"Back in July, when we launched the first Clone Wars blog entry with coverage from the Celebrations in L.A. and London, supervising director Dave Filoni touched on a topic I knew I'd want to circle back to at some point -- what it's like working on Clone Wars in the place many consider the spiritual center of all things Star Wars -- Skywalker Ranch.
Skywalker, after all, is the place where most of the Star Wars saga has been developed over the years, and where much of the saga still resides -- original props, concept art, costumes, manuscripts, and more are all carefully housed on-site, occupying a plot of land many fans consider the most hallowed of ground.
And we can't forget the people -- many of the employees currently working at Skywalker have long been associated with the saga, either directly or indirectly, and have become the resident custodians of its legacy.
With Clone Wars, Dave Filoni has joined the ranks at Skywalker, working from Lucasfilm Animation's headquarters at Big Rock Ranch, which geographically shares Skywalker's border. Make no mistake, though -- Big Rock is Skywalker, it just happens to have its own gate -- and a namesake rock. The studio gate is where any similarity with Hollywood ends, though."