTS). As Lucas has stated in several behind-the-scenes interviews, the Clone Wars is a conflict that can’t be depicted in its entirety in the main Saga films. We only see how the war begins in Act Three of  AOTC  and i...

Star Wars: Rebels Created by: Simon Kinberg, Carrie Beck, and Dave Filoni Based on the works of George Lucas Join the Ghost crew as it prepares for its biggest mission yet in Star Wars: Rebels - Season Three ! The story of the Ghost crew is far from over. While Sabine confronts new challenges on her home world of Mandalore, Ezra's growing power as both a Jedi and a rebel leader helps the rebellion acquire new resources and new recruits for the fight ahead. However, the Imperial effort to eliminate the rebellion is now being led by the coldly calculating Grand Admiral Thrawn, whose strategic, tactical, and cultural insights make him a threat unlike any they have faced before.  - Synopsis on Blu-ray packaging On September 24, 2016, the Disney XD cable channel aired Star Wars: Rebels - Steps Into Shadows, a one-hour TV movie written by Steven Melching and Matt Michnovetz and directed by Bosco Ng and Mel Zwyer. Set six months after the events of Twilight of the A...

Star Wars: Rebels  Created by: Simon Kinberg, Carrie Beck, and Dave Filoni Based on the works of George Lucas A year after the Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm Limited from its founder and CEO George Lucas, Dave Filoni and his crew at Lucasfilm Animation were told to close down production of the animated series  Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which was airing on Time-Warner's Cartoon Network.  The Clone Wars had just finished its fifth season, and Filoni's team was in the midst of producing Season Six when Disney pulled the plug on the Emmy-winning series. Lucasfilm's corporate owners wanted to focus the company's creative efforts on the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens feature film and other projects - including a new animated series for the Disney Channel's cable sibling Disney XD: Star Wars: Rebels. Created by Filoni with writers Simon Kinberg and Carrie Beck, the series' first season is set 15 years after the events of Star Wars - Episode II...

“Star Wars Rebels – The Complete Season One” Created by Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Carrie Beck Based on “Star Wars,” created by George Lucas Starring the voices of: Taylor Gray, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar, Stephen Blum, Ashley Eckstein On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, Disney/Buena Vista Home Entertainment released “Star Wars Rebels,” an animated series set five years before the events of George Lucas’s “Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope.” Produced by Lucasfilm Animation, the team behind the Emmy-winning “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the series is Disney’s first “Star Wars” project since the company’s purchase of Lucasfilm Limited in 2012. As created by Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Carrie Beck, “Star Wars Rebels” bridges the gap between “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and the original “Star Wars” trilogy. It airs on cable’s Disney XD channel, although it premiered on the mothership Disney Channel on October 3, 2014 with the one hour pilot...