Star Wars creator George Lucas worked with Dave Filoni on the now fan-favorite animated series The Clone Wars. The series bridges the events between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, following the titular conflict in the galaxy far, far away, which also introduced a bunch of new fan-favorite characters.
During an interview, Filoni and Lucas reflected on launching the animated series and creating new characters to add to the fold. In the process, Filoni admitted that one fan-favorite villain was originally conceived to be introduced in the second installment of the prequel trilogy. Here is how things panned out and why the character was later introduced in the series.
Dave Filoni revealed one iconic The Clone Wars villain was created for Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars creator George Lucas recruited Dave Filoni to serve as the supervising director on the animated series The Clone Wars. The series premiered in 2008 and takes place between the second and third installments of the prequel trilogy.
Following the show’s debut, Lucas and Filoni sat down for a conversation with Gizmodo, discussing expanding the galaxy far, far away to incorporate new stories and characters. Filoni admitted that the villain Asajj Ventress was created for Attack of the Clones.
Ventress was developed for Attack of the Clones — early on, they thought they’d have Sidious’ apprentice after Maul be a woman. Then they abandoned the idea of having Ventress be the next apprentice and used Dooku instead.
Filoni made the above statement, explaining the plan was to introduce Ventress as Sidious’s apprentice after Darth Maul’s defeat in the first installment.
However, the idea was abandoned in favor of including Count Dooku instead of a female apprentice. Furthermore, a version of Ventress was later introduced in the Expanded Universe, with Filoni wanting to capitalize on the character’s popularity and incorporated her into the animated series.
George Lucas explained why one other apprentice character was important for The Clone Wars
In the same interview, Lucas discussed introducing an apprentice for Anakin Skywalker, similar to how Ventress is an apprentice to Count Dooku. The filmmaker revealed that the character was created to force Anakin to become more responsible.
When you become a parent or you become a teacher you have to become more respnsible. I wanted to force Anakin into that role of responsibility, into that juxtaposition.
Lucas made the above statement, admitting that he drew inspiration from his real-life daughters while crafting the character of Ahsoka Tano.
Furthermore, Filoni added that having the story set up to explore the galaxy from the perspective of the two apprentices worked out well for the story the duo was trying to tell. As a result, it is no surprise that both the characters have achieved fan-favorite status and larger reverence in the franchise.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is streaming on Disney+.
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