The Galaxy Times: Media for Andor

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Andor Recap: You Can't Go Home Again — Plus, Dedra's Power Play Pays Off
By Matt Webb Mitovich / October 19 2022
https://tvline.com/2022/10/19/andor-recap-season-1-episode-7-cassian-returns-ferrix-maarva/ 

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Good article on how the Empire wipes out whole cultures

'Andor’, the Empire, and cultural erasure

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Andor | What’s Happening on Level 2? | Disney+
Star Wars    Nov 1, 2022

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Someone made a music video for Syril and Dedra.

Genius.

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Andor | Cassian’s Story |Disney+
Star Wars    1 day ago

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Sex and Revolution: ‘Andor’ Showrunner Tony Gilroy on Challenging the Limits of the ‘Star Wars’ Universe
By Adam B. Vary     Nov 10, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/star-wars-andor-same-sex-couple-revolution-tony-gilroy-1235428948/ 

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Let’s start broadly: How did you approach building Cassian’s arc for the season?
You know where he’s going to end up, so we want to take him as far away as we possibly can be to begin to show his origin story. So this first half of the show was in my mind called The Education of Cassian Endor. How do you take somebody from being a disillusioned, cynical, self-interested loser, to becoming committed to something and understanding what they’re committed to?

We knew what the final scene of the whole season would be. It’s not like there’s an algorithm, but you know intuitively, well, he’s gonna have to go through quite an emotional, philosophical educational odyssey. He’s learning what the rebellion means from multiple intake delivery systems. How many of those can we have and how dramatic can we make them? How can we put that in an adventure story so it doesn’t feel it’s the lesson of the week? That’s the goal.

Andor Video: Thrilling Episode 10 Showed You 'How Far Cassian Is Willing to Go to Survive,' Says Diego Luna
By Matt Webb Mitovich / November 10 2022
https://tvline.com/2022/11/10/andor-recap-season-1-episode-10-diego-luna-prison-escape/ 

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“This is the first moment where [Cassian] understands that he’s capable of actually being part of something bigger,” Luna observes. “This moment shows you how far he’s willing to go to survive. And nothing’s gonna stop him.”

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Performer of the Week: Andy Serkis
By Team TVLine / November 12 2022
https://tvline.com/2022/11/12/andy-serkis-performance-andor-season-1-episode-10-kino-loy/ 

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THE PERFORMER | Andy Serkis

THE SHOW | Disney+’s Andor

THE EPISODE | “One Way Out” (Nov. 9, 2022)

THE PERFORMANCE | “No one is getting out!”

With those five, roared words, Andy Serkis shifted Kino Loy into a whole new gear, and Disney+’s Rogue One prequel series truly kicked off a thrilling prison break.

Up until this point — or, more precisely, the close of last week, when Kino and “Keef” (Cassian) learned that Level 2 rioted and in turn got fried upon learning that a “freed” prisoner instead had been recirculated into the system — Kino had been a dutiful “company man,” keeping his crew in line as they steadfastly assembled Imperial whatchamacallits.

But having heard tell of the true nature of their sentences, and with more than a little nudging from Cassian, Kino with those five words put Unit 5-2-D on notice, that there was only “one way out” of this existence. By staging an escape. NOW.

After 5-2-D effectively overthrew their own room’s guards and then empowered neighboring units to do same, Kino and Cassian made their way to the command center, where Cass beseeched his brother-in-arms to use the PA system to rally the rest of their troops. Here, Serkis carefully tempered Kino’s tone, starting out with a rote recapping of the prisoners’ newly gained upper hand. But when Cassian taunted him, “Is that the best you got?,” Kino/Serkis infused the rest of the speech with a passion that could only inspire.

“Wherever you are right now, stop the work, get out of your cells, take charge and start climbing,” he instructed the Narkina 5 population, Serkis’ voice intensifying with every syllable. “We will never have a better chance than this, and” — echoing what Keef had said earlier — “I would rather die trying to take them down than giving them what they want. There are 5,000 of us! If we can fight half as hard as we’ve been working, we’ll be home in no time…. One. Way. Out!”

Throw in the sadly ironic moment at the end, where Serkis chose just the right smile and delivery to announce that Kino is unable to swim to freedom with the others, and you have a defining Andor performance.

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The first two episodes of Andor "S01.E01: Kassa" and "S01.E02: That Would Be Me" are going to air on several different networks/platforms.

ABC:  Wednesday November 23,  9-10:30 pm ET/PT

FX:  Thursday, November 24, 9-10:30 pm ET/PT

Freeform:  Friday, November 25, 9-10:30 pm ET/PT 

Hulu:  Available from November 23 through December 7  

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Disney Announces Historic Cable TV Release for New Star Wars Show
By Savannah Sanders   November 14, 2022
https://thedirect.com/article/star-wars-disney-cable-tv-release 

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According to a new press release from Disney, the first two episodes of Andor are set to air on ABC, FX, Freeform, and Hulu for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Part of this release coincides with the release of the show's season finale premiering on Wednesday, November 23, on Disney+.
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Not only is it the first Disney+ original to have aired on cable and TV, but Andor's two-episode release on Hulu marks the first time a Disney+ original has been offered on another streaming service within the U.S. 

Disney's announcement also makes Andor the first Disney+ series to have received a multi-platform release across Disney-owned channels, such as ABC and Freeform. 
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Plus, the move marks the first time a Disney+ original has enjoyed a release/re-release so close to the initial release of its premiere episodes. 

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Andor | Inside Look at Kino Loy | Disney+
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Andor | Inside Look at Mon Mothma | Disney+
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Andor | Inside Look at Syril Karn | Disney+
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Andor | Inside Look at Vel Sartha | Disney+
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'Andor': Tony Gilroy Explains Why Cassian and His Friends Don't Know About Jedi and Lightsabers [Exclusive]
BY MAGGIE LOVITT    PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO
https://collider.com/andor-jedi-lightsabers-tony-gilroy-comments/ 

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In the lead-up to the Season 1 finale, Collider's own Steve Weintraub caught up with Tony Gilroy to discuss the series, and one of his biggest questions was about whether or not Cassian and the folks on Ferrix are aware of the Jedi and their lightsabers. The industrious and self-sufficient people of Ferrix have managed to avoid drawing the attention of the Empire, until Cassian makes a pretty serious mistake in the premiere that causes long-lasting ramifications for his community. With how far afield they are from the Empire, it's no surprise that Gilroy doesn't think they're that aware of them. When asked, Gilroy answered, "That's one of the first things I asked. And you know what? Most people don't know. I don't think anybody on Ferrix knows anything about it. I don't think so."
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"I don't think they know about the royal family. I don't think they pay much mind to that. I mean, how many beings are in that gigantic galaxy? I think the vast majority of all of the creatures and beings and sentient things that are in the galaxy, I think the knowledge of the Jedi and the lightsaber is a pretty small number."

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Andor | Inside Look at Luthen Rael | Disney+
Star Wars   1 day ago

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A few end of season interviews 

Nicholas Britell Made Andor Sound Nothing Like Star Wars

Tony Gilroy Built Andor’s Finale Crescendo First

Diego Luna Shot Andor’s Prison Break on His Last Day of Filming

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Stellan Skarsgård’s Luthen is instantly one of the best Star Wars characters ever

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2022 in Review: The 20 Best Shows
By Team TVLine / December 1 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-shows-2022-list/barry/ 

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3  Andor (Disney+)
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Disney+’s Rogue One prequel series had no Jedi, lightsabers nor talk of the Force, zero Darth Vader, and precious few foam latex aliens. Instead, many franchise fans got the live-action story for which they have long clamored, a street-level look at life for “the rest of us” during the Empire’s rise. Those who stuck with the slow burn were rewarded with the finest Star Wars series yet, rife with terrific performances, distinctly memorable set pieces and compelling characters that cemented their place in the sweeping saga’s lore.

Why ‘Andor’ Is One of the Year’s Best Shows
During this week’s ‘TV’s Top 5’ podcast, hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg discuss the industry’s recent exec changes; plus Alan Sepinwall joins us to discuss the latest ‘Star Wars’ series.
BY LESLEY GOLDBERG    DECEMBER 2, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/why-andor-is-one-of-the-years-best-shows-1235273794/ 

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In this semi-recurring segment, Rolling Stone chief TV critic and friend of the 5 Alan Sepinwall returns for a deep dive into Andor, the latest Star Wars series for Disney+. In their spoiler-filled conversation, Dan and Alan explain why Andor is one of the year’s best shows and outline the show’s Emmy chances.

Direct podcast link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-andor-is-one-of-the-years-best-shows/id1438063915?i=1000588479441

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The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022
TV Guide Editors    Dec. 5, 2022
https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/the-20-best-tv-shows-of-2022/ 

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1. Andor (Disney+)
There's a scene late in Andor's first season where Stellan Skarsgård's rebel leader Luthen Rael gives a monologue about the sacrifices he's made in his fight against the Empire — his soul, his future, everything — and it's one of the best-written, best-acted descriptions of the toll the fight for justice takes on the fighter ever depicted in film or television. It's intelligent and adult and weighty. It's really about something. And the whole show is like that. Every five minutes, you'll say, "I can't believe this morally complex spy thriller about fascism is a Star Wars show on Disney+." Andor would be an extraordinary achievement on its own, and it's doubly so for the franchise constrictions it works within. -Liam Mathews

2022 in Review: Biggest Plot Twists
By Team TVLine / December 4 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/plot-twists-2022-tv-shocking-moments-lord-of-the-rings-she-hulk/911-lone-star-judd-son/ 

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Andor
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Kino Loy can’t swim! (Read finale recap.)

Rebellion Featurette | Andor | Disney+
Disney Plus  Dec 6, 2022

 

Television Nominations Announced for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
Critics Choice Awards  December 6, 2022
https://criticschoice.com/2022/12/06/television-nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-critics-choice-awards/ 

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BEST DRAMA SERIES

Andor (Disney+)
Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
Euphoria (HBO)
The Good Fight (Paramount+)
House of the Dragon (HBO)
Severance (Apple TV+)
Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)
Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)
Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)
Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

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The Best TV Shows of 2022
By Caroline Framke, Daniel D'Addario     Dec 6, 2022
https://variety.com/lists/best-tv-shows-2022-andor-euphoria/ 

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5. Andor (Disney+)
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Look, no one is more surprised to see a “Star Wars” prequel to a prequel on this list than I am, but “Andor” forced me to concede the obvious. In tracing the journey of Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) from loner mercenary to the diehard rebel of “Rogue One,” “Andor” paints a detailed, convincing picture of how fascism spreads, clamps down and inspires uprisings. What Tony Gilroy’s series occasionally lacks in episodic structure it more than makes up for in careful characterization and admirable worldbuilding. It took an unusually shrewd approach to establishing its place in the enormous “Star Wars” universe, which can otherwise can rely too heavily on branded lore and the get-out-of-jail-free card that is The Force. Throw in precise production design, epic directing and excellent supporting turns from the likes of Genevieve Reilly, Fiona Shaw, and Stellan Skarsgård and you’ve got yourself a party that not even I, a snobby critic absolutely exhausted by TV’s constant stream of IP spinoffs, could turn down.

The Best TV Performances of 2022: Pairs Edition
By Caroline Framke     December 7, 2022
https://variety.com/lists/best-tv-performances-2022-bridgerton-andor/sara-ramirez-and-cynthia-nixon-and-just-like-that/ 

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Diego Luna and Stellan Skarsgård (Andor, Disney+)
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Though Diego Luna and Stellan Skarsgård shared only a few scenes in the first season of “Andor,” they had to make them count: Their characters coming together provides the catalyst for the entire show. When they separate, they’re still two sides of the same coin: two restless men who will do whatever it takes to get what they want even as try to ignore their beating hearts. As per the classic “Star Wars” trope of a hero having more in common with their adversary than they realize, Luna’s damaged, flinty mercenary is more in step with Skarsgård’s ruthless revolutionary than either realize. It could’ve been cheesy, but watching these two bend toward each other even from lightyears away made for one of the year’s most satisfying payoffs, which is a testament to how comfortably Luna and Skarsgård slipped into their deceptively tricky roles from the start.

2022 in Review: The 25 Most Heartbreaking TV Character Deaths
By Team TVLine / December 8 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/tv-deaths-2022-major-characters-dead-photos/dr-alan-strauss-the-patient/ 

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Maarva, Andor
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Sad as it would have been to actually see Cassian’s mother pass on, simply HEARING that it happened off-screen, as Episode 11 opened, somehow hurt more — especially given B2EMO’s wimpering reaction. Soothing the sting is the fact that Maarva and Cass shared loving words the last time they saw each other, and that the Daughter of Ferrix left behind a most empowering message for everyone else.

Date of Death: Nov. 16, 2022

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The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022
TV Guide Editors    Dec. 5, 2022
https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/the-20-best-tv-shows-of-2022/ 

2022 in Review: Biggest Plot Twists
By Team TVLine / December 4 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/plot-twists-2022-tv-shocking-moments-lord-of-the-rings-she-hulk/911-lone-star-judd-son/ 

Rebellion Featurette | Andor | Disney+
Disney Plus  Dec 6, 2022

Television Nominations Announced for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
Critics Choice Awards  December 6, 2022
https://criticschoice.com/2022/12/06/television-nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-critics-choice-awards/ 

Wow . . . talk about hype.  I can think of a good number of shows I would have nominated over "Andor".  Nominating Diego Luna is one thing, because I believe he deserves it.  But the entire series?  No.

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Diego Luna (Andor) got a Golden Globe nomination - winners will be announced on Jan. 10...

Golden Globes 2023: Complete Nominations List
By Brent Lang, Jordan Moreau     Dec 12, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2-1235455667/ 

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”) 
Kevin Costner (“Yellowstone”)
Diego Luna (“Andor”)
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Adam Scott (“Severance”)

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Sorry for Diego Luna but on this one, I would rather Bob Odenkirk or Adam Scott win this award, as they were both amazing in BCS and Severance!

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2022 in Review: The Stealthiest Castings and Very Coolest Cameos
By Team TVLine / December 12 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-cameos-2022-surprise-casting-news/andy-serkis-andor/  

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ANDY SERKIS, ANDOR
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When “Keef Girgo” (aka Cassian) was picked up by overzealous troopers at the Niamos resort and sentenced to six years in the Narkina 5 lock-up, few could have predicted that he would end up toiling alongside no less than the voice of Supreme Leader Snoke from the Star Wars film sequel trilogy. Appearing on-screen this time, as Unit Five-Two-D manager Kino Loy, Serkis with his unannounced casting quickly created a memorable character in the Star Wars world, and one who’d experience quite the journey in but a few episodes.

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2022 in Review: 25 of Our Favorite Scene Stealers From Wednesday, Abbott Elementary, She-Hulk and More
By Team TVLine / December 17 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-supporting-characters-2022-wednesday-she-hulk-andor/best-tv-supporting-characters-2022-seema-and-just-like-that/ 

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B2EMO, Andor
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Just when you thought the Star Wars universe had exhausted its bag of adorable droid tricks, out comes this sad little salvage assist unit. Though inelegantly designed and battery-challenged, Bee (voiced by Dave Chapman) instantly won us over with his excited ch-ch-chittering, oddly emotive “eyebrow” and accordion-like body. Like a loving puppy dog, he welcomed Cassian’s every visit while minding Maarva all the while, to her dying day.

2022 in Review: Quotes of the Year!
By Team TVLine / December 18 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-quotes-2022-memorable-lines-dialogue-scenes/the-walking-dead-im-starting-to-quote/ 

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ANDOR
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“I d-d-don’t want to be alone. I want M-M-Maarva.”

B2EMO (voiced by Dave Chapman) isn’t ready to mourn

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Andor  won this year's Primetimers Award for Best Genre Show...
https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/136161-primetimer-award-winners-traditional/

Also, Andor's prison break won this year's Primetimers Award for Aw Yessss! Favorite Scripted or Reality TV Moment of the Season...
https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/136158-primetimer-award-winners-non-traditional-part-ii/ 

2022 in Review: Best First Kiss, Worst CGI, Most Improved Series, Lamest Cameo and 80+ More TV Superlatives
By Team TVLine / December 22 2022
https://tvline.com/lists/tv-shows-2022-best-worst-moments/

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BEST MONOLOGUE
Luthen to Lonni-the-mole, Andor
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KID YOU’D PROMPTLY DISOWN
Leida, Andor
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BEST VILLAIN
Dedra, Andor

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Andor | Luthen Rael’s Monologue | Disney+
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Andor | Kino Loy’s Monologue | Disney+
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Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+
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Andor | Karis Nemik’s Monologue | Disney+
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Andor got 1 SAG Awards nomination, 1 WGA Awards nomination and 1 PGA Awards nomination...

Jennifer Coolidge, Everything Everywhere All at Once lead 2023 SAG Awards nominations: See the full list
By Joey Nolfi    January 11, 2023 
https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/2023-sag-awards-nominations-full-list/

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See the full list of the 2023 SAG Awards nominations below. The awards will stream Sunday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Netflix's YouTube channel.
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Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series
Andor
The Boys
House of the Dragon
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Stranger Things

Writers Guild Awards: Andor, Severance, Yellowjackets, Abbott Elementary and The Bear Among First-Time Nominees
By Matt Webb Mitovich / January 11 2023,
https://tvline.com/2023/01/11/wga-awards-nominations-list-2023-writers-guild-of-america/

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Nominees have been announced for the 75th annual Writers Guild Awards, to be held on Sunday, March 5 in concurrent ceremonies at the Edison Ballroom in New York and Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
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DRAMA SERIES
Andor
Better Call Saul
The Crown
Severance
Yellowjackets

Hocus Pocus 2, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7, The Whale get 2023 PGA Awards nominations: See full list
By Joey Nolfi    January 12, 2023
https://ew.com/awards/2023-producers-guild-america-awards-nominations/

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The 2023 PGA Awards winners will be announced on Feb. 25 at a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. See the full list of nominees below.
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Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama
Andor
Better Call Saul
Ozark
Severance
The White Lotus 

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15 hours ago, tv echo said:

Andor got 1 SAG Awards nomination, 1 WGA Awards nomination and 1 PGA Awards nomination...

Jennifer Coolidge, Everything Everywhere All at Once lead 2023 SAG Awards nominations: See the full list
By Joey Nolfi    January 11, 2023 
https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/2023-sag-awards-nominations-full-list/

Writers Guild Awards: Andor, Severance, Yellowjackets, Abbott Elementary and The Bear Among First-Time Nominees
By Matt Webb Mitovich / January 11 2023,
https://tvline.com/2023/01/11/wga-awards-nominations-list-2023-writers-guild-of-america/

Hocus Pocus 2, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7, The Whale get 2023 PGA Awards nominations: See full list
By Joey Nolfi    January 12, 2023
https://ew.com/awards/2023-producers-guild-america-awards-nominations/

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I think Andor has made it to Duolingo. I'm doing the Norwegian course, and it tends to be a bit nerdy, with a lot of translations of quotes from various Star Wars films, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, etc. There's an exercise in which you hit a button to play audio of a word in Norwegian, and then there are buttons with English words, and you match the sound to the button with the appropriate English translation. The button for the word "climb" was written "CLIMB!" All other words in this kind of exercise have been strictly lower-case, so it's got to be an Andor reference (or possibly Rogue One, but I think it was Andor that retroactively made that a thing going back to Rogue One).

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Diego Luna to Receive Inaugural Variety Virtuoso Award at Miami Film Festival
By William Earl    Feb 14, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/diego-luna-variety-virtuoso-award-miami-film-festival-1235522796/ 

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Variety will present Diego Luna with the inaugural Variety Virtuoso Award at the Miami Film Festival on Saturday, March 4. The award is will be presented to celebrate Luna’s excellence in acting, directing and producing over the years.

“Emerging as a major force in Latin American cinema back at the dawn of our current century, Diego Luna has consistently proven the promise of his breakthrough role in Alfonso Cuarón’s acclaimed film ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ not only with awards-nominated work as an actor but also a growing reputation as a director of the first order,” said Steve Gaydos, Variety EVP of Global Content and Executive Editor. “Currently starring in the hit ‘Star Wars’ prequel series ‘Andor,’ Luna’s leading man credentials are vividly on display.”

“We couldn’t be more proud to be honoring actor Diego Luna at the 40th edition of Miami Film Festival. How many people can say they’ve worked with directors such as Alfonso Cuarón, Steven Spielberg and Gus Van Sant, while also becoming an integral part of one of the biggest franchises of all time?” said Lauren Cohen, Miam Film Festival Director of Programming. “Not only is Diego a global superstar, but he’s absolutely beloved by the Mexican, Latin American and Miami community, with good reason. We’re so excited to be partnering with Variety to honor the enormous talent and the indelible career of Diego Luna.”

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Andor, Diego Luna and Fiona Shaw were all nominated for Critics Choice Super Awards...

Nominations Announced for the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series
February 22, 2023
https://www.criticschoice.com/2023/02/22/nominations-announced-for-the-3rd-annual-critics-choice-super-awards-honoring-superhero-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-and-action-movies-and-series/

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(Los Angeles, CA – February 22, 2023) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the nominees for the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. Winners will be revealed via a special announcement on Thursday, March 16.
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BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Andor 
For All Mankind
House of the Dragon 
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 
Stranger Things 

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Chiwetel Ejiofor – The Man Who Fell to Earth 
Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Diego Luna – Andor 
Anson Mount – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 
Adam Scott – Severance 
Matt Smith – House of the Dragon

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon 
Patricia Arquette – Severance 
Morfydd Clark – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Moses Ingram – Obi-Wan Kenobi 
Fiona Shaw – Andor 
Sissy Spacek – Night Sky 

 

Warwick Davis, Andor’s Denise Gough, and More Confirmed for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023
StarWars.com Team  February 23, 2023
https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-celebrity-guests

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And all three will be joined in London by Denise Gough, attending her first ever Star Wars Celebration. Gough brought fresh terror to the Empire’s tyranny with her portrayal of ISB Agent Dedra Meero in the first season of Andor, now streaming on Disney+.
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Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 will be held April 7-10, 2023, at ExCeL London in England.

 

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Diego Luna Is Grateful ‘Andor’ Will End After Season 2: It’s ‘Really Important for My Mental Health’

https://variety.com/2023/tv/focus/diego-luna-andor-ending-season-2-1235537313/

 

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Diego Luna Explains How the Audience Is Part of ‘Andor’ Season 2, Sheds Light on His ‘Star Wars’ Future
By Emily Longerett   March 5, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/diego-luna-andor-season-2-star-wars-future-1235543242/ 

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Diego Luna, who’s currently filming the final season of the Disney+ series [Andor] in London, opened up about the experience on Friday at the Miami Film Festival, where he accepted Variety’s inaugural Virtuoso Award.

“It’s been bittersweet because every day I know I’m a day closer to the end,” Luna said. “It was really nice to approach a series knowing there’s an ending. It doesn’t happen! The new conversation on set with streaming is people talking about the possible future… Like, ‘Well, there might be a second season or a third season. This thing of leaving everything open I think is bringing anxiety to actors that needs to be treated. We’re all thinking about something that we can’t know.”
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“The second season ends where ‘Rogue One’ starts. We’re not changing the ending of ‘Rogue One’ so that’s it. It’s a nice feeling, it’s like a long film… It has a beginning and an end. We all know what’s going to happen,” he said. “There’s something interesting with the second season, which is that I have a different feeling every day I go to set. Now I know, not just that the series was well received and that people liked it, but I know why they liked it. That’s another tool we have these days through social media. We actually listen to audiences and critics. We understand what things connected and what didn’t connect. It’s kind of cool to have an opportunity to go and execute another season having this information. It’s, in a way, a season that will end up representing the audience in a different way. Somehow, the audience is part of this season because the interaction we had served as inspiration.”

Edited March 6, 2023 by tv echo

[andromeda331]

I'm not sure how I feel about that. I guess it depends on how season two goes.

[Shanna Marie]

The episode "One Way Out" is a finalist for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

I'm not sure it has much of a chance, since it's up against Everything Everywhere All at Once, and that seems to be sweeping all awards, but it's an honor to get nominated.

[tv echo]

Plan Ahead with the Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 Panel Schedule
StarWars.com Team    March 7, 2023
https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-panel-schedule 

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Friday, April 7

Lucasfilm’s Studio Showcase

11:00AM - 12:30PM, Live on the Celebration Stage; streamed to the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages

Star Wars Celebration returns, launching with a must-see showcase that will kick the weekend's festivities into hyperdrive. Lucasfilm’s current crop of live-action filmmakers will be joined by special guests to discuss the many current and upcoming Star Wars adventures, including The Mandalorian, Andor, and more!
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The Making of Andor Season One

3:00PM - 4:00PM, Live on the Celebration Stage; streamed to the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages

Executive producers Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna and their team of creatives recount the making of the epic first season of Star Wars: Andor.
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Sunday, April 9
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Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of Andor

12:00PM - 1:00PM, Live on the Twin Suns Stage

Join host Amy Ratcliffe, Industrial Light & Magic, and members of the creature effects and special effects teams for a deep dive into the special and visual effects that brought a burgeoning rebellion to life in Star Wars: Andor.

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[andromeda331]

On 3/8/2023 at 11:25 AM, Shanna Marie said:

The episode "One Way Out" is a finalist for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

I'm not sure it has much of a chance, since it's up against Everything Everywhere All at Once, and that seems to be sweeping all awards, but it's an honor to get nominated.

It probably doesn't but I'm still glad it was nominated. It was a very good episode.

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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘The Boys’ Top Critics Choice Super Awards
By Patrick Hipes    March 16, 2023 
https://deadline.com/2023/03/2023-critics-choice-super-awards-winners-list-movies-tv-1235301769/

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BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE (Tie)
Andor
Stranger Things

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Andor Season 2 Is Halfway Done With Filming — When Will It Premiere?
By Matt Webb Mitovich / April 7 2023,
https://tvline.com/2023/04/07/andor-season-2-release-date-august-2024/ 

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Tony Gilroy — the showrunner for Andor who previously penned the screenplay for its “sequel,” Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — shared at Star Wars Celebration that Season 2, which started rolling the cameras last November, is now halfway done with filming.

Filming is expected to wrap this August and, following a year of post-production, is on track for a hoped-for August 2024 release date. (Season 1 streamed on Disney+ from Sept. 21 through Nov. 3, 2022.)

Edited April 7, 2023 by tv echo

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Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna from Andor | Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023
Star Wars   Apr 8, 2023

Genevieve O'Reilly | Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023
Star Wars   Apr 8, 2023

Joplin Sibtain and Muhannad Bhaier from Andor | Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023
Star Wars   Apr 7, 2023

Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona from Andor | Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023
Star Wars   Apr 8, 2023

 

[ProudMary]

Andor has been nominated for a Peabody Award.

From Deadline: 

Full List of Nominations for the 83rd Annual Peabody Awards

Winners will be announced May 9, with a ceremony to take place June 11 at the Beverly Wilshire, the Peabodys’ first in Los Angeles.

Andor
The Star Wars franchise gets a new perspective, focusing on thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. Taking place during a time before the first Star Wars film when a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the fascist Galactic Empire, the series explores themes of Fascism and how resistance movements emerge from the strangling weight of authoritarian repression.

Lucasfilm Ltd. (Disney+)

 

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Andor Season 2’s Final Three Episodes Cover The Three Days Before Rogue One – Exclusive
By Ben Travis   April 5, 2023
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/andor-season-2-final-three-episodes-cover-three-days-before-rogue-one-exclusive/ 

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Now, with filming on Andor Season 2 – set to skip a year every few episodes – moving beyond the midway point, Gilroy has teased a little more of what to expect from the time-hopping final run, telling Empire that the final block of three episodes will specifically cover “the last three days before Rogue One”. And with a finite end point in view, no punches are being pulled. “The risks this season will take are very different,” promises Luna. In what way? “In every way,” says Gilroy. “Look, man, I’m not trying to make a career here; if anything I’m on the downhill side of a long career. But this is an opportunity. This is 1,500 pages of the most dynamic material in these people’s lives to deal with. We got it right the first time, and you don’t want to let your foot off the gas.”

Edited May 5, 2023 by tv echo

[andromeda331]

I didn't realize it was going to end that close to Rogue One. That'll be interesting. 

[Shanna Marie]

On 5/5/2023 at 8:43 AM, andromeda331 said:

I didn't realize it was going to end that close to Rogue One. That'll be interesting. 

I've hoped that they would actually do a bit of a coda to Rogue One, letting us see how any Andor characters (if any) who are still alive react to those events. I've joked that I'd love to see Syril shaking his fist and shouting, "Andor!" or Dedra smugly saying, "Told you," but the events of Rogue One are so huge, and since that was a prequel we don't get to see any true follow up to the aftermath of it. We know what they do with the plans, and then there's Rogue Squadron, which we can pretend is a tribute, even if it's a retcon, but I just want to see the Rogue One team's sacrifice acknowledged in some way. We know Mon Mothma lives, so we could at least see her reaction. Maybe even just in a post-credits scene that gives us a coda.

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https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/andor/ 

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Few other long-running franchises loom as large in today’s contemporary pop cultural imagination than Star Wars. With its many trilogies, spin-offs and TV series, George Lucas’s original creation can feel like a ubiquitous force as all-encompassing as its fictional and much-reviled Empire. Yet amid stories of destiny-driven heroes and doomed superpowered villains, Tony Gilroy’s Andor tackles that familiar galaxy with an eye not (just) for spectacle but for a keen-eyed commitment to do what sci-fi and fantasy can do best: mirror our own mundane trials and tribulations back with enough remove that their lessons become unavoidable. Andor follows known scavenger Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) as he unwittingly becomes radicalized in the wake of a police state intent on crushing any and all signs of the Rebel Alliance. And in the process, it introduces us to a network of galvanized figures who wish to better the state of the galaxy, painting a portrait of how revolutions are built on their own recurring failure, of how hope can and needs to spring eternal in the face of authoritarianism run amok. For conjuring up a terrifying world uncannily like our very own (despite taking place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away), one that stresses the need for grassroots organizing lest a fascistic state wholly subsume any spark of rebellion—and for imagining how IP-driven storytelling can flourish in today’s corporate-driven television landscape—Andor receives a Peabody.

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Tony Gilroy On Guiding ‘Andor’ Deeper Into The ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy As A Disney+ Series, The Challenge Of Making A Prequel To A Prequel & How It Became A Family Affair – Behind The Lens [VIDEO]
By Pete Hammond   May 29, 2023
https://deadline.com/video/tony-gilroy-video-interview-andor-behind-the-lens/ 

[ProudMary]

From The Hollywood Reporter.

How ‘Andor’ Broke Star Wars Rules to Reinvent Sci-Fi TV

Showrunner Tony Gilroy and his cast led by Diego Luna break down how they pulled off two of the Disney+ drama’s most gripping, trope-busting sequences.

[ProudMary]

In the run-up to Emmy Nominations, I always enjoy these "Actors on Actors" videos put forth by Variety. This one featuring Diego Luna and Hayden Christensen is particularly good. (34:31)

 

[andromeda331]

11 hours ago, ProudMary said:

In the run-up to Emmy Nominations, I always enjoy these "Actors on Actors" videos put forth by Variety. This one featuring Diego Luna and Hayden Christensen is particularly good. (34:31)

 

What a great video.