With the season one dvd release of The Clone Wars, Den of Geek talks to director and writer Dave Fioni about the sources of inspiration for the series, George Lucas's input, and more. Here's an excerpt:
How much free reign do you get in regards to design? Does George Lucas have as much input in The Clone Wars as he does in the films?

Well, we have some really brilliant designers. Kilian Plunkett, Darren Marshall, to name a few. Their work is just amazing, and we all have a great time coming up with concepts. And George is very involved. In some cases, he will pull out a portfolio of used concepts, dating all the way back to 1977. Then we'll use that as a starting point.
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