The first season of the “Andor” series, derived from the “Star Wars” universe, premieres this Wednesday (9/21), with the promise of offering something completely different from anything that has been done within the franchise.
“If you’re going to do something for ‘Star Wars’ these days, it better be different, right?” Star Diego Luna told The Hollywood Reporter during the series premiere in Los Angeles. “We want to be risky, we want to bring something new and different to the ‘Star Wars’ universe.”
Luna plays the title character, first seen in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016). In addition to him, resistance leader Mon Mothma, played by Genevive O’Reilly, and rebel Saw Gerrera, played by Forest Whitaker also return.
In development since 2018, “Andor” was written and produced by Tony Gilroy, who not only wrote, but was also responsible (uncredited) for filming several scenes on “Rogue One”. And one of the reasons that prompted Gilroy to create this series was to explore the ambiguity of the character.
“What we know about [Cassian] in ‘Rogue One’ he’s very specific, but the points are very strange, “Gilroy said.” He’s a killer. He is a saboteur. He is a liar, he is a seducer, he is a leader. He is a trusted member of the Rebel Alliance. But at the same time, after all, he is an open-hearted boy who will give his life to save everyone. He is quite a charming character. “
Gilroy explained that Cassian Andor’s story is “the education and evolution of a revolutionary”. “How do they become politicized? How do they learn to understand how to seriously engage in this? How does their life change and how much does it cost them?”
Director Toby Haynes (“Utopia”), who directed half of the episodes of the first season, also points out the difference between the protagonist and the other heroes of the franchise. “[Cassian] not obviously good or obviously bad. He is a good guy who has to do bad things to get his job done. And this is really interesting territory for “Star Wars”. It is usually all in black and white. But this is much more in shades of gray, “he said.
“Everyone on both sides is completely complicated,” added Kyle Soller, who plays antagonist and Imperial officer Syril Karn. “Cassian is a questionable hero, right? And Syril has his doubts as to whether his moral code is extremely correct. Is it right to take the power and life of others for the sake of his own beliefs? It’s an honest and difficult human story.” , and I think people were waiting for it. “
Haynes also praised Tony Gilroy’s work, stating that it will take audiences on a “different journey than they are used to. They won’t know where they are. They won’t know if they can trust a character to live until the end of a episode”.
All these nuances should be explored in the series, which will employ a much more agile style, similar to the films of the “Bourne” franchise – also written by Gilroy – to show the beginning of the rebellion against the Empire, after the collapse of the Republic in movie “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” (2005).
“We are telling the story of an entire revolution,” Gilroy said. “Once we started investigating the characters and what we could do, an abundance of everything that was available emerged. Peace? ?’ It’s like a huge cover. “
Showcasing the history of the revolution, the series will also highlight Mon Mothma’s role in creating the Rebel Alliance as it infiltrates the empire from within.
“She has always been an important character or monument in the universe,” O’Reilly said. “So having the opportunity now to be able to develop your personality and highlight it seems very appropriate. I would also like to acknowledge that George Lucas wrote this character, who is a female leader of a Rebel Alliance, in the 1980s. Opportunity. to play it now and giving this character a voice is important. “
Although the series makes many references to “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, Diego Luna reminds you that it is not essential that you have seen the film in order to follow the series. After all, the story of the new production takes place before the plot of the feature film.
“I think people who love ‘Rogue One’ will enjoy the show, but you don’t need to know ‘Star Wars’ to enjoy this show,” he said. “It has a beginning and an end. It has its own genesis, which is great. So audiences who don’t like ‘Star Wars’ can watch’ Andor ‘and that can be their door.’
The lack of need for prior knowledge is due to the difference in structure between the film and the series. “I think ‘Rogue One’ is a movie about an event, but you don’t know much about these characters,” Luna told Variety in another interview. “This long format is a great way to learn who they are and why they make the choices they make.”
The cast of “Star Wars: Andor” also includes Adria Arjona (“Team 6”), Stellan Skarsgard (Golden Globe winner for “Chernobyl”), Kyle Soller (of “Poldark”), Denise Gough (“Colette”) and Alex Lawther (“The End of the Fuck World”).
Disney + will release the first three episodes of the series this Wednesday. There will be a total of 24 episodes, which will be split into two separate seasons.
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