Early in the second season of Andor, an Imperial officer considers a situation where he could arrest someone for being an undocumented immigrant, or use the threat of arrest to make that person do his bidding. Reveling in the power he has at the moment, he says, “The situation requires… …
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“We’re in a war. Do you want to fight, or do you want to win?” The words spoken by Diego Luna seem to be the theme in the newly released Andor Season Two trailer. In it, Luna’s Cassian Andor fires off missiles, triggers explosives, and dodges incoming gunfire. In the …
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Star Wars goes Goonies in the first trailer for Skeleton Crew, the franchise’s latest spinoff series coming to Disney+ in December. In the preview, which debuted at Disney’s D23 expo Friday, a bunch of space kids leave the safe-but-boring confines of their intergalactic suburb after stumbling across a hidden Jedi …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Jedi barely appear in the original Star Wars trilogy. Obi-Wan and Yoda are both hermits hiding from their own failures in distant corners of the galaxy, and …
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Diego Luna just left London’s Pinewood Studios after a long day of shooting Andor’s second season, and as he signs onto Zoom from the back of a car heading home, he realizes he’s still wearing the day’s makeup —including what appears to be a fake bruise on his left cheek. …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Convert.” Among the more exciting aspects of Andor was the way it proved that Star Wars could go in a very different tonal and thematic direction and still find success. It was Star Wars aiming for something more …
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This post contains spoilers for the entire first season of Andor, which is streaming now on Disney+. A lot of memorable things happen in the Andor Season One finale. Marva (Fiona Shaw) digitally rises from the dead, as her impassioned, pre-recorded funeral speech inspires the people of Ferrix to rise …
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It’s hard to brand any piece of entertainment that takes place in the Star Wars universe, backed with the full promotional and budgetary firepower of the Disney Galactic Empire, as an underdog. But when Andor debuted in September, starring Diego Luna as the title character (previously seen in 2016’s Rogue …
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With its lived-in feel and measured pace, Andor is a very different kind of Star Wars show, and its showrunner, Tony Gilroy, is a very different kind of Star Wars creator. Not only did he have minimal interest in the franchise until he came on as a script doctor for …
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In the press notes for Andor, the latest Disney+ Star Wars series, star Diego Luna says he was attracted to reprise his role from Rogue One as Rebel spy Cassian Andor “because I was told it will be a 12-episode series that will be as much like a film as …
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