Tony Gilroy Gives His Perspective On 'Star Wars: Andor'
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Star Wars: Andor has come to town, and already people are starting to talk about it. It is a very different kind of Star Wars show, as befitting a prequel to Rogue One, a very different kind of Star Wars movie. The man at the center of this project is Tony Gilroy, whose first involvement with the galaxy far, far away was working as a script doctor for Rogue One. Now, he has done an interview with Rolling Stone, which helps shed some light on the series and its direction in the coming weeks. We’ll give you details right now.
When Tony Gilroy was given the job, he was asked to take the character of Cassian Andor back five years, as Lucasfilm was planning on five seasons. That was the setup, and it was an interesting challenge, in Gilroy’s eyes, to explain how Andor became who he was in Rogue One. Gilroy was also interested in explaining what it was like to watch the Empire consolidate its power and those who became wary of what was to happen next. This is where we got the ideas for Stellan Skarsgård’s character Luthen Rael, who worked alongside Mon Mothma to organize the Rebel Alliance.
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Tony Gilroy mentioned that he learned a lot about Star Wars by the time of Andor. Gilroy avoided reading the Bourne novels when we wrote the movies, so this is an interesting change of pace. What he learned about the saga came from his experience on Rogue One, which expanded a bit. With about five years to go, Gilroy is confident that he will be able to explore this period of galactic history and set the stage for what would become the backdrop of the Original Trilogy, the war against the Empire.
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Tony Gilroy knew that he couldn’t do Andor in five seasons, so he decided to condense the remaining four into one. He described this as a rigorous job, but that Lucasfilm was receptive to this change. This enabled him to speed up the storyline by “using each block of three as a year”, skipping over the gaps in between. It must have been a big change, but hopefully, it can pay off in spades when it comes time for Season 2, which already has seven hundred pages written.
Exploring the history of a Star Wars character is no easy task, but the landscape has already changed with the rise of Disney+. With this new service in place, Gilroy feels more liberated to tell the story as he wants to tell it, with no limitations. Disney+ has been a hub for Star Wars content in this new decade, and already there are plenty of shows coming our way. With Andor running its first season until November, there is plenty of time to check it out, before it’s time for the next one.
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Source: Rolling Stone