‘Star Wars’ Busts Through Emmy Noms Again With ‘Andor’ & ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
deadline.comStar Wars won over the Television Academy once again, with major category Primetime Emmy noms for Tony Gilroy’s Andor in outstanding drama series, and Obi Wan Kenobi in the outstanding limited series.
It was the first season for both shows, Andor being a spinoff of the movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story while Obi-Wan Kenobi took place in the aftermath of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Episode III.
Andor scored eight Emmy noms, while Obi-Wan Kenobi nabbed five. Andor is from Gilroy who did last minute shoots and wrote on Rogue One, the series talking place before that pre-Episode IV movie following the early days of Rebel warrior Cassian Andor played by Diego Luna who is also an EP on the show.
It’s the fourth time in the Disney+ streaming era that the Lucasfilm sci-fi IP has scored top program Emmy noms after Mandalorian‘s drama series noms in 2020 and 2021.
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