Tales of the Jedi Trivia | 35 facts about the new series

“Tales of the Jedi” is a new animated anthology series created by Dave Filoni for Disney+.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new series.

1. Tales of the Jedi is an upcoming American animated anthology series
2. It is created by Dave Filoni and Charles Murray
3. The series will premiere on the streaming service Disney+
4. It is part of the Star Wars franchise
5. The series will explore different Jedi characters from the prequel trilogy era
6. The series is produced by Lucasfilm Animation
7. Filoni began writing the series while working on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian
8. He revealed the first official details about it in May 2022
9. It consists of six episodes
10. These are split into two “paths”
11. One following the character Ahsoka Tano
12. And the other depicting the character Count Dooku
13. Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson, Janina Gavankar, Matt Lanter, and Ashley Eckstein provide voices for the series
14. The series uses the same animation style as Filoni’s previous series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars
15. Tales of the Jedi is set to premiere with all episodes on October 26, 2022
16. Each episode of Tales of the Jedi tells a short story featuring Jedi from the Star Wars prequel trilogy era
17. While traveling to work on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, Dave Filoni began writing short stories about different Jedi characters from the franchise’s prequel trilogy era
18. Carrie Beck, senior vice president of development and production at Lucasfilm, asked if Filoni wanted to turn these into a series
19. In December 2021, the logo for Tales of the Jedi was included on holiday gifts for Lucasfilm employees alongside logos for upcoming film and television projects at the studio
20. This was also the name of an unrelated comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics in the 1990s
21. Lucasfilm confirmed the project in April 2022 when the company announced the schedule for Star Wars Celebration, with Filoni set to discuss the animated anthology series in a dedicated panel
22. This was held at the end of May, and revealed that the series consists of six episodes written by Filoni and The Clone Wars writer Charles Murray
23. Each episode is approximately 15 minutes long
24. Comparing the series to The Clone Wars, Filoni noted that Tales of the Jedi was slower paced and like “a series of tone poems” with less dialogue and more visual storytelling
25. This was inspired by the works of Hayao Miyazaki as well as Filoni’s mentor, Star Wars creator George Lucas
26. Filoni’s first idea for the series was to show how Ahsoka was brought to the Jedi Order by Plo Koon
27. But he changed this to a story about Ahsoka’s first hunting trip with her mother because there had not been many stories about “moms being moms” in Star Wars
28. He felt it was important that “Ahsoka’s first experience with someone telling her, ‘Don’t be afraid,’ is her mother”
29. Beyond the first episode, which has a happy ending and features the “adorable baby Ahsoka”, Filoni warned that “these aren’t just fun, happy stories. It gets rough at times”
30. He particularly felt that Dooku’s life was “surprisingly tragic”, and attributed some of the series’ darker episodes to them being written during the COVID-19 pandemic
31. An aspect of Dooku that Filoni wanted to explore was the relationship with his padawan learner, Qui-Gon Jinn
32. With the series’ announcement in May 2022, it was revealed that Liam Neeson would reprise his role as Qui-Gon Jinn, while his son Micheál Richardson would voice a younger version of the character
33. Matt Lanter reprises his role as Anakin Skywalker from The Clone Wars
34. While Janina Gavankar was cast as Ahsoka Tano’s mother, Pav-ti
35. In July 2022, Ashley Eckstein revealed she would be reprising her role as Ahsoka Tano