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Forty years ago today, Raiders of the Lost Ark was released, introducing fans to Indiana Jones in a film that has spawned a large film franchise and following. It has been met with tremendous critical acclaim over the past four decades, and it is routinely included on the lists of the greatest films ever made. [...]
I know, I know, you're probably thinking, "isn't this a Star Wars site?" Yes, it is! And don't worry; that's not changing! So even though there are a few Indiana Jones articles up this week (and you'll see two more coming soon in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark), this [...]
By now it’s probably old news: a certain relatively small but vocal section of Star Wars fans no longer wants one of the most successful producers in movie history running the franchise. That was the case with George Lucas. It’s now the case with Kathleen Kennedy, who has been running the company since Lucas handed [...]
I mean this statement as no disrespect to other storytellers, but I have long said that Dave Filoni is the very best Star Wars storyteller out there right now. He apprenticed under George Lucas for years, working very closely with the Star Wars creator on The Clone Wars, and it shows. Filoni's grasp of the [...]
George Lucas is one of the true innovators in the history of filmmaking, and the advances he made or pushed are numerous and legendary. There are some things that he wanted to do, however, that he wasn't able to - because he had to wait for the technology to catch up. "He always, always, was [...]
The second episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian released on Friday, and much like the first episode, this one put Dave Filoni squarely in the limelight. The episode was entitled "Legacy" and focused on the legacy of George Lucas and Star Wars, so there was plenty of nostalgia in this one. The first half of [...]
At Star Wars Celebration last year, when it was first revealed that Sheev Palpatine would be returning in The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy said that the idea had been in the works for a long time. Apparently a recent interview that Roger Guyett, the film's visual effects supervisor, did with Cinefex revealed [...]
Dave Filoni is perhaps the most well-versed and well-learned pupil of Star Wars at Lucasfilm (a company filled with those kind of people), but while his talents have flourished in animated projects, he didn't have experience on the live action side of things. So he went to Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy, herself one of the [...]
There's nothing left to prove for Kathleen Kennedy when it comes to filmmaking. She's highly decorated, one of the most accomplished producers in movie history, and is currently third in lifetime box office gross, behind only Kevin Feige and Stephen Spielberg. Kennedy's career spans nearly four decades, and she has produced films like E.T. the [...]
With the launch of the series premiere of The Mandalorian came Dave Filoni's live-action Star Wars directorial debut. But he's a veteran when it comes to Star Wars storytelling. Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican recently wrote a feature on Filoni, the man who runs Lucasfilm animation and who was essentially George Lucas's apprentice. He's a brilliant [...]
