The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series)
The official behind-the-scenes companion to the Emmy, WGA, SAG, Golden Globe, and BAFTA–Award nominated Disney+ series. New York Times bestseller!
The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) gives readers an exclusive inside look at the production art, visual development, concept art, creature designs and FX, graphics, props, and more that went into creating the Tony Gilroy-helmed Disney+ series.
Through extensive interviews with Gilroy, star Diego Luna, and the talented Lucasfilm visualists, author Phil Szostak documents every step of Andor’s production from discussions following the initial release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story up through post-production on the final episodes of season two.
With deep dives into the locations that defined the series, including Kenari, Ferrix, Aldhani, Narkina 5, Mina-Rau, Ghorman, and Yavin 4, among many others, this essential volume celebrates the legacy of all twenty-four critically acclaimed episodes and the hurdles the filmmakers, cast, and crew had to overcome to bring their vision to life.
Every facet and detail of the Rebellion and Empire’s inner workings and the day-to-day existence within the world of Star Wars that Andor lovingly depicted are explored in great detail along with reflections on the series overall and its espionage roots and political relevance. The lived-in, battered costumes, ships, and locales that are so crucial to the DNA of Star Wars are on full display in this volume alongside the elegant formalism of the Galactic Senate and Coruscant.
Every piece of concept art—from ISB uniforms to Ferrix workwear to sleek speeders to the sterile prison cells of Narkina 5—has a tactility that leaps off the page. Cassian Andor’s journey from thief to spy to rebel to martyr, and the stories of his allies, uneasy partnerships, Imperial schemes, and galactic revolution took audiences on an emotionally resonant adventure and The Art of Star Wars: Andor spotlights the exceptional work that made it all possible.
Author: Phil Szostak
Release Date: 30th June 2026
ISBN: 9781419775680
Page Count: 288
How do you convey the work, craft, effort, and care required to bring two seasons and 24 episodes of a show like Andor to the big screen in the pages of a static coffee table book? Well, first off you bring on board the skills of writer Phil Szostak, a veteran of such releases for Lucasfilm who once again corals the many threads that were woven into the fabric of Andor and makes it all make sense in a logical flow that takes us through the locations of seasons one and two, from Kenari in episode 1 to Yavin 4 in episode 24.
With an extensive (and very welcome) Who’s Who of the creative talents involved, across a number of different departments, we open with a Foreword from Tony Gilroy who explains how practically everything had to be created from scratch (check out the chapters in the book: only Coruscant, D’Qar and Yavin 4 have been seen in live action before) and then heading past the introduction and a chunky chapter called ‘From Rogue One To Andor‘, looking at the enormous gamble the 2016 movie was, stitching itself to A New Hope as it did and at the same time opening up new storylines, worlds and situations that two years later led to the announcement of Andor.
The artwork, married to the writings of Szostak and insightful interviews with the crew, is the backbone of the book, kicking off on Kenari during the childhood of Cassian and his sister Kerri and setting the tone of the book, looking at early designs for Maarva and Clem, the adorable droid B2-EMO (also known as Buzz) and on to the rain-drenched world of Morlana One where a young Cassian journeys into the start of his galaxy-changing adventures. We see Syril, the costumes of the Pre-Mor Security, even their logo designed by Barry Gingell. There are heaps of smart designs (early designs for the Pre-Mor tactical pod evokes the Jedi dropships of Attack of the Clones) while our shift to Ferrix brings us red sands reminiscent of Geonosis and junkyard chop shop landscapes where Cassian, Brasso, Bix and friends work and plot their revenge against the tyranny of the Imperial machine.
As a release, and a companion to the show, this is flawless, giving us alternate takes of now familiar worlds and characters, highlighting the craft and care the UK team brought to the physical production while never forgetting the design work carried out at Pinewood and back at home base at ILM. We see the alphabet of Ferrix, Chandrilan symbols and the fashions of Niamos, the corridors of Narkina 5, the crew of Saw Gerrera on Segra Milo and the Sienar testing base, on into season 2 and Star Wars legend.
The book wraps with an Afterword from Dan Gilroy and the acknowledgments, but leaves the reader with only an even deeper appreciation for the work of the crew on a series that has not only been welcomed with open arms by the fandom, but carved its way into the chronology like a master carpenter. Andor may have seemed like a strange choice when it was announced almost a decade ago, focusing on a supporting character from Rogue One, but that choice was a masterstroke; Cassian was the perfect leading character for these 24 episodes, his journey from killer to hero an arc that is illustrated here with pure class.
Make room on your bookshelf alongside the other Art of books, as this is one that will be pulled out regularly, browsed and admired just as much as the series that inspired it.