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Production designer Luke Hull and set decorator Rebecca Alleway brought thevast scope ofAndor’ssecond seasonto life with 180 sets, half of which were built from scratch. The production used a number of real locations in the U.K., Spain, and Italy: Valencia’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences building was transformed into …

The ending of Andor seemed pretty much preordained: No matter what, Cassian had to end up alone and en route to the events of Rogue One. So it was hard to imagine that the show had any surprises in store for its series finale —except that it absolutely did. In …

We already know an awful lot about the fates of many of the characters on Andor, but the show’s second season is nevertheless some of the most gripping television of the year so far. As the timeline barrels toward the beginning of Rogue One, leaping a year ahead every three …

After a decade-long run as one of the most layered and tragic characters ever to pilot spaceships in a certain distant galaxy, Diego Luna is finally ready to say goodbye to Cassian Andor. Luna had no idea what he was signing up for when he first popped up as Cassian …

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. …

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 …

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 …