STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Showrunner Dave Filoni Explains The Series Finale's Final Scene - SPOILERS

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Showrunner Dave Filoni Explains The Series Finale's Final Scene - SPOILERS

The Clone Wars reached its end on Disney+ yesterday, and showrunner Dave Filoni has now talked in detail about the final scene, explaining the meaning behind it and some of his visual choices...

By JoshWilding - May 05, 2020 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: The Clone Wars
Source: Entertainment Tonight

The series finale of The Clone Wars concluded with Darth Vader coming across a makeshift graveyard Ashoka Tano had built for some of the clones who attacked her and Rex following Order 66, while also discovering one of the lightsabers he helped her build. The Sith Lord then walked away in silence, clearly reflecting on the years he spent with his apprentice as Anakin Skywalker. 

Now, talking to Entertainment Tonight, showrunner Dave Filoni explained that it's an ending he's had in mind for the long-running series for quite a while now.

"That’s an idea that I’ve had for a very long time," he confirmed. "As I went over different ways to end the show, that was always one of the options I had."

"Ultimately, since Star Wars is a saga about the Skywalker family and Anakin plays a large role in the Clone Wars, but also in Ahsoka’s life, I felt that if you watch the four parts, as much as Sidious has this hidden layer of character arc in the episodes, so does Anakin," he continued, explaining why it was important for him to end with a shot of Vader rather than Ahsoka. 

"I wanted to draw a full arc for him where if you’ve never seen Star Wars, you hopefully will be able to understand that the young man that Ahsoka is very good friends with, that’s like a brother to her in the beginning, that the villain Maul says, ‘Hey, he’s going to turn out to be this bad guy,'" added Filoni. "In the end you see that, well, that was actually unfortunately true. The through line is the lightsabers that he worked on for her. There’s this symbolic arc of Anakin underneath that all."

Filoni would also go on to explain some of the visual choices he made for that sequence.

"Everything is bleached out. Everything is pretty stark. Everything’s washed away color-wise, which is what George [Lucas] did it at the end of Revenge of the Sith. A lot of things I do are just ways of taking what George did and reasserting them, enhancing them, showing that this is what his half of Star Wars is about, ultimately, and how the heroes will prevail through it."

What did you guys think of The Clone Wars finale? Did it live up to expectations or were you expecting more from it? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 5/5/2020, 1:14 PM
These are more appropriate here:


Gravityle
Gravityle - 5/5/2020, 1:19 PM
Clone Wars Anakin becoming Darth Vader hits different and it hits hard. A job well done, Filoni.
dracula
dracula - 5/5/2020, 1:23 PM
heres hoping the next show is a follow up to rebels
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 5/5/2020, 1:27 PM
@dracula - Yeah I'm hoping they skip to the New Republic. There's some stuff to explore there. Foundation of new government, new jedi order. Ahsoka looking for Ezra, Rex's role in the New Republic, ect.
mikeburnsiv
mikeburnsiv - 5/5/2020, 1:23 PM
Why was The Clone Wars better than the sequel trilogy? Travesty. And let's get some Ashoka Tano movies. This is the way.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 5/5/2020, 1:29 PM
Would've been interesting if they'd have used ROTS music in the last scene though. I think it fits pretty well

Philvis
Philvis - 5/5/2020, 1:39 PM
I hate you Dave Filoni! I missed Clone Wars when it abruptly ended, and now I'm going to have to miss it all over again with this short season 7 run! Dammit. Those last 4 episodes, each at 30 minutes, had more heart and soul than the 3 sequel trilogy movies.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/5/2020, 1:59 PM
I guess he did his homework!
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 5/5/2020, 2:27 PM
I want a sequel series that’s about Ashoka and Rex looking for Fives and the Bad Bunch.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 5/5/2020, 2:33 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - Looking for fives? But he's dead?????
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 5/6/2020, 4:00 AM
@Nightwing1015 - my bad I meant Echo. This being home all day everyday in quarantine is messing with me head.
gymbeau2000
gymbeau2000 - 5/6/2020, 9:26 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - They seemed like a version of Traviss' Null ARCs from the Republic Commando series
johndawg
johndawg - 5/5/2020, 5:34 PM
Let's hope the team behind the upcoming "High Republic" material are taking copious notes.
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