During our wide-ranging conversation, we discussed some of the details revealed in the recently releasedSeason 2 trailerandspecial look.
Andoris set to arrive on April 22, with avery different release schedulethan Season 1.
Tackling those three-episode time jumps are directorsArielKleiman,JanusMetz, andAlonsoRuizpalacios, and scribesDanGilroy,BeauWillimon, and newcomerTomBissell.
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you could read our full conversation below.
Now, withAndorSeason 2 coming out, it is again a very pertinent story that is being told.
TONY GILROY: No one was working on the show with a newspaper at any point in time.
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We write so far in advance.
So, it’s not trying to rhyme with anything…
It seems to parallel quite well.
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I do think that’s why I likeAndorso much because I am a historian and an anthropologist by trade.
Seeing the echoes of history flowing through these stories is what’s always made Star Wars so remarkable.
GILROY: It comes up in every interview.
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What was that like?
The sorry truth isheres a clichehistory repeats itself.
So, I want to make the show timeless, I suppose.
We’re swapping out Ferrix for a much more fashion-forward, let’s say, planet.
The connective tissue is [costume designer] Michael Wilkinsonjust a god.
And its not just the main characters.
It’s all the background performers.
Everything just comes to life in such a very real way, even just looking at the teaser.
And its his whole department.
Bow down to Michael Wilkinson.
GILROY: It’s the five years.
I get those five years.
Here are my four blocks.
Here’s where these things happen.
Mon Mothma leaving the Senate is canonical.
There are a couple of other events in here.
The development of Yavin is canonical.
I had to get to all those things.
Ghorman, interestingly, is canonical but completely undescribed.
It’s a total blank slate.
There’s also a bit of confusion about the Ghorman Massacre, and whatisthe Ghorman Massacre?
There’s a lot of confusion within canon.
So, it was an opportunity to rebuild in a really significant way.
It’s a very significant part of our show that can do a lot of different things for us.
I’mreallyconfident that the really deep, passionate Star Wars community will appreciate how we’ve straightened out that story.
That concept, just hearing you describe it, is what works so well.
So, finding a way to show it is going to be, I think, interesting for audiences.
Everybody’s very experienced.
But I always have them as a reference to call upon.
But, no, it was mostly exciting to write it.
It was mostly exciting to have the year-long gaps.
None of us had ever had the opportunity to do that before, deal with that much negative space.
This season has a different release model, as well.
GILROY: We heard about that as we finished.
We finished the show in November.
We finaled the show in November, so we really had to wait forSkeleton Crew.
It’s a Disney decision.
There’s an internal logic behind it.
They have their reasons.
It’s kind of cool.
I mean, it puts a burden on podcasters.
What are they going to do?
It’s a movie a week, you know?
I’m excited for it.
GILROY: I thought about that later on.
Is that something that’s still possibly happening in the future?
Because I know people still bring it up every so often, like, When is it happening?
GILROY: I wanted to do it.
We put it together.
It’s really cool.
I’ve seen it, I loved it.
AI is the reason we’re not.
In the end, it would be 1,500 pages that came directly off this desk.
I mean, terribly sadly, it’s just too much of an X-ray and too easily absorbed.
Why help the fucking robots anymore than you’re able to?
So, it was an ego thing.
It was vanity that makes you want to do it, and the downside is real.
So, vanity loses.
GILROY: Good segue!
Fans have obviously loved B2EMO, but were very ready for K2.
What can you preview about that?
GILROY: Yeah, man, the bar is high.
No, I knew it.
Just by delaying it off the first season, the controversy of that.
Nobody was happy about that.
I don’t think Disney was happy about that, I dont think the fans were happy about that.
But there was a reason for it, a really, really good reason for it.
We’re happy with what we have.
Should fans have tissues prepared for some of these characters we grew very attached to in Season 1?
Is it the same sort of emotional gut punch?
But not even in matters of life and death.
It’s the damage.
It’s the sacrifice you’ve made or the sacrifice youhaven’tmade.
We know that story, and it has its own complexities.
I’m not sure I’m emotionally ready for it yet, but I am very excited.
GILROY: If I don’t make you cry, I will be very unhappy.
After ‘Andor,’ What’s Next for Tony Gilroy?
GILROY: Its not really part of my plan.
There are other things to do.
Im feeling guilty about not chipping in.
You’ve given a lot.
You’ve given your blood, sweat, and tears to the franchise.
What’s next for you afterAndor?
Are you going back to film, television?
GILROY: Theres a movie Im trying to make.
I want to direct.
Id like to direct before I forget how.
So, I have a movie Im trying to get off.
We’ll see if I get the money for it.
I’m in a whole other world again.
I’m back out there with my hat in my hand, trying to raise money.
Is it a political thriller style that you’ve done before?
GILROY: No, not at all.
It’s a movie about movie music.
AndorSeason 2 debuts on Disney+ on April 22.
Stay tuned for more details about the series, and Disney’s exciting roll-out for the series.
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