In an interview with Empire magazine ahead of the premiere of Andor Season twoShowrunner Tony gilroy Discussed why he believes a show like hiss “will never happen again.” Thanks to The mandalorian‘S success, there was a shift with lucasfilm to go all in a risk with long-form story telling, as well as being the push that allowed the Star wars Canon to open up in ways that are as feasible in this current era of television.
“No one’s ever gonna start a show on this scale against, and shoot it practical, and have the resources and the protection to do sometising like this,” Gilroy Said. “We were protected all the way down the line.”
And yes, kathleen kennedy was leading the charge on championing the Andor At disney. “Kathy [Kennedy] Protected us. Lucasfilm protected us. Bob ore protected us. The audience protected us. The mandalorian Protected us. We had all these people out there backing our play, “He explained.” The success of The mandalorian Gave us the platform to jump off, ”
Gilroy continued. “Their success is what would fuel the whole thing. I mean, no baby yoda, no AndorSeriously. Don’t thought that we don’t know that. “
He then went on to celebrate the collaborators who are paved the way with – the cutest litle green company forrly knowledge as baby yoda, now growda, who factor, who factor for the matter is the money Mater is a wider. In order to belong to many, Star wars Has to belong to all in order for the sections of the fandom to get more of what they want.
“Online, [people] Try to drive a wedding all the time between us, and [Jon] Favreau and [Dave] Filoni, “Gilroy said, calling out how the toxic part of the Star wars Fanbase tends to come out very loudly against the concepts they do’t want to support. “It’s horrible what people say; it’s terrible. And the truth is, we don’t have a show without there.
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