Dave Filoni Says His ‘Star Wars’ Film Will Be Built Around an Era-Defining Event
It was announced during Star Wars Celebration that Dave Filoni would be directing an upcoming feature film that would act as the “culmination” of all the storylines set up by The Mandalorian and spin-off shows like Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, or Skeleton Crew.
But is “culmination” the right word? In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, as part of their 20-page coverage on the Star Wars franchise for the new issue, Filoni weighed in on how well that word defines his film:
“Culmination is an interesting word. The way I look at it, there are [small] stories, and then there’s the big story of the day, too. A New Hope, Empire and Return Of The Jedi tell the important parts of the tale that really define the history of the period. There are all kinds of sub-stories underneath that. We’ve been building all these small stories.”
As he went on to explain, the movie will be centered around a big event, something to pin down in the timeline that could mark a “before” and “after” — think of Luke blowing up the Death Star, Vader telling Luke he’s his father, the defeat of the Empire, etc. Here’s what he said:
“To me, a theatrical experience has to have a big idea – a monumental moment in the time period that changes what’s happening. What Tony [Gilroy] has done [in Andor] and what we did in Rebels, everything then changes when Luke blows up the Death Star. You’re looking for those moments that define an era, and that’s what the films really should be about – whether it’s characters coming together, or a defining moment.”
The writer-director says he has an idea for it but isn’t revealing what that is yet. According to him, he’s been setting this up for years:
“I have ideas, of course. I will not tell you what they are! There are little things along the way that I’ve built across different mediums, all in preparation for things that come later.”
We know that Dave Filoni will be directing, and that he and Favreau will be executive producers on the film, like we’ve come to expect from everything set in the New Republic Era. What we don’t know yet is who will be writing it, though we can’t imagine it will be someone other than the two of them.
No release date has been set for the yet-untitled film, though according to reports, Lucasfilm is internally targeting to release it in theaters the year after the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy-directed film about Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
