Wiht the third season of The Mandalorian now up and running and the fandom basking in that warm, familiar feeling of being in the envelope of a brand new season of Star Wars television, Dave Filoni talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the show and his own journey from animation to the live action realm, an adjustment partly facilitated by shadowing Rian Johnson on The Last Jedi.
THR: So when you decided to transition to live-action filmmaking, you shadowed Rian Johnson on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, right?
DF: Yeah, Kathleen Kennedy and I talked from the very beginning of her coming into Lucasfilm about whether there would be opportunities for me to experiment with live action or try it. And she really worked at coming up with a plan to educate me and get me involved. I visited J.J. [Abrams] on The Force Awakens, I visited Gareth Edwards [on Rogue One] and I visited Rian on [The Last Jedi]. But Rian was the one who shoved me up front, sticking lenses in my hand and really getting me immersed in it. And so I still talk with him to this day. He’s obviously a very talented filmmaker, and I was just very fortunate to be in such an environment where I could sit and listen and learn.
