00:00So, Mr. Favro, it's Gonzalo from Hipertextual.
00:03Welcome to Spain.
00:04Thank you, thank you.
00:05How is this movie different from the original plans from Season 4?
00:08Because I've read some things about Grand Admiral Thrawn and things like that.
00:12Yes, yes, yes.
00:12How is it different?
00:13Season 4 was going to be, you know, 8 episodes.
00:18And it was going to fit in after Season 3.
00:21And, you know, continuing that story with the assumption that everybody had seen everything that came before.
00:26And it was going to feed into what Dave's doing in Ahsoka Season 2.
00:31When the opportunity presented itself to do, you know, Star Wars had not been in the theaters for almost seven
00:37years.
00:37And these characters were new characters that had never been on the big screen.
00:42And so when Disney and Lucasfilm approached me and talked to me about the possibility of how would you do
00:47this?
00:48Because there was a window of opportunity here.
00:52And I was perfectly happy to be telling stories on the small screen.
00:55I've had a great time with it.
00:56But, you know, Star Wars was birthed in the movie theaters.
01:02And it was one of my first, most impactful experiences back in 77 when I was a kid.
01:07But I knew I couldn't just do what I would have done on Season 4.
01:11And so even though it was all written, we had to talk to Dave Filoni and I talked about it.
01:15I said, okay, what makes Star Wars movie different than a Star Wars TV show?
01:19We were very cinematic on the TV show.
01:21We said we have to present something that's different here.
01:25Fortunately, these characters were known beyond people who'd seen the show because everybody knows Baby Yoda and the Mandalorian.
01:31We understand that dynamic.
01:32But we wanted to make sure it was a brand new adventure.
01:35And didn't assume that anybody saw anything.
01:37So if a fan went to see the show, we had to make sure that there was enough there that
01:42felt like Star Wars.
01:43And whether it was the techniques that we used or the storylines that were slowly pushing forward.
01:49We also wanted to be something where you could bring somebody who's never seen Star Wars before.
01:53Especially younger audience members who maybe were too young seven years ago to see a movie like this.
01:59Because Star Wars is really, you know, we want to keep it going.
02:03And we wanted this to feel like how we felt.
02:06So hopefully it works well for both audiences.
02:09I think that's true.
02:10I'm such a big fan.
02:11But I was thinking during the movie that I could take my father to the movie.
02:15That's great.
02:16He hasn't ever seen Star Wars.
02:17Yes.
02:18And it opens the door for people who like Star Wars.
02:20To explore further and become an even deeper fan.
02:23Exactly.
02:24Talking about the Mandovers, I would like to ask.
02:26We have this movie.
02:27We have Ahsoka Season 2.
02:30The movie which Dave Filoni is going to direct, presumably.
02:33Something in between?
02:35Well, there's also Starfighter.
02:38There's Sean Levy's movie, right?
02:39It takes place later.
02:40Yeah.
02:40So I'm very concentrated on this time period, which is between, you know, episodes six and seven.
02:47Because we know where seven is.
02:48Yes.
02:49And so the world, you know, there's a gathering storm because we know what's going to happen.
02:53So it makes the backdrop, I think, more intense.
02:57Because if you understand what it is, you see how little steps are working towards a not so great outcome.
03:07So there's, I mean, there's a lot of space, though, between now and then.
03:11And these are characters that are becoming more important to the Star Wars fans.
03:16And so I love telling stories within this time period.
03:19So we're going to expect something else maybe in the future?
03:21I hope, you know.
03:22We'll see.
03:24Honestly, this movie, when you direct, it takes everything you have.
03:27And, you know, the amount of visual effects and animation, both stop motion animation with Phil Tippett, that takes a
03:34long time in the run-up.
03:36And then there's on the other side, we've got all the CG animation and characters and making the story play
03:43as well as it can.
03:45But we'll see.
03:46A lot of it is about how the audience reacts and how we feel.
03:49But I definitely have some, you know, thoughts about where these characters should go.
03:53And I talk to Dave a lot.
03:54Dave has ideas about where everything's going.
03:56So we haven't had a chance to, you know, I'm finishing this.
04:00He's now in the editing room with Ahsoka and also running the whole studio.
04:05So there's a lot of, I miss the time when we weren't so busy when we could talk about this
04:12stuff more.
04:13But we have some thoughts about where everything's going and I'm excited to play in this world.
04:17That's great.
04:18I precisely wanted to ask you about Dave Filoni because as now the head of Lucasfilm, how do you think
04:23that Star Wars or what we understand as Star Wars is going to change from this previous era?
04:29Well, I think, you know, he's somebody who started off as a fan that was hired by George on, you
04:35know, what he thought would never happen to run the animation division and work side by side with George.
04:41So I think there's a lot of that apprenticeship that's going to inform his storytelling.
04:44And also it's being told from the perspective of a fan.
04:47And he also has, you know, deep understanding of not just what happened in the films but in animation.
04:52And it's interesting to see how we combine those things.
04:55What amazes me is when Zeb pops up on the screen, what a cheer I hear in the crowd because
05:01people feel connected to that character.
05:03Especially people, I think, who grew up watching Rebels, who were younger, and now they get to see it there.
05:08And you realize that these characters mean a tremendous amount to people.
05:12And then there are characters that I was, you know, that I brought in like Grogu and The Mandalorian that
05:17people also feel emotionally connected to because it's been so much time.
05:20I forget that I started working on this eight years ago.
05:23There's people now who, you know, who may have only been 10 years old when they were watching it.
05:28And now they're teenagers and whatever, 17 years old.
05:32You know, there's a nostalgia that they feel for these characters.
05:34I don't feel like I've ever stepped away, so I don't feel nostalgic.
05:37I still feel like I'm making season one.
05:40So it's interesting because it's not just about these characters and about Star Wars.
05:45It's about the relationship between the audience, their love for Star Wars, and they know how committed we are.
05:51I think part of the experience is that they, Star Wars fans have insight into what's happening beyond the film.
05:56And they know, I feel tremendous appreciation from them because, you know, I've stuck with this for many, many years
06:04is the thing that's my main focus.
06:06And they know that I care, and I know that they care.
06:09And that foundation I feel when I go to Star Wars Celebration or Comic-Con or CCXP.
06:15And that to me is the real story.
06:18And all of these things are expressions of what we do, and they know.
06:23And I want them to have a good time, and I want to also let them introduce other people to
06:29this world.
06:30And that's, to me, that's what makes this so fun.
06:33And then to work with people like Dave Filoni, and now to see what he's going to do now that
06:37he's in that position,
06:38I think only makes me more excited to see, you know, what the future might hold.
06:42But I love that Star Wars, 50 years later, it's still as relevant as it was when it first premiered.
06:48Yeah, that's beautiful.
06:49I would like to ask you about Grogu because after all this year, what do you have to take care
06:53of the most about?
06:54Because he's such a mysterious character.
06:56He's also growing.
06:57Yes.
06:57Well, he's very powerful, right?
06:59We know.
07:00And now he's had maybe one of the best teachers for the Force with Luke Skywalker.
07:05And he's got the Mandalorian, so you have, he's straddling two different warrior cultures,
07:10if you could call a Jedi warrior culture, but definitely two different disciplines.
07:14And there are very few characters who have been both.
07:16And I think that there's a, we're starting to see the significance of what that potential might be.
07:23I also love that he matures so slowly that we don't rush through any of it.
07:29And we can show each step in his journey.
07:31But I get excited about this character and about what the potential might be.
07:37Because he could transcend eras because of his species.
07:40So that's very exciting.
07:42I also got very excited about working with the Hutts, which, you know, Jabba the Hutt was a big, you
07:47know.
07:47I was an usher in the movie theater in Return of the Jedi, and I saw Jabba, you know, over
07:52and over again.
07:53You know, I saw the whole thing.
07:55So that made an impression, and now to be able to explore other characters that weren't explored too fully in
08:02live action,
08:03but very much in animation.
08:04And now with all the technology and great animators that we have to create physics and combat with them
08:10in a way that you couldn't with the puppet that was built, you know, for the original films.
08:15Because the Hutts have always been just fascinating, and especially, you know, and Arata is a different archetype,
08:21and he's a lot of fun.
08:22I love the twist with Rata.
08:24I love it.
08:25You love what?
08:26The twist with Rata, his character, his kindness, all that.
08:29Yes, yes.
08:30Hopefully a bit of a surprise for people, because I think what's nice about the way the film's being presented
08:35is we're definitely showing, only giving up the first moment of it, but there's, it just shows you that there,
08:42you know, with Star Wars, there's always unexpected characters that you think are good guys or bad guys,
08:48and Han Solo seemed like a scoundrel, but then ended up being everybody's favorite,
08:53and R2-D2 seemed to be inconsequential, but then one of the most powerful characters throughout the whole story.
09:00Yoda, when you first met Yoda, I was young enough that I was fooled.
09:04I didn't know that was Yoda, and he was looking for a great Jedi Master, and then there he reveals
09:09himself.
09:09I was like, oh, wow, this little puppet.
09:12So that's part of the fairy tale of Star Wars, like with Lord of the Rings or anything with Aragorn.
09:18You know, you think he's one thing, and all that is gold doesn't glitter, and that's very much,
09:22I think George embraced that and tried to carry that.
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