Tony Gilroy is no longer working on Andor during the writer’s strike

Tony Gilroy is no longer working on Andor during the writer’s strike

With the WGA Writer's Strike ongoing, and with no end in sight, the fate of a number of different projects in the movie and TV industry are up in the air. It was recently reported that Andor is continuing production despite the strike, since the scripts are written (which is quite a bold risk for [...]

Andor is resuming production despite the writer’s strike… which could be a problem

Andor is resuming production despite the writer’s strike… which could be a problem

If you follow the film industry, you no doubt heard about the decision made by the Writers Guild of America to go on strike. As a result production on many movies and shows has been halted, but some of the biggest names in Hollywood are moving forward - such as The Rings of Power (Prime [...]

Andy Serkis, Tony Gilroy confirm it: Kino Loy did not die in Andor season one

Andy Serkis, Tony Gilroy confirm it: Kino Loy did not die in Andor season one

One of the many outstanding characters in Andor was Kino Loy, played by Andy Serkis. He was a prisoner of the Empire who was a day shift manager in the prison on Narkina 5, who eventually wound up leading an escape to freedom. But Kino's own journey to freedom was cut short when he revealed [...]

Ranking my eight favorite episodes of Star Wars in 2022

Ranking my eight favorite episodes of Star Wars in 2022

Between The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and Tales of the Jedi, we got 31 episodes of Star Wars content on Disney+ in 2022! That's an incredible number, and it's fun to think about all the stories we saw in the past year. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting [...]

The best of Star Wars in 2022: End of year awards!

The best of Star Wars in 2022: End of year awards!

It has been an incredible year for Star Wars fans. We got three live-action shows, an animated series, an animated Lego film, a Lego Star Wars game, a docu-series on ILM, and tons of books and comics. It also included the first Star Wars Celebration in years, and announcements about things to come. And, to [...]

Star Wars celebrates some of the best moments of 2022 by posting four great monologues from Andor

Star Wars celebrates some of the best moments of 2022 by posting four great monologues from Andor

As the year 2022 draws to a close, the Star Wars social media accounts have been posting a series of clips highlighting some of the best moments from Andor, the most recent live-action series. They posted four different clips, each of them a monologue from a key character in the series, and each of the [...]

Andor is showing up at or near the top of tons of year-end lists of best TV shows of 2022

Andor is showing up at or near the top of tons of year-end lists of best TV shows of 2022

The first season of Andor is done, and it's become abundantly clear that the series has been incredibly well-received. In fact, it's managed to receive critical acclaim unlike much of the franchise before it. Polygon ranked the series as the best TV show of the year. Vulture did as well, placing it #1 on their [...]

The Last Jedi turns 5: Why Rose Tico’s best line is one of the best summaries for all of Star Wars, including Andor

The Last Jedi turns 5: Why Rose Tico’s best line is one of the best summaries for all of Star Wars, including Andor

At the end of The Last Jedi, Rose Tico does something rather rash: she crashes her speeder into Finn's, saving his life in the process. As he asks her why she did it, she utters these beautiful words: "That's how we're gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." This is an [...]

Diego Luna receives Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Andor, making Star Wars history in the process

Diego Luna receives Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Andor, making Star Wars history in the process

The praise for Andor continues to pour in, this time by way of formal recognition. Diego Luna has received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama, for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in the series. It marks the first Golden Globe nomination for Luna, but it also [...]

Andor has me dreaming about another Star Wars series I’d love to see

Andor has me dreaming about another Star Wars series I’d love to see

Andor is fantastic. But we've covered that much already, numerous times. I've also made it no secret that among so many great story threads, my absolute favorite in the first season of the show was the one focused on Mon Mothma. Those scenes amount to a political thriller, a drama series not seen before in [...]