Andor Showrunner Says The Series Could Challenge Fans' Understanding Of Star Wars Canon

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If there's one thing that it seems like people can expect from a Star Wars story these days, it's a strict adherence to canon and tradition. Previous attempts to inject a little more creativity into the franchise tend to have been met with less than favorable reactions from a small but deafening subset of the fandom, after all. But it looks as though Lucasfilm may be ready to take that step beyond the norm once again with one of its upcoming series.

Andor, the highly-anticipated prequel series based on Diego Luna's Cassian Andor from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has been enjoying a bit of a news dump lately along with the other Star Wars series set to premiere in the next couple of years. But a new interview with showrunner Tony Gilroy seems to shed some light on not only how the show begins in terms of Andor's story, but also how it interacts with the canon. Granted, much of that new info is shrouded in mystery, but it looks as though there will be some surprises that might attempt to coax some fans out of their comfort zones.

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According to Gilroy, fans might want to temper how much they think they understand Star Wars canon because Andor is probably going to challenge a lot of those preconceptions. «There are certain events that happen in these five years [during which Andor is set] that are important and need to be paid attention to. There are certain people, characters that are legacy characters, that the audience, the passionate audience, really feels that they have an understanding of and know,» Gilroy explained in an interview with Vanity Fair. «In some cases, they're right. And in some cases, what we're saying is, 'What you know, what you've been told, what's on Wookieepedia,