How ‘Andor’ Showrunner Tony Gilroy Got Away With the Radical ‘Star Wars’ Series: ‘We Had Very Little Adult Supervision’
thewrap.com“Andor” Episode 4 just debuted on Disney+ in the “Star Wars” series’ second week of release (the first three episodes were dropped on premiere day), and more than anything, this installment of the series cements that the new show is a very different approach to a galaxy far, far away.
And that, according to showrunner Tony Gilroy, was entirely by design.“Andor” follows the radicalization of Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), who we last saw giving his life for the nascent Rebellion in “Rogue One.” The show eschews the almost videogame-like plotting of Lucasfilm’s breakout series “The Mandalorian” for something grittier and earthier; textures feel tactile; characters feel troubled and broken, they look for their way and move in with their parents; dialogue is emphasized.
It might be the best thing Disney+ has produced. And most of that has to do with one man: showrunner and creator Tony Gilroy.Gilroy worked on “Rogue One.” He has a screenwriting credit but some have suggested that he took over the actual direction of lengthy reshoots after an initial version proved lackluster, replacing, to one degree or another, original director Gareth Edwards.
When TheWrap joked with Gilroy that this was the longest rewrite job in Hollywood history (“Rogue One” was released back in 2016), he laughed. “I don’t spend a lot of time talking about ‘Rogue’ and I don’t really get into the weeds on it, but that was a mostly problem-solving, clinically driven, energized all-hands-on-deck kind of experience,” Gilroy said.
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