Diego Luna Appears Again on Star Wars Present’s First Season

Star Wars is a famously inconsistent franchise with excessive highs and low lows, a pattern that continues to today. Final 12 months’s Andor served as one of many brilliant spots of the whole enterprise, garnering not simply crucial acclaim, however some ardent fans and award nominations for its 12-episode debut season. The present appeared like a shock addition when it was first introduced as a easy Rogue One prequel, and even Cassian Andor himself was shocked at how nicely the present was obtained.

Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, collection star (and producer) Diego Luna credited the present’s glowing reward to the time taken to make it the very best model of itself. Disney and Lucasfilm gave showrunner Tony Gilroy “freedom and help,” he stated, nevertheless it all got here right down to the writers and solid. “All through the entire course of, we did precisely what we thought was greatest,” he stated. “We by no means prioritized something however the present. […] So every little thing simply saved getting higher and higher, and I all the time had the sensation that one thing needed to go unsuitable. But it surely didn’t.”

Whereas Disney let the writers do their factor, Luna admitted he was shocked by a few of the content material that received into Andor correct. Pondering again on the present’s opening scene whereby Cassian kills two cops giving him a tough time, he described it as “too good. I all the time had a sense that this wasn’t gonna see the sunshine of day until it did. […] The entire thought, I all the time thought, ‘That’s unimaginable.’” There have been different scenes within the present he was impressed by for the way far they went, and takes nice satisfaction in what all encompasses that first season.

Luna didn’t say something new about season two and Cass’ journey, however he was candid in saying he’s glad Andor solely has two seasons (no less than, at time of writing). Taking part in Cass for 5 seasons could be “unimaginable,” he stated, and he thinks it’d be more healthy for him as an actor to have this quick time with the character. “The considered making 5 seasons, I’d most likely be 54 and nonetheless doing this,” he laughed. “It’s nice to know that we can provide every little thing to it, and by the top, nonetheless have one thing else to offer to different initiatives and to life.”

The primary season of Andor is out there on Disney+, and season two will premiere in August 2024.

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