The director of The Mandalorian shows a lot of respect for the original creator of the galactic franchise
He is the true father of the greatest galactic saga of all time and that is an honor that no one can take away from him. George Lucas shaped Star Wars from its beginnings with the conception of a unique universe, which has resulted in a real goose that lays the golden eggs. However, the director has been away from any creative process for a few years now.
That hasn’t stopped Dave Filoni from occasionally asking Lucas about whatWhat you should or shouldn’t do with your intergalactic projects. During a talk with the Happy Sad Confused podcast (collected by ComicBook), the director of The Mandalorian has assured that he tries to respect the former filmmaker’s time.
“I’m very, very respectful of his time. He has a museum to finish, which will be a phenomenal experience and project for everyone to see. It never ceases to amaze me how George just gives, always, throughout his life. Whether it’s the jobs that we can all have when he is gone, telling stories in a galaxy that he created, or if it is about building a museum so that so many children can experience art, narrative art and be inspired by that art and maybe one day tell stories themselves. He’s always giving, so I’m very cautious. I’ve gotten a lot of mentoring from him and the answer is yes, I do it from time to time, but it has to be something really important for me to go for it.”
Filoni is clear that he can seek advice whenever he wants, but always respecting a historical figure in cinema. So much so that the director himself feels, when he addresses him, that He is speaking to a true legend whom he venerates with a Jedi passion..
“It feels very mythical to go before him and speak. He is the most humble guy. He was the greatest asset in [Star Wars: The] Clone Wars, it was the greatest confidence, knowing that he was there. Knowing that no matter what we did, he was the backup, and it had to be a little bit like maybe Anakin felt with Obi-Wan sometimes, like, ‘Obi-Wan has my back, I know he’s there.'”
Of course, what seems really complicated is for George Lucas to return to direct a production of Star Wars or get directly involved with a series or movie for Disney. Filoni has given his opinion and, although he would like him to return, it seems that is not going to happen.
“Would you say no? [A que George Lucas regrese a Star Wars] We rent the building I work in from George, so he has all the keys anyway. He can come in directly, he has the pass. I’ll tell you, whatever he comes up with would be different. He was always the most surprising in what he would do and how he would push things forward. (…) I always think that he has such a keen vision of those kinds of human things that make the characters real, that make his galaxy real. It’s not just that spaceships look worn, that things look inhabited. He creates a vivid world because the characters have experience and know his world very well. They’ve lived a life, and that’s what he taught us when we worked in animation.”
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