The Force is strong with Dave Filoni.
And so, it seems, is Twitter.Last summer, Lucasfilm quietly promoted the executive producer and frequent writer and director of “The Mandalorian” to executive creative director for the entire studio, a rep confirms with Variety.
But the company didn’t update its website with Filoni’s new title until this week, which is when it began to percolate, and then explode, across Reddit and Twitter, as if the promotion had just happened.Dave Filoni was just promoted to Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm.
I believe he just has more oversight over all the stuff they’re doing now.
#StarWars pic.twitter.com/Xr61g0AiHJ— Charlie Schneider (@AwesomEmergency) May 20, 2021Dave Filoni becoming Executive Creative Director is The best thing that could have happened for Star Wars right now! pic.twitter.com/LnWIvrCTSm— Okiro (@TheFirstOkiro) May 20, 2021Even “The Mandalorian” actors Ming-Na Wen and Katee Sackhoff tweeted their congratulations to Filoni.
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