Andor, season 2: “We already know the end, so what?”

Tony Gilroy tells for the first line of Union that is this new chapter in the history of Cassian Andor, until his tragic end in Rogue One. Meeting with the creator of the Disney Plus series.

Snape One was already a separate work in the galaxy Star Wars : In the end, everyone dies!

And no, it’s not a spoiler. In reality, it is an element known since 1977, since the Rebel Alliance revealed to the public that brave people sacrificed their lives to recover the plans of the Death Star. Cassian Andor will not live forever. It is therefore in real martyrdom that he ventures again against the Empire in season 2 of Andora new step leading us to the events of Snape One.

Met by premiere, the creator and screenwriter, Tony Gilroyconfides his method to succeed in inserting his little story of Star Wars In the big one: “We must not ask too much questions when we attack this kind of project. Otherwise, we remain petrified on site!” he tells us. “It’s so huge that we take the production little by little.”

“My idea was to show the evolution of the character, to see how Cassian was five years before: not very sympathetic, interested, without commitment. And at the end of the series, he does his transformation into a butterfly. It is really hand done by hand, meticulous, step by step. If we start to think about the overall picture, in his place in the Star Wars universe, there is something to liquefy.”

Especially sinceAndor To this particularity: we already know the direction that the history of Cassian will take. Yes, the hero will survive and will eventually give his life (in Snape One). So, how can you keep suspense and emotion when the finish line is already traced? Tony Gilroy believes that this is not a question. But then not at all. He gets carried away, smiling:

“Frankly, it annoys me a little to hear that: ‘guy, why we should be interested in Cassian Andor Since we know he’s going to die? ‘ Yes, we know how it ends … so what?“Humor is annoying the creator, before going to the end of his thought:

“You have never watched a film three or four times? Do you wonder if Fredo Corleone will die when you see The godfather 2 ? I do not adhere to this premise. I think that the suspension of disbelief is absolutely anchored in human psychology. The spectator, in front of a work, always puts aside his skepticism. “

Anyway, what fascinates Tony Gilroyit is not the arrival but the path. The evolution of an ordinary man, a loser turned into an elite spy. Much more than fatality, it is his journey that gives all the interest to history: “So this is not a question for me to know or not the end. For me, it is the story of a guy who will become an ultimate wary spy. Whoever we will end up entrusting the most crucial mission of all. He is a pilot, a sniper, a genius manipulator, a seducer, a leader … he is all in Snape One. And how does he become this man? How did it go from the dirty guy that he is at the beginning ofAndor to the character of Snape One ? That’s what interests me. “

And the creator to conclude: “Everything else … I don’t care that he will die! I don’t think people watch the series thinking about his death! Anyway, we all die in the end …”

Andor – season 2 (12 episodes) from the April 23, 2025 on Disney+.