The upcoming Star Wars series Andor is one of the Star Wars projects that fans seem least excited about. The series offers a backstory on Diego Luna‘s Cassian Andor, who was introduced to us in Rogue One. Now, while I thought Rogue One was a great movie, Cassian Andor was one of the least interesting characters. Maybe this series will make his character interesting, though.
Showrunner Tony Gilroy has now offered some new details on the series, and this new information is sure to rial up some fans. It turns out that the story this show tells is going to mess with some Star Wars canon, and I’m sure some fans are going to love to hear that! In a recent interview with Vanity Fair Gilroy said:
“There are certain events that happen in these five years that are important and need to be paid attention to. There are certain people, characters that are legacy characters, that the audience, the passionate audience, really feels that they have an understanding of and know. In some cases, they’re right. And in some cases, what we’re saying is, ‘What you know, what you’ve been told, what’s on Wookieepedia, what you’ve been telling each other … is really all wrong.”
Gilroy goes on to explain:
“It’s upside down, or it’s sideways, or it’s the opposite of what you thought was true. Or it’s way more interesting than you had ever thought. Or that’s a lie and there’s a reason for it. I would say that there’s some surprises in store.”
It’ll be interesting to see what that all means when we’re finally able to watch Andor. The 12-episode series is set five years before the events of Rogue One and is said to be a “tense, nail-biting spy thriller.” The story focuses on Rebel agent Andor in the early days of the Rebellion against the Empire.
The series is described as a “refugee story” that sees people trying to escape from a fully powered Empire. Luna previously said: “It’s the journey of a migrant. That feeling of having to move is behind this story, very profoundly and very strong. That shapes you as a person. It defines you in many ways, and what you are willing to do.”
I’m open to new ideas, I’m open to surprises. I hope that this show does deliver something unexpectedly cool and exciting. All this talk of messing with canon certainly makes me a lot more curious than I previously was about the series. We’ll just have to wait and see what it all means!