Interview with Tony Gilroy
Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show
Children of the Watch
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Join Children of the Watch for a roundtable conversation with Tony Gilroy, the Creator and Executive Producer behind Andor, the latest hit Star Wars television show.
Alex got the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Tony and some of the greatest voices in Star Wars fan media, including Star Wars Explained, Triad of the Force, and Blast Points to discuss Andor Season 2. The discussion includes the introduction of the Force to the show, some of the real-world political and historical roots of Andor, and even Tony's process for coming up with Star Wars names.
Special thank you to Tony and eall the wonderful shows involved in the discussion, and also to Lucasfilm for the invitation and for capturing the footage and audio from the conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | No one is ever going to do a show about revolution and fascism and colonialism and imperialism and sacrifice and about people who get ground up and forgotten to make something happen. |
| 0:15.9 | No one's ever going to get a chance to do that on a scale like this. |
| 0:18.4 | And I'm really into that opportunity. We sit down with |
| 0:22.3 | the architect of Andor Tony Gilroy with season two now complete. We talked to Tony about the legacy |
| 0:29.0 | of the series, the real world history and revolutionary themes behind the story and the emotional |
| 0:35.2 | choices that shaped Cassian's final chapter. |
| 0:38.7 | We had the chance to speak with Tony as part of a roundtable alongside some of our favorite |
| 0:43.5 | voices in the Star Wars community. Alex and Molly from Star Wars explained, Gustavo from |
| 0:48.8 | Triad of the Force and Jason from Blast Points. It's a rare look into the mind behind one of the most grounded and powerful stories |
| 0:57.4 | and a galaxy far, far away. |
| 1:00.0 | And if you want to hear what it was like being at Lucasfilm for these conversations, |
| 1:03.8 | check out our episode, our trip to Lucasfilm. |
| 1:07.4 | We get into all the details in that one. |
| 1:10.0 | A huge thank you to Lucasfilm for the opportunity to be a part of this roundtable conversation. Enjoy. |
| 1:16.6 | I know you got some like what happened here questions. Go for it. I know there's some, like, what happened to your questions. |
| 1:28.3 | Go for it. |
| 1:28.9 | I know there's some stuff. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, like, where's the problem? |
| 1:33.2 | Alex, you look like you have... |
| 1:34.5 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:35.2 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 1:36.0 | So one of my personal favorite moments of the entire series is the moment Cassian and Bix had with the Force Healer. |
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