Tony Gilroy Reflects On His Time In The 'Star Wars' Universe
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Although Andor has come to an end, its creator and showrunner, Tony Gilroy, is still talking to the press about working in and on the Star Wars galaxy for nearly a decade.
In a lengthy interview with Vulture, he shows his typical attitude of being very proud of what he and the cast and crew have achieved in both seasons of Andor, as well as his - let's call it slight annoyance - about the rules and guardrails that he had to adhere to make the show.
"I have, like, four levels of canon I have to pay attention to, and 19 I can ignore at my will. I’m exaggerating slightly but not too much."
Talking of guardrails, Giltoay also made sure to establish his own: "Before anyone else defines it, I'm going to define it."
He talks about writing the beginning and the end of each arc, as a kind of proof of concept that the stories can stand on their own, despite the one-year gap between them, before handing these drafts to the writers.
He further elaborates on how it was to work on the show during the pandemic period, when he was constantly in Zoom metings with peapole whose name he did not remember, how he insisted on having the spripts completed before sooting and why he - unlike the writers of other shows - never visitied the sets during shooting because he felt that this would be "disruptive".
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The fate or identity of Cassian's sister never bothered him, and he's somewhat amused that many fans expected it to be Kleya.
Here are some other takeaways from the interview:
The Fate Of Luthen And His Relationship With Kleya
When Stellan Skarsgård came on board, he insisted that he would only work on the project for two years (back then, Andor was planned to have five seasons and 60 episodes) and that he wanted Gilroy to kill his character, but he didn't want Luthen to be killed out of revenge.
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Gilroy also said that he wanted to make it absolutely clear that Luthen and Kleya were neither father and daughter nor lovers, and that Kleya was the one in control all along, and Luthen was afraid of her.
The Dog That Wasn't
In one scene, Lonni's corpse is sniffed at by a Loth cat. Interestingly enough, both the Vulture interviewer and Gilroy repeatedly call it a dog:
"I think I approved three different dogs. Like, “Yeah, that dog is fine for me.” “Okay, that dog is also fine for me.” ..."And then what the dog sounds like — I think I approved like three different sounds for the dog. And then they want to name the dog. For the credits! Oh my God."
The Last Scene With Bix
Gilroy was first hesitant about the final shot of the show, where Bix holds Cassian's baby, looking out at the vast fields of Mina-Rau, fearing that it would be too sentimental, but then decided to trust Adria Arjona to deliver this scene right.
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And he wanted Andor, which was frequently dark and depressing, to end on a higher note:
"I wanted some element of hope. I wanted to have something legitimately positive and forward. My own personal worldview, in the end, is really not that dark."
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Source: Vulture
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