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" All animation is a tremendous amount of work, but when you put 'Star Wars' on the top of something, there's already this bar that people are going to put on it. "
Star
Top
Work
" Animation in itself has so many different looks and styles and possibilities. "
Looks
Possibilities
Animation
" As a kid, I remember hearing about Boba Fett before I even saw Boba Fett. "
Kid
Before
Remember
" As the director, to have the opportunity to work with actors of the calibre of David Oyelewo is just fantastic and special. "
Work
Director
Special
" Every 'Star Wars' film was about pushing what was possible in terms of effects, puppets, matte paintings, stop motion and, now, digitally. "
Star
Possible
Motion
" Everything that I've worked on at Lucasfilm has been considered canon. "
Canon
Everything
Been
" Frankly, it was only after 'Clone Wars' got cancelled that there seemed to be this universal love-fest from fans. "
Fans
Universal
Only
" I do love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way. "
I Am
Way
Who
" I have an amazing education through my wife on female fans and perspectives on it. Things that I never would have thought of. "
Amazing
Thought
Wife
" I loved 'Robotech' as a kid; I think that's pretty widely known. "
Known
Pretty
Widely
" I love the place 'Clone Wars' has on Netflix; it's very accessible, and I think it's great. "
Great
Love
Place
" I think it's important that 'Star Wars' characters speak universally, to kids and to people. "
Think
Important
People
" I think, sometimes with fans, what a lot of studios miss is it's just the gesture: it's the idea of knowing that they do matter, that we do care about what they think. "
Sometimes
Matter
Knowing
" I think that everyone would agree that something that Marvel has done brilliantly is weave comedy into all of their action movies. "
Action
Think
Movies
" I think what we find, especially with the kids that grew up with 'Clone Wars,' when they're of the age where they're like, 'I want to revisit that stuff,' who knows what format they're going to watch it on. "
Think
Age
Find
" I think why people relate to 'Star Wars' is George Lucas is so brilliant at telling these stories that we relate to, but in such a fantastic environment with fantastic characters and things you want to believe in this story. "
Want
Believe
People
" It's a guilty pleasure that things I loved as a kid I now have the power to put into motion and up on screen. "
Pleasure
Guilty
Kid
" It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character. "
Character
Real
Someone
" I've been very fortunate in animation - when I get on a project, people tend to keep me, so I have long stays of work rather than bouncing around. "
Me
Work
People
" I've worked hard, for sure, but like anything, it takes a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, and then making the most of the opportunity. "
Opportunity
Right
Place
" I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you. "
Would
World
Think
" Just getting to meet George Lucas was pretty amazing, and then working with him and getting to be part of this process... it's a great responsibility. "
Responsibility
Amazing
Great
" Lucasfilm called me out of the blue, and I almost hung up because I thought it was a practical joke. This was right before 'Revenge Of The Sith' came out. Here you are, a big 'Star Wars' fan, talking about 'Star Wars' all the time, and you have your master replica lightsaber, and then you get a call from Lucasfilm for a job? "
Me
Job
Revenge
" My hope is that, in years to come, people will still be watching 'The Clone Wars,' and they'll still hold up. That's my goal - time tested. "
Hope
People
Time
" Pressure, to me, was creating a 'Star Wars' film, then sitting alone in a theater with George Lucas and showing it to him, the guy that created the word 'Wookiee' and R2-D2. That was pressure. "
Sitting
Me
Creating
" Projects you think are no-brainers stall, and other things see the light of day. You never count anything out. "
Never
Light
Think
" Sometimes a villain is very quiet - it makes them more deadly, more intellectual. "
Quiet
Sometimes
Villain
" The best compliment we ever got on 'Clone Wars' was a parent coming up and telling me that it was something they could watch with their kids. I really love that. "
Me
Parent
Love
" The look of 'Rebels' is based much more on the classic 'Star Wars' trilogy, where the 'The Clone Wars' was a prequel era series. "
Star
Where
Much
" There were a lot of great memories around 'Star Wars.' It was a foundation - probably for my interest in movies. "
Great
Movies
Memories
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