In a recent interview following the Andor Season 2 finale, creator Tony Gilroy talks about some of those finale reveals. Given Gilroy is discussing this post-watch there are a number of SPOILERS here for Andor Season 2. Therefore, If you have not watched the full Season yet, I suggest skipping this interview for now. Come back later though…
Andor Finale SPOILERS Below
Speaking with THR, Gilroy was quizzed about that finale and some of the character’s fates.
First off, the fact that Bix has given birth to Cassian’s child.
“It does three things for me. I think it makes his sacrifice that much more bitter. And I think that for anybody who had any lingering doubts about Bix leaving in episode nine, it explains it for anybody who was hesitant about buying into that scene. And finally, ultimately, I was desperate to end on a hopeful note. ‘Rebellions are built on hope’ isn’t just a t-shirt; it’s a legit flame that a lot of people need to see. So hopefully I was ending on something that was upbeat, as it was important for me to do that.”
On Dedra ending up in an Imperial prison like the one we saw on Narkina 5 in Season 1.
“Well, we knew she’s going down. I mean, the whole ISB is coming to an end. If you think about it, if that was the CIA or any intelligence bureau, with those kind of breaches and that kind of disaster happening simultaneously, it would be a cleaning of house. So she’s definitely going to go down. And then to have her on Narkina 3 or Narkina 9 or wherever she’s on…I mean, that was just too juicy to ignore.”
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Why no return for Kino Loy?
“Andy dropped the mic, man. What am I going to do that’s going to be better than what we did? All it does is minimize that moment [where Loy reveals ‘I can’t swim’ after breaking out of the island prison]. I knew a lot of people were talking about whether we had a way of [bringing him back]. But I didn’t want to have that sort of coincidental environment.”
“[Kino Loy] is like [Cassian’s] sister [who he was trying to find in the series premiere]. People wanted to know if we’re going to resolve the sister. And the sister, in the beginning, is so much more interesting to me as a deficit. She’s much more valuable to me for Cassian as an absence. As he says in the end, ‘Maybe I should stop saving people.’ His need to return and save people and to be a savior and the compulsion to do that comes from this hole in his life, and I didn’t really didn’t want to fill that in.”
There’s a little more in the source article if you check it out, including what Gilroy imagines Mon’s daughter’s life ended up like.
What do you think as Tony Gilroy talks some of the Andor season finale reveals? Thoughts below as always.
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