‘Andor’ showrunner Tony Gilroy tells all about making season 1 of ‘Andor’ (including episode 10's spectacular prison break), responds to critics, previews Season 2 and much, much more
do you like genre stories? (heists, prison breaks, spy stuff, cops as villains hunting down heroes) do you like digging into the logistics of financing a revolution, and the ideological conflicts that arise in a “big tent” rebellion against an empire, where you have anarchists and social democrats and libertarians all fighting a common enemy? do you like amazing sci-fi production design, costuming, physical sets and on location filming? do you like fantastic actors working with tight scripts and just generally well made filmmaking?
one of the best shows i’ve ever seen, and it’s genuinely amazing the stuff they’ve done. feels like it was made by a small passionate team of leftists who happened to fall into disney money.
i’ve seen people say the first few episodes are a little slow, but i still like them. there have been 3 main arcs so far, and all 3 have had very different climaxes, but all of them are amazing. super worth watching.
the show features
the worlds most pathetic incel rent a cop
several debates about revolutionary politics that make it clear that the showrunners have done the reading
actual, no bullshit queer characters with names and personalities and major roles in the plot
some of the tensest action scenes i’ve ever seen
no force stuff or jedi 10 episodes in, and even the big imperial symbols (stormtroopers, tie fighters, star destroyers) take a long time to show up and are treated as more than disposable enemies, and as genuinely frightening and evil tools of fascism
“what if aoc was secretly funding maoist guerillas in latin america”
the showrunners asking “what do the imperial bigwigs think of all this? exactly what the american equivalents do!”
she’s a senator who worked within the system for years before realizing she couldn’t actually fix what was going on electorally. she’s still clearly a lib, but a lib who’s been forced to face that reality and hates that she doesn’t have another option
do you like genre stories? (heists, prison breaks, spy stuff, cops as villains hunting down heroes) do you like digging into the logistics of financing a revolution, and the ideological conflicts that arise in a “big tent” rebellion against an empire, where you have anarchists and social democrats and libertarians all fighting a common enemy? do you like amazing sci-fi production design, costuming, physical sets and on location filming? do you like fantastic actors working with tight scripts and just generally well made filmmaking?
one of the best shows i’ve ever seen, and it’s genuinely amazing the stuff they’ve done. feels like it was made by a small passionate team of leftists who happened to fall into disney money.
😳 you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention, comrade
i’ve seen people say the first few episodes are a little slow, but i still like them. there have been 3 main arcs so far, and all 3 have had very different climaxes, but all of them are amazing. super worth watching.
the show features
based timeline
she’s a senator who worked within the system for years before realizing she couldn’t actually fix what was going on electorally. she’s still clearly a lib, but a lib who’s been forced to face that reality and hates that she doesn’t have another option