“Still, there’s more at play than narrative symmetry. Each episode reportedly costs around $20 million to produce, making Andor one of the most expensive shows in Star Wars history. “
Yeah from what I heard it was both Tony and Diego’s decision as after the amount of work that went into season 1 they didn’t think they could do 5 seasons
Regardless of how expensive the show was, that money was well-spent as it’s reinvigorated the flagging fan interest in the entire franchise. People would be excited to see more political thriller/spy procedural stuff set in the Galaxy Far Far Away now. I was already fascinated by the Doctor Pershing stuff in The Mandalorian; if they started building on that angle and did a “Kleya as an aging George Smiley-type working with Chancellor Mothma, General Syndulla and Senator Organa in trying to counter the rise of the First Order during the Galactic Cold War era” I would be front row centre for that and I suspect I wouldn’t be the only one. Andor has made the politics of Star Wars exciting again, and I wanna see more Senate oversight committees with Leia going up against Senator Xiono et al. Though unfortunately a recast would be necessary…
We could’ve had 3 to 5 seasons of number one overall ranking, but Disney is too cheap to spend the $$.
That was Disney’s intention but Tony Gilory convinced them to just do two
https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/star-wars/cassian-andor/star-wars-andor-showrunner-tony-gilroy-says-decision-to-scrap-5-season-plan-was-born-out-of-desperation-a218453/
That’s what was said in public. But the bigger picture is that it was an expensive show to produce.
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/disney-announces-cancellation-of-one-popular-star-wars-show
“Still, there’s more at play than narrative symmetry. Each episode reportedly costs around $20 million to produce, making Andor one of the most expensive shows in Star Wars history. “
Didn’t Diego Luna also not want to do more than 5 seasons? I think many things factored into the 2 seasons.
Yeah from what I heard it was both Tony and Diego’s decision as after the amount of work that went into season 1 they didn’t think they could do 5 seasons
It was the smart choice. It would have been cancelled after the 2nd season anyway.
Regardless of how expensive the show was, that money was well-spent as it’s reinvigorated the flagging fan interest in the entire franchise. People would be excited to see more political thriller/spy procedural stuff set in the Galaxy Far Far Away now. I was already fascinated by the Doctor Pershing stuff in The Mandalorian; if they started building on that angle and did a “Kleya as an aging George Smiley-type working with Chancellor Mothma, General Syndulla and Senator Organa in trying to counter the rise of the First Order during the Galactic Cold War era” I would be front row centre for that and I suspect I wouldn’t be the only one. Andor has made the politics of Star Wars exciting again, and I wanna see more Senate oversight committees with Leia going up against Senator Xiono et al. Though unfortunately a recast would be necessary…