Via Starwars.com:

In part two of StarWars.com’s interview with Dave Filoni (in case you missed it, be sure to check out part one), the executive producer and co-creator of Star Wars Rebels addresses some of Season One’s biggest story elements (pre-tonight’s season finale), including giant fyrnocks, what makes Hera truly strong, and understanding truths from “a certain point of view.”

StarWars.com: The show clearly goes for that classic Star Wars tone. In approaching Rebels, which has a very different tone than Clone Wars, did you prepare differently?

Dave Filoni: Not really. I’m a firm believer that characters have to go through trials; otherwise it’s just not believable. It’s not like Ezra or the rest of the characters have a simple life. We get a little dark. The problem with dark storylines is, and I learned this on Clone Wars, they seem really fun when you pitch them, but the audience actually enjoys it far more when the heroes win. They’ll say they don’t, but it’s not true. It’s exhilarating when Luke blows up the Death Star — you’re excited about it. In Clone Wars, when we would defeat the bad guys, viewers were always more excited than when we’d kill off a favorite clone.