Cosplayers influenced the costume design in Star Wars animated shows
One of the big panels this afternoon at Star Wars Celebration was Dave Filoni: Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates. Filoni, the supervisor on Clone Wars and Rebels, and Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo spoke about the origins of Lucasfilm’s animated shows. During the presentation, Filoni revealed an interesting tidbit: cosplayers helped the creators improve the show.
Filoni dropped the remarks as an entire line of Clone Troopers and characters from two animated shows filed into the room to stand before Filoni and Hidalgo. The troopers were members of The 501st Legion, a worldwide costuming group, who came onstage to present Filoni with some swag.