With the second & final season of Lucasfilm’s animated TV series Star Wars Resistance set to debut on Sunday, October 6, StarWars.com spent time chatting with a few of the creators behind the series about what’s in store for viewers during the events of Season 2. Head on over to the official site for an interview Amy Ratcliffe conducted with executive producer/supervising director Justin Ridge, executive producer/head writer Brandon Auman and executive producer Athena Portillo.
The Colossus is the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else. In its first season, Star Wars Resistance delivered a neighborhood-like setting where the audience spent time with the same group of characters. That was intentional. “Dave Filoni wanted it to be that way. He always talks about the show Cheers,” executive producer Athena Portillo tells StarWars.com. “He said, ‘I want a show that takes place in one set that you go to constantly. You get to know the patrons, you get to know the people, and you introduce new characters…and it’s all about their way of life.’”
Team Fireball toiling away in Yeager’s garage. Aunt Z grumpily serving blurrgfires to patrons in her tavern. The Aces hanging out in their luxurious lounge. It’s all intimate, comfortable — until the First Order arrives. Their presence grows until it becomes untenable. And then…well, the Colossus launches off Castilon because it’s actually a ship.
Now that the Colossus is in space, things are obviously different. We sat down with Star Wars Resistance executive producer and supervising director Justin Ridge, executive producer and head writer Brandon Auman and executive producer Athena Portillo to look back on the events of the Saturn Award-winning Season One and to see what’s ahead in the series’ final season. We discuss Tam’s decision, the new day-to-day life aboard the Colossus, Kaz’s challenges, and more.
