History Creator / DaveFiloni

* SignatureStyle: Alien critters being subject to or causing shenanigans. To name a few, we have [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Sy Snootles making out with Ziro the Hutt]], [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels lothcats being cute one moment and being killer kittens in the next, nunas being treated as space chickens down to being depicted as prepared meals]], [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance gorgs being piranha-frogs that you eat alive and are eaten by other aliens]], and [[Series/TheMandalorian Kowakian monkey-lizards getting skewered over a firepit as street food]].

** He's also a cat person, too, which is why there's emphasis on lothcats in ''Rebels''. The [[CuteKitten tooka]] species is named after his late cat, Tuuk. (Mar Tuuk from ''The Clone Wars'' was also named after Tuuk.)

** In fact, it seems likely that he just loves Japanese film in general. He's made two [[WholePlotReference pastiches]] of Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai'', one in ''The Clone Wars'' and one in ''The Mandalorian''.

** He's also a cat person, too, which is why there's emphasis on lothcats in ''Rebels''. The [[CuteKitten tooka]] species is named after his late cat, Tuuk. (Mar Tuuk from ''The Clone Wars'' was also named after Tuuk.)

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' (2018 -- present) as creator, the voice of Bo Keevil

* SignatureStyle: Alien critters being subject to or causing shenanigans. To name a few, we have [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Sy Snootles making out with Ziro the Hutt]], [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels lothcats being cute one moment and being killer kittens in the next]], [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance gorgs being piranha-frogs that you eat alive]], and [[Series/TheMandalorian Kowakian monkey-lizards getting skewered over a firepit as street food]].

* DescendedCreator: He is the voice of [[Characters/StarWars Embo]] the [[BountyHunter bounty hunter]] in ''The Clone Wars'', though it can be hard to tell due to sound editing. As a bonus, the character also sports a [[NiceHat Nice Hat]], just like his voice actor! He also voices the occasional incidental character, more often in ''Rebels'', and it's revealed in the credits of the final episode of ''Rebels'' that he's voiced Chopper the entire series.

* DescendedCreator: He is the voice of [[Characters/StarWars Embo]] the [[BountyHunter bounty hunter]] in ''The Clone Wars'', though it can be hard to tell due to sound editing. As a bonus, the character also sports a [[NiceHat Nice Hat]], just like his voice actor! He also voices the occasional incidental character, more often in ''Rebels''. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the credits of the final episode of ''Rebels'' that he's voiced Chopper the entire series.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2014 -- 2018) as creator, executive producer, [[spoiler:and the voice of Chopper]]

!! Selected filmography:

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2014 -- 2018) as creator, executive producer, [[spoiler: and the voice of Chopper]]
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' (2018 -- present) as creator

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!!Dave Filoni provides examples of:

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' (2008 -- present) as overseer of Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} Animation

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2008 -- present) as supervising director, voice of Embo and others

** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019 --) as executive producer and episode director

* FanNickname: Grandmaster Dave Filoni, due to being seen as Lucas's apprentice, and as such the man who knows the second most about the Star Wars universe.

* PromotedFanboy: Most definitely. He went from merely being a ''Star Wars'' fan to working on two animated shows (and now future ones included, now that he's pretty much supervising ''all'' of them as of September 2016) set within the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse universe]].

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator and director best known as supervisor of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator best known as supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (TBA) as executive producer and episode director

** He likes Plo Koon and wolves, hence why Plo Koon's clone battalion in ''The Clone Wars'' is called the Wolfpack and is led by Commander Wolffe.

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2014 -- 2018) as creator, executive producer, [[spoiler: and the voice of Chopper]]

* ForWantOfANail: When Lucasfilms called him up back when he still worked on ''Avatar'', he assumed it was a prank call by the ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]]'' crew and decided to play along, until he realized it was the real deal and his {{Squee}} nearly scared off the caller.
* NiceHat: In pretty much all of his appearances, he can be seen wearing his cowboy hat.

* TemptingFate: A week before Lucasfilm called him up, while working on production for ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', he was playing lightsabers with Giancarlo Volpe, who asked him on how he would react if Creator/GeorgeLucas ever called him to help make a new movie, and they laughed like it was never going to happen. Both of them ended up becoming directors to ''The Clone Wars''.

->''"Everything has a singular vision and we’re all making the same movie, we’re all making the same story. But what’s the best that everybody has to offer in that? Don’t be threatened by that, it’s not your idea, it’s all of our ideas, all one whole story. That’s what we’re making."''
-->-- '''Dave Filoni'''

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator best known as supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and thus is a fan of many of the city's sports teams.

* ArmedWithCanon: As long as he has permission from the Lucasfilm Story Group to do so (and discussing it with Lucas back in ''The Clone Wars''), he and the other writers can put whatever they want in the Star Wars animated shows. Not only can they create original work, but they can [[CanonImmigrant recanonize]]/[[{{Retcon}} decanonize]] and adjust ideas from ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'', especially now that as of [[{{Retcon}} 2014]], the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse New Expanded Universe]]'' has plenty of blanks to refill.

** Plo Koon is his favorite character, which led to Plo getting an AscendedExtra role in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]''. Creator/GeorgeLucas [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] it at one point.
--->'''Creator/GeorgeLucas:''' Plo Koon is Dave’s favorite character. He’s constantly trying to push him into the series. If it were up to him, Plo Koon would be in every episode.

** Plo Koon is his favorite character and cosplayed as the character as well. It led to Plo getting an AscendedExtra role in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]''. Creator/GeorgeLucas at one point [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] it.

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator best known as supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and thus is a fan of many of the city's sports teams. His first animation job was working on episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', which might explain why his [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars later]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels work]] is so popular.

Filoni is an avid ''Star Wars'' fan, particularly of the character of [[Characters/StarWars Plo Koon]] -- among other things, he has a bust of the character on his desk, and dressed up as Plo Koon for the premiere of ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Revenge of the Sith]]''. And now you know why the character appears so often in ''The Clone Wars''.

[[http://io9.gizmodo.com/clone-wars-and-rebels-dave-filoni-is-now-in-charge-of-a-1787134065 As of September 2016]], he stepped down from his position as Supervising Director of ''Rebels'' (handing it down to fellow ''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels'' veteran Justin Ridge) while still being Executive Producer, due to being promoted to being in charge of all present and future Star Wars animation projects, including ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance''.

In October 2018, it would also be announced that he would be an Executive Producer and episode director on Creator/JonFavreau's live-action show, ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

* AuthorAppeal: He likes Plo Koon and wolves, hence why Plo Koon's clone battalion in ''The Clone Wars'' is called the Wolfpack and is led by Commander Wolffe.
** Ahsoka's design was partly based off of San from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. Further amplified when he revealed his personal headcanon of Ahsoka escaping Order 66 with the help of giant wolves whose legs seemed to be like trees, and a picture he drew of Ahsoka and Rex riding giant wolves in the aftermath of Order 66, though neither are canon. However, Filoni got around to making canon images for the Topps trading cards showing what happened to Ahsoka after the end of her major role in ''Rebels'' -- she walks through a mysterious door with wolf designs on it, which ties into...
*** Lothwolves -- giant wolves native to Lothal -- serve as a ChekhovsGunman in ''Rebels'', where they're mentioned in a nursery rhyme joke early on and are hinted at in ancient art on Lothal. A pack of them appear in the flesh in Season 4 to help the heroes.

* CreatorCameo: He is the voice of [[Characters/StarWars Embo]] the [[BountyHunter bounty hunter]] in ''The Clone Wars'', though it can be hard to tell due to sound editing. As a bonus, the character also sports a [[NiceHat Nice Hat]], just like his voice actor! He also voices the occasional incidental character, more often in ''Rebels''. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the credits of the final episode of ''Rebels'' that he's voiced Chopper the entire series.]]

* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: Invoked. Other writers need his approval to use Ahsoka.
* PromotedFanboy: Most definitely -- he went from merely being a ''Star Wars'' fan to working on two animated shows (and now future ones included, now that he's pretty much supervising ''all'' of them as of September 2016) set within the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse universe]].
* TemptingFate: A week before Lucasfilm called him up, while working on production for ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', he was playing lightsabers with Giancarlo Volpe, who asked him on how he would react if Creator/GeorgeLucas ever called him to help make a new movie, and they laughed like it was never going to happen. Both of them ended up becoming directors to ''The Clone Wars''.

* OneOfUs:
** Aside from his interest in ''Star Wars'', he has a [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Level 80 Night Elf Hunter]], and is unofficially considered one of the [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Dunedain]].
** He enjoys anime and has referenced them time and time again in his works, which seem to include Creator/StudioGhibli movies, ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''[[note]](The ''Star Wars Rebels'' Season 1 finale contains a reference to ''Macross''.)[[/note]], ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''[[note]](Giancarlo Volpe made ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' Season 1 staff watch it.)[[/note]], ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', and ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''[[note]](The latter two inspired the tree fight in ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' episode "Jet". One could also assume this influenced his ''Star Wars'' works later.)[[/note]]. He also likes Creator/{{Toonami}}, Creator/AkiraKurosawa films, and the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise.

*** Lothwolves -- giant wolves native to Lothal -- serve as a ChekhovsGunman in ''Rebels'', where they're mentioned in a nursery rhyme joke early on and are hinted at in ancient art on Lothal. [[spoiler:A pack of them appear in the flesh in Season 4 to help the heroes]].

* CreatorCameo: He is the voice of [[Characters/StarWars Embo]] the [[BountyHunter bounty hunter]] in ''The Clone Wars'', though it can be hard to tell due to sound editing. As a bonus, the character also sports a [[NiceHat Nice Hat]], just like his voice actor! He also voices the occasional incidental character, more often in ''Rebels''. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the credits of the final episode of ''Rebels'' that he's voiced Chopper the entire series.]]
* ForWantOfANail: When Lucasfilms called him up back when he still worked on ''Avatar'', he assumed it was a prank call by the ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]]'' crew and decided to play along, until he realized it was the real deal and his {{Squee}} nearly scared off the caller.

Dave Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator best known as supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and thus is a fan of many of the city's sports teams. His first animation job was working on episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', which might explain why his [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars later]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels work]] is so popular.