UPDATE: Clarifying the chronology of the situation, Tony Gilroy had stopped ‘all writing and writing-related duties’ on 1st May and ‘all non-writing producing functions’ on Star Wars: Andor season 2 by 7th May, and in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter made clear that he hasn’t been on set since the strike began on Tuesday 2nd May. He informed the co-chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee Chris Keyser of the Writers Guild of America of his intentions on the morning of Sunday 30th April, a conversation Keyser confirmed had taken place.
On Friday 5th May Variety reported that ‘sources say he is still working as a producer on specific, non-writing elements like casting and scoring for the Disney+ show’, which was followed by the Monday 8th May Instagram post by Abdullah Saeed.
“I discontinued all writing and writing-related work on Andor prior to midnight, May 1. After being briefed on the Saturday showrunner meeting, I informed Chris Keyser at the WGA on Sunday morning that I would also be ceasing all non-writing producing functions,” Gilroy said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. When reached by phone late Tuesday, Keyser — the co-chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee — confirmed his conversation with Gilroy. Lucasfilm, which produces Andor, declined to comment.
The critique of the Andor creator and executive producer came after it was reported on Friday that Gilroy, whose scripts for season two of the Star Wars series were completed, was still contributing producing services including casting and music-related duties. Gilroy says he was not present on the show’s set and hasn’t been since the strike began May 2.
Here is the Instagram post from Abdullah Saeed.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CsAHBdVPUa1/
Given the secrecy surrounding Lucasfilm projects, the idea of revealing the scripts is obviously a no-go until the finished season is released. How long before this also affects The Acolyte and potentially the final post-production stages of Ahsoka? We’ll be discussing this and much more on next weeks episode of Making Tracks, and look out for episode 164 which arrives later today.
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