Dave Filoni on Writing All of Ahsoka, Episode Lengths, and Which Rebels Episodes to Watch Ahead of It

With The Mandalorian season 3 now behind us, Star Wars fans' eyes are turning to the next project coming out. While Star Wars Visions Volume 2 and Young Jedi Adventures are coming out in early May, the next live-action Star Wars project is Ahsoka, which is targeting an August release date.



As announced at Star Wars Celebration, Dave Filoni is not only the showrunner, but also the sole writer of all eight episodes. This will be the first time Jon Favreau is not heavily involved in the writing of any of the New Republic-era shows, as he's only an executive producer. Dave Filoni explained to Collider in an interview at Celebration that it only made sense for him to do it by himself, as he knows the characters better than anyone else; coincidentally, this was revealed in the same convention where Chapter 23 was screened for the fans.



The episode, one of the two in this past season co-written by Filoni, is highly regarded as one of the best of season 3. Moreover, before that, he'd co-written Chapter 20, which featured a flashback to the Jedi Purge and the return of Ahmed Best as Kelleran Beq, the Jedi Knight who saved Grogu, plus Chapter 6 of The Book of Boba Fett, which is beloved among the fanbase as well. The last time he wrote an episode of television by himself was The Mandalorian's Chapter 13, The Jedi.



Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm’s Ahsoka, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.



In addition to writing, he also confirmed to Collider that he will be directing more than one episode of the season. While he wouldn't provide the total number of episodes in the season, Ray Stevenson did confirm in a separate interview that there will be eight of them. This could hint at Filoni directing three episodes, as the list revealed at Celebration included six names: Filoni, Steph Green, Rick Famuyiwa, Peter Ramsey, Jennifer Getzinger, and Geeta Patel. When asked by Collider about the runtime, though, Filoni did say that, while they do like to have tight runtimes to keep the momentum going, the current cuts of the episodes could be, on average, slightly longer than The Mandalorian's:

Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in Lucasfilm’s Ahsoka, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.



We know that Ahsoka is essentially going to act as the sequel to Star Wars: Rebels, now in live-action. Filoni knows as much as the rest of us that the audience for live-action projects is much larger than for animation, meaning that there will be many people that tune into Ahsoka who are unfamiliar with Rebels. When asked which episodes from that series fans who haven't seen it should watch before tuning into Ahsoka, Filoni replied the following:

He was also asked at the beginning of the interview how many unannounced projects he and Favreau are working on, and while he wouldn't provide any number, it seems like, as anyone would guess, they are constantly discussing new projects and new ideas.



We know that The Mandalorian season 4 is currently in storyboarding phase and should go into production later this year. A second season of Ahsoka is also a very real possibility if the first one performs well on Disney Plus. Check out the video interview below:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOgZgj2ZD8



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