Tony Gilroy on Saying Goodbye to 'Andor' & Possibility of Future Projects in 'Star Wars' Universe | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Tony Gilroy chats with THR at the 'Andor' season two premiere and talks about what it was like saying goodbye to the show after working on it for six years, saying, "it's the most important thing I'll ever have the chance to work on." Plus, he talks about the possibility of working on future projects in the 'Star Wars' universe.

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00:00I was reading the YouTube comments on the trailer and I saw someone say that Cassian

00:04Andor must be tired from carrying the Star Wars universe on his back.

00:08Why do you think this show is so beloved by fans and has connected with them in a way

00:11that maybe other Star Wars series haven't?

00:16The idea of ordinary people, the idea of making a story that's in the kitchen instead of the

00:21dining room and really having people, when we have so many characters, there has to be

00:25somebody in there that people can identify with up and down and this really is about

00:33ordinary people when what do you do when history comes and kicks your door down and says it's

00:37time to make decisions.

00:39And I think that's something that everybody can wonder what they would do and I think that's

00:45maybe the universal appeal of it.

00:48What was your last day on set like and saying goodbye to this character after so many years?

00:53The last day on set was an IOU that we had in the fields with the, the fake fields that

01:01we had.

01:02We were at Pinewood.

01:03We, you know, after the strikes we had a lot of problem solving things we had to fix.

01:08But we had a lot of people there.

01:10We had a lot of cast there and we had two directors there because they were both working.

01:13So it was a very, we had enough people there to make it really, really emotional.

01:19And what was the second part of that?

01:20Just, yeah, what was it like saying goodbye to Cassian Andor and this series?

01:24Really?

01:25I mean, this is six years of my life.

01:26You know, I've had a long, I've had a nice slow exit ramp as a, you know, the show runner,

01:31you have a lot of endings.

01:32The actors walk off that day, but I've been able to get used to this for quite a while.

01:35But tonight is a real punctuation point.

01:38And this whole, the whole junket that we're on, it's really, it's, I mean, I don't think,

01:44I don't think it's a stretch at all to say this is the most important thing I'll ever have

01:47a chance to work on and it's a major chunk of my life.

01:50And we made eight movies in five years.

01:54That's what we did, really.

01:56That's how we think of it.

01:58So...

01:59That's a lot.

02:00But could we see you do more in the Star Wars universe?

02:02Would you want to?

02:03I've been on and off for 10 years now in these last five years.

02:07I think I've, I think I've contributed enough for the time being.

02:10I think I'd like to do something else for a while and never say never.

02:13But right now, I'd like to, I'd like to go back and direct a movie, man.

02:17Yeah.

02:18And finally, there are rumors that Kathleen Kennedy could be headed towards retirement

02:22this year.

02:23Who do you think would be a good person to replace her as the leader of Lucasfilm?

02:26Those things.

02:27I mean, that was misreported before.

02:28I don't know really what the truth is and I have no, I have no, no interest in answering

02:33that question.

02:34I was going to ask you if you might ever want to lead Lucasfilm, but it seems like maybe

02:37you want to do other stuff.

02:38That's a good job for me.

02:39No.

02:40I never wanted to set up a company.

02:41I like to work on one thing at a time that I concentrate on.

02:45I don't like to have a lot of distractions.

02:47I would not be a good candidate for that job.

02:50Thank you so much.

02:51Congratulations.

03:12Bye.

03:17Bye.

03:23Bye.

03:25Bye.

03:26Bye.

03:27Bye.

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