Streamed to Twin Suns and Galaxy Stages.

Executive Producers Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna and their team of creatives recount the making of the epic first season of Star Wars: Andor.

Panel Recap

The Making of Andor Season One looked back at the creation of the first season of Andor, with Tony Gilroy, Kathleen Kennedy, Diego Luna, John Gilroy, Luke Hull, Michael Wilkinson, and Nicholas Britell discussing the series with host Edith Bowman.

Kathleen Kennedy recalled asking Tony Gilroy to develop a series after their work together finishing Rogue One. The discussion framed Andor as a major creative risk for Lucasfilm and Disney, built around a long-format story about an ordinary person gradually pulled into rebellion.

Luke Hull discussed the design of Ferrix, explaining that the town was built from more than 30 interconnected physical composite sets. The panel emphasized Ferrix as a lived-in community rather than a standard dystopian science-fiction location, with Tony Gilroy describing it as a place whose gradual radicalization mirrors Cassian Andor’s own journey.

Nicholas Britell discussed the musical identity of the series and his long collaboration with Tony Gilroy. He noted that the funeral music for Episode 12 was written before filming so the performers could hear and respond to it on set. The panel also addressed the challenge of creating a new musical grammar for Star Wars that could avoid simply leaning on the established sound of John Williams while still feeling emotionally sincere.

The panel also examined the Narkina 5 prison arc. Tony Gilroy explained that the core concepts for the prison were developed during a short New York writing and design session, resulting in a clinical, sterile factory environment where prisoners are treated as disposable labor. The discussion highlighted the tragic irony that Cassian is forced to help build components connected to the Death Star, the weapon that will eventually kill him in Rogue One.

The panel reinforced Andor’s focus on ordinary people, political pressure, community, labor, and sacrifice, showing how the series built its rebellion story through production design, costume, editing, music, and grounded character work.