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Part of the mission of the final Andor episodes was to make sure no-one could misinterpret character relationships elsewhere in Star Wars canon, says showrunner
"Before anyone else defines it, I’m going to define it," Tony Gilroy said about revelations and decisions baked into the final episodes of the acclaimed Star Wars drama Andor
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The final episodes of Disney+’s Star Wars series Andor had a lot to do before the series wrapped up, in terms of getting its title character where he needed to be before the beginning of 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, closing out the other characters’ many storylines, and — for showrunner and series creator Tony Gilroy — making sure that no-one could insert backstory or meaning into canon that he didn’t intend to be there.
Gilroy spoke about that final part in an interview with Vulture, specifically in regards to the relationship between Luthen and Kleya (Stellan Skarsgård and Elizabeth Dulau). At one point, he talked about his “aversion to to exposition,” which he says has “never been more challenged or expressed” than working on Andor — after all, Star Wars is a franchise that likes to eventually explain everything. Rogue One itself, which is where Andor originated, comes from an explanation and expansion of one line of exposition in the opening crawl of the original Star Wars movie.
“Have you ever seen the director’s cut of The Wild Bunch? It sucks,” Gilroy said. “William Holden and Robert Ryan used to run together, and now they’re chasing each other. In the director’s cut, Sam Peckinpah shot a scene that flashes back and tells their story, and it’s freaking terrible. You should never pin that butterfly down. But, I was defensively nervous of what people’s takeaway of the Kleya-Luthen relationship might be.”
“I don’t mind if I don’t know where Krennic comes from,” Gilroy admitted, “But there are some elements of the Kleya and Luthen relationship that I didn’t want to leave lingering. They never touch. I don’t ever want to see them come from the same bedroom. I don’t ever want to suggest that there’s anything like that. I don’t ever want to say that she’s his daughter. Maybe I’m worried. Before anyone else defines it, I’m going to define it.”
Andor is streaming in its entirety on Disney+. As much as it may be an unrealistic hope, it should be enough to allow fans to never want to see Luthen and Kleya ever again.
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