Tony Gilroy Says the World of Andor Might Develop, however It is As much as Lucasfilm

As Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) ascends to a management position inside the revolt in Andor season two, he units his course for that fateful date with destiny in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. However the place does that depart the spectacular ensemble of different characters launched within the collection—you recognize, in the event that they make it out of this closing season alive?

In a sit down with io9, we requested present creator Tony Gilroy his ideas on transferring on from Andor after making a collection of cinematic chapters that set the desk for the occasions of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

On whether or not he thinks Lucasfilm may decide up the tales of Andor‘s Rebels or Imperial personalities with out him, Gilroy mentioned, “Effectively, they personal all of it, they’ll do as they need. I imply we’ve made eight films in 5 years.” (Describing the work on Andor as “films” is sensible, as a result of every of season two’s three-episode drops looks like a three-hour film.)

Gilroy continued, “There’s lots of concepts, lots of new planets, lots of every thing in there; it’s theirs for the choosing.”

Finally his collaboration by Andor was a restricted expertise that has launched many new fan-favorite heroes and villains, and it’s largely due to the pinnacle of Lucasfilm. “My linkage with with Lucasfilm is primarily with Kathleen [Kennedy]. I primarily cope with her [and] Pablo Hidalgo [who] is the form of keeper of the [story lore] over there relating to preserving issues actual. He’s the historian and he’s the arbiter of what’s kosher and what’s not. I knew him from Rogue, we hung out on Rogue and that’s my main level of reference to Lucasfilm.”

“I’ve solely spoken to George Lucas as soon as after Rogue on the telephone—I’ve by no means met him,” he mentioned of his solely interplay with Star Wars’ creator.

“We form of have been left to be free-range right here,” Gilroy mentioned. “We form of ran wild, we stored testing. We examined the start, ‘We need to have him go to a brothel and kill two cops!’ ‘Okay!’ ‘We need to rent the manufacturing designer from Chernobyl!’ ‘Okay!’ We confirmed what we wished to do, after which we then we set about to do it, they usually have been simply extremely supportive.”

Andor season two premieres April 22 on Disney+.

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