Convention - Star Wars Celebration 2022 : Discover the new Star Wars series Andor

By Mulder, Anaheim, convention center, 26 may 2022

Andor is an upcoming American television series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is a prequel to the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016), following the character Cassian Andor during the five years before the events of the film. The first 12-episode season of Andor is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on August 31, 2022, with its first two episodes. The rest of the season will be released weekly. A second 12-episode season is in development and will conclude the series.

Kathleen Kennedy (President, Lucasfilm), Genevieve O'Reilly, Sanne Wohlenberg, Tony Gilroy, Diego Luna and Yvette Nicole Brown had attended the studio showcase panel at Star Wars Celebration in the Anaheim convention center.

Itw Tony Gilroy (Executive Producer, Writer) 

Itw Sanne Wohlenberg (Executive Producer)

Itw Genevieve O'Reilly

Disney+ was pleased to share the trailer from its upcoming series “Andor” that was featured this morning at Star Wars Celebration. The new, original series from Lucasfilm takes place prior to the events of Rogue One and launches exclusively on Disney+ August 31, with the first two episodes. 

Diego Luna executive produces and reprises his Rogue One role as Cassian Andor. Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, and Genevieve O'Reilly also star. Lucasfilm announced a series focused on Andor in November 2018, with Luna attached and Stephen Schiff hired as showrunner. Schiff was replaced by Rogue One co-writer Gilroy as creator and showrunner in April 2020. Filming began at the end of November 2020, with Gilroy unable to direct as planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming took place at Pinewood Studios in London, and on location around the United Kingdom, and wrapped by September 2021.

Filming began in London, England, at the end of November 2020, with the production based at Pinewood Studios. The series was filmed under the working title Pilgrim and was the first live-action Star Wars series to not make use of the StageCraft digital background technology. This was done because the scripts were more suited to being filmed on locations and large sets, and Luna noted that taking a different filming approach for the series made it similar to Rogue One which also had a different filming style to the other Star Wars films. Toby Haynes directed the first three episodes, with Ben Caron and Susanna White also directing. Jonathan Freeman and Adriano Goldman served as cinematographers. The series was previously reported to be beginning filming in 2019, and then June 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both UK and U.S. COVID-19 protocols were followed on set, including daily temperature checks and tests for COVID-19 three times a week.  

By late January 2021, a large village set had been built on the grounds of a former quarry in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, not far from Pinewood Studios. Filming was expected to take place there until April. Filming in April also took place at the Coryton Refinery in Corringham, Essex. Several days of filming happened in Cleveleys on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire in early May, with the town's promenade and beach area dressed as an alien location, followed by another several days filming in the disused Winspit quarry in Dorset. Second unit and location filming began for at least a week at the end of May in Black Park, a country park in Buckinghamshire near Pinewood Studios which was also used for filming Disney's Star Wars films. By the end of May, main production on Pilgrim had moved to Glen Tilt in Perthshire, Scotland, and was expected to continue there until late June Around 500 crewmembers travelled to Oban, Scotland, for filming at the nearby Cruachan Dam. This started by June 18, with sets built around the dam and filming also happening in its tunnels. From June 22 to 24, filming took place at Middle Peak Quarry near Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Production was expected to wrap in mid-2021, and Luna confirmed that it had finished by September 27. The second season is scheduled to begin filming in November 2022.

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Synopsis : 
The Andor series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Andor
Created by Tony Gilroy
Based on Star Wars by George Lucas
Starring  Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Genevieve O'Reilly
Composer : Nicholas Britell
Executive producers : Kathleen Kennedy Tony Gilroy, Diego Luna
Cinematography : Jonathan Freeman, Adriano Goldman
Production company : Lucasfilm
Distributor : Disney Platform Distribution
Original network : Disney+

Photos : Copyright Getty images / Disney
Video : Copyright Disney