The next issue of Empire Magazine, out on UK newsstands 10th April, brings us a joint interview with Diego Luna and Tony Gilroy that delves into the second season of Andor and the ramping up of the journey from ragtag pockets of resistance to an organised rebellion capable enough to not only challenge the Empire but destroy it’s vaunted, world-smashing weapon the Death Star.
“What is the real effect of time — pressurised, painful time — on ordinary people that hopefully you care a lot about? What happens to their love affairs? Their relationships? Their homes? Their children? What happens to everything around them, if you’re thrust into this vice-grip of revolution? Those are the big tectonic moves of the second season.”
As for Andor himself, he’s moving towards becoming “this super all-singing, all-dancing, spy-war-fighter”, Gilroy says, while Rael will face the perils of taking his homespun revolution operation and launching it into something big enough to topple the Empire. “Now, all of a sudden, he’s going public,” the showrunner teases. “What do you do if your currency is privacy and secrecy, and failure is death? How do you scale up? How do you play with others? How do all the disparate pieces of the Rebellion come together in [Rebel base] Yavin?” The aim is clear: you’ll never see Star Wars the same way again. Especially the events of Rogue One. “You’re gonna hear some lines [on a rewatch] and go [gasps gutturally],” promises Luna. “Before, you just passed over them. Not anymore.” We are one with the Force, and the Force is with us.
