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‘Andor’ Creator Says Disney Spent ‘$650 Million for 24 Episodes’ and ‘We Fought Hard’ for Money After Being Told in Season 2: ‘Streaming Is Dead. We Don’t Have the Money We Had Before’
'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy says Disney spent $650 million to make 24 episodes of his 'Star Wars' series, although money tightened up in Season 2.
“ Andor ” creator Tony Gilroy dropped a bombshell during a recent Q&A at the ATX Television Festival (via IndieWire): The total budget for the 24-episode “ Star Wars ” series was $650 million, he claimed. The series was a prequel to the 2016 film “Rogue One” (which Gilroy co-wrote) and centered on Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor, a thief turned rebel spy. The “Andor” team couldn’t get Disney to let them say “fuck the empire,” but they did get away with discussing genocide in Season 2 (Gilroy said at ATX that being able to do so was “pretty flawless”).
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