In a recent appearance on the podcast The Ringer-Verse, Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy reflected on the creation of Andor and how to continue to bring unique perspectives to the saga, also sharing that Lucasfilm is currently building some “really unusual” projects.
“It’s driven us crazy on the show, every time people, the clickbait, trying to draw controversy between us and the other shows,” he explained. “By the same token, it would be very wrong to come in and try to slavishly reproduce [Andor].”
“There has to be a hook, a reason why you want to bring your game there,” he added, telling creators to “let your freak flag fly, and do what you do best”.
Echoing many fans’ demands, Gilroy encouraged Lucasfilm to focus on new characters and time periods.
“There’s how many billions of beings in that galaxy? How many corners of it are unexplored?,” he said, while teasing exciting projects to come in the near future: “There’s some things that [Lucasfilm] is building that are really unusual I think, and I think that lesson is being taken to heart.”
