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‘Before Anyone Else Defines It, I’m Going to Define It’
Andor creator Tony Gilroy reflects on five years inside the Star Wars universe.
Considering how reflective, candid, and loquacious he is in conversation, it’s maybe not surprising that Andor creator Tony Gilroy does not have trouble writing the incisive political monologues that help shape the show’s interior ideology and cultural reputation. No chosen ones and no big bad evils, either — Andor is a series about the people who don’t get the Campbellian hero’s journey, whose names are forgotten, and whose sacrifices make rebellion possible. He is also protective of it, writing backstory and weaving in the Force despite previous reluctance to include any of the universe’s mystical space magic, because Star Wars is nothing if not an endless canon machine.
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