Dave Filoni talks about his STAR WARS movie that will wrap up the story he started telling years ago

Last week it was announced that Dave Filoni would direct a great Star Wars film that will “close” the interconnected stories being told The Mandalorian, Boba Fett’s bookAND Ahsoka. While I’m very excited about this, I’m also a little sad that all of these characters’ stories are coming to an end. But maybe it won’t really end!

During an interview with Filoni after the presentation at Star Wars Celebration, the director was asked about his film and what was the singular thread that intertwined the various stories. He replied by saying:

“At a basic level, I would say just the conflict that’s coming, the growing idea that the empire hasn’t been defeated like many people want to believe and that what’s left is out there. We’ve seen that from the beginning with The Mandalorian and as Giancarlo [Esposito] character Gideon was plotting. There are always people willing to undermine something the Republic is trying to build and put back on its feet.

“I grew up with a lot of stories in the expanding universe that explored what happened after Return of the Jedi. There was this, for the fans, the idea that there was a new Republic and a remaining Empire and the conflict persisted after Return of the Jedi, even if the heroes won and were more in control. What did that control look like? And since Force Awakens has been 30 years since Return of the Jedi, we have room to tell another story. This is what I am blending in this period of time.

The story, which he began to tell years ago, has been quite an epic journey and it’s exciting to know that it will lead to full-scale conflict. Filoni previously teased that a “major event” was coming, and obviously, this movie is what this whole thing is leading up to. He said:

“Well, in a way, it could. It could become a climax thing and The Mandalorian could still continue. It’s not necessarily an alternate choice, is it? It’s an interesting way to think about it. I tend to think, since we worked on The Mandalorian and then Ahsoka wrote, and then Jon Watts came along with Skeleton Crew, there’s a whole period of time that is post-Return of the Jedi, which before The Force Awakens, is about 30 years.When you look at the original trilogy , it’s a much less significant period of time that those three movies take place in. And so, what I like about it is that we’re really very slowly building an ecosystem of characters and politics and events in the post-Return of the Jedi time period, which could or less expand more broadly as we add more shows and more characters.

“I think the reality of a major event in this time period is very real, is all I would say. But yeah, if Jon wanted to keep making a fuss about the Mandalorian, as long as he isn’t pushed back into that titanic event, then, I suppose, they could continue. There seems to be no lack of interest in Grogu and Mando, that’s for sure.”

As for when this is all going to end, Jon Favreau she said she’s having a great time telling these stories and doesn’t plan to end it any time soon. But the movie could be several years away, so there are a lot of stories to tell until that happens and maybe that movie will create new stories. Maybe that movie will end up being another trilogy!