Catherine Winder was the executive producer at Lucasfilm Animation. Since 2007, she oversaw the development and production on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the 2008 film of the same name until she was replaced by Cary Silver during the production of the first season of the series. Winder is a native of Toronto, Canada and began her film career in Japan, which she later said helped her in adopting anime and manga elements into the unique Clone Wars animation style.