Our review of first four episodes of Star Wars: Andor will land on the site Tuesday at 5.00pm along with our roundtable chat with Bix Caleen actress Adria Arjona on a special episode of Making Track. The fandom is going to flip when they see just how awesome B2EMO is in motion. Stills don’t do B2 justice, so stay tuned for our coverage and read on to see just what Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna think of this lovable rust-bucket.
Series creator Tony Gilroy tells EW that he wanted the Andor family to have a loyal companion, an ancient salvage droid who’s been working with them for years. The result is the cubical B2, a rusty red groundmech who rolls around the planet Ferrix. “I said, ‘Okay, I want to have a salvage droid, and I want to have a family dog,'” Gilroy tells EW. “It’s an old dog. That’s where we started.”
“B2 is a fantastic friend,” Luna adds with a laugh. “It’s like the perfect droid. I have to say, it’s a fantastic piece of design, first of all. The team behind it is amazing. He’s so expressive. With very little, he gives you so much.”
“It was wonderful to work with him because he’s real,” Luna says. “He’s there, and he interacts with you the way you’ll get to see him [on screen]. There’s nothing he couldn’t do that he will do in the series. It’s all mechanical.”
Listen to our recent Making Tracks episode from Droid Builders UK where Lee Towersey – who worked on season 1 and is about to dive into season 2 of Andor – discusses Droid Builders UK.