Diego Luna talks Andor and how we will perceive Rogue One: “Things were not the way you imagined”

With Rogue One always being the film that danced the line of shades between black, white and decidedly grey, Diego Luna discusses the forthcoming Star Wars: Andor and how it will undoubtedly change how we perceive one of the best received Star Wars projects ever.

“In fact, we’re going to challenge every idea you have, or every answer you came up with, for why or how things happened and why this character did what he did. Everyone who watched Rogue One thinks they have the answer. So we’re going to challenge that, and we’re going to come to you and say, ‘No, listen, things were not the way you imagined. They were this way. This had to happen for someone to become the person you know.’”

Diego also discussed the decision to break the second season, and indeed the first to a lesser degree, into arcs.

THR: What do you think of Tony’s plan for season two as every three episodes will represent a year’s worth of story?

DL: I think it’s perfect. It’s lovely. It’s almost like four different movies [via four three-episode blocks]. Three episodes will be a very strong block to explore a year, another year, and then another year and another year. There is also space in between each block where time passes, so we’re allowed to evolve and transform. But I think that’s part of season one, too. How many episodes have you seen?

THR: The first four.

DL: Yeah, so when you saw episode three, you probably went, “I think I know the characters, the tone and what the series is going to be about,” but then we take you where episode four goes. And you were like, “What!? Where are we going? What’s going on? What happened?” So I think that’s something that this long format gives us. It’s the flexibility to literally transform and go somewhere else and meet other characters and find other planets and discover new things. It’s a fantastic format, and it’s very ambitious. It’s complete freedom. You have room, you have space, you have time, and that is lovely when you have something to say.

We discuss Andor on the latest episode of Making Tracks – and touch on how Fantha Tracks have also seen those first four episodes of Andor – which you can listen to below.