Dave Filoni

Yeah, okay, Joe. I can't really keep up with all this. And I'm not really looking at the SW YouTube fan world like I was, say, a year ago.

As much as I can't stand woke bullshit and all the thought control and heresy-hunting that goes with it, I like conservative dogwhistle and shrill fanboy complaining even less.

Honestly, humans do my head in, sometimes. No, wait. Make that most of the time.

Lucasfilm is a corporate-left organisation. The people employed there really do seem to think they're bringing truth and enlightenment to the world. I had a taste of it myself after I friended Matthew Wood on Facebook. He was okay at first and I agreed with him about Trump (who was POTUS at the time). However, when I dared to bash the Great White Hope Joe Biden on my own wall, that was it -- he instantly unfriended me. As far as I can tell, most Lucasfilm employees follow Anakin's reasoning: "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy." How ironic.

So, Joe, please: Don't bother me with these meat bags. I don't want to know. TFN is dominated by self-righteous woke thugs and the people at Lucasfilm are scarcely any better. And I suppose what happened with Matthew Wood perfectly exemplifies the saying "Never meet your heroes". Then again, the late Jonathan Rinzler seemed like a much more down-to-Earth person, and I was happy to have his acquaintance. He was evidently much more tolerant or relaxed and never waded into politics on his wall, nor did he ever bash me for my views (if he ever read my wall posts in the first place -- probably not), and maybe it was for the best.

The online world is a pretty unpleasant place. Tribalism and kneejerk thinking are everywhere. People are rarely given any latitude on anything. The basic attitude out there seems to be: "I'm happy to tolerate a range of opinions from you, provided they don't deviate from my own." As Voltaire memorably put it (a man who pissed off religious and secular authorities with equal abandon):

There's still a difference between getting "triggered" -- whatever that means, these days -- and plain removing someone, especially after you were pleasantly conversing only a week or two before. That's how reactive and dogmatic people are now, thanks to social media.

It's not that you're wrong here, because I don't think you are. But there's a definite pattern with Lucasfilm. They expect conformity and agreement. And that's not how people fucking are. We all differ in our views and temperaments and that's okay.

Maybe Rinzler was more tolerant because he was booted. He knew what it was like to be shown the door. He probably wasn't fanatical enough (read: arrogant/brainwashed enough) to be a good fit with modern-day Lucasfilm, anyway.

Liberalism is superior to conservatism -- I don't disagree with you there.

However, it sometimes works better on paper than in reality. Maybe because human beings are ignorant, egotistical, nasty little lumps of slime, all in all.

Too cynical or misanthropic? Okay, fine. Here's Pascal:

Maybe he'd just completed his tax forms.

Sorry, Joe. I don't really "do" Filoni. Not all that familiar with his output.

In any case, GL entrusted Star Wars to Dave Filoni, and people really need to live with it.

First, I appreciate the fact that Filoni is PT fan and he openly admits it. Also he openly pays respect to Lucas. And he made some very interesting contributions to SW. That being said, there are things in the TCW that I just didn't like no matter that they are approved by Lucas or are Filoni only initiative.
I like Ahsoka and I like the fact that she is much more like Anakin at the beginning: an impatient, pick headed teenager no matter that she is raised in the temple. It is obvious why Anakin accepts her as his Padawan (while I'm still not sure that he even should formally have such). Anyways, she shouldn't survive this episode in Rebels or she should just escape the explosion.
The inhibitors of the clones: it is not a good idea, in my opinion. They are not allowed to choose and it is naive to consider that they will choose Jedi's side only because they are "the good guys". The soldiers generally choose the Army's side and while this is more cynical, is more realistic. I understand that there are clones that became also heroes of the show and it would be a shock to see them "switch sides" but still this would be more in harmony with the film's.
Anakin and Padme's romance: is not something that I like in general in TCW, a difference from the movies.
The depiction of the main characters, especially Anakin. I understand that this is more fan oriented Anakin that the Lucas-one from the movie, still I dislike the concept of Han Solo 2.0 with ocassional bursts towards the Dark Side.
Mortis: again not my cup of tea.
Anakin going back to Tattoine in Clone Wars the movie. I'm not sure it is the best idea.
The useless retcon of some interesting EU stories (some of them are useful but some of them are kind of pointless). For example, why exactly Depa Bilaba should be Kanan's master. Could be anyone else.
I understand that it is impossible everything to be according to someone's taste or always good or whatever. But generally, post Lucas SW even in animation has it postmodern vibe, as the rest of the Disney products and the difference between them and Lucas time is obvious.

tonyg
Also this video from Open-Airlock Policy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8sDb4r-BTY

Despite the elements of that added by other people, he isn’t totally out of character because the stories were George Lucas’. I also get the sense that George was fine with the characters being caricaturized in animation, look at whatever the hell was going on in Detours.