Dave Filoni

Dave Filoni is genuinely one of the most important people in Star Wars right now, and I say that as someone who watched the franchise stumble through plenty of rough patches. What makes him special is that George Lucas himself brought Filoni in and spent years passing down the mythology directly — and you can feel that stewardship in everything from The Clone Wars to The Mandalorian. He took animated storytelling seriously at a time when live-action fans dismissed it, and ended up giving us some of the best character work in the entire saga. Ahsoka Tano alone is a legacy achievement. Now sitting as Lucasfilm's chief creative officer, the man has earned every bit of the trust fans place in him.

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Name (English)

Dave Filoni

Name (Japanese)

デイヴ・フィローニ

Reading

でいゔ・ふぃろーに

Born

June 7, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

film director / animator / screenwriter / voice actor / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

High school

Mt. Lebanon High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Filoni
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559261

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• film director
• animator
• screenwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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