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Gizmodo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Disney Went to the Emmys and Said for Your Consideration: ‘Andor,' All of It
With Andor's second and final season now complete, Disney is hoping to turn the show's critical raves and thoughtful discourse into award-season triumphs. It's submitting the show for consideration in 23 categories at this year's Emmys. Among the honors Andor hopes to compete for: Outstanding Drama Series, which it was nominated for back in 2023 but ended up losing to Succession. The 2025 race is again a strong one, with Severance the likely frontrunner. But even if Andor doesn't claim the top prize, it still has excellent chances to not only be nominated in, but win several other categories. According to Variety, these are the categories in which Disney is submitting Andor for Emmy consideration: Outstanding Drama Series Directing for a Drama Series: Janus Metz for episode 208, 'Who Are You?' Writing for a Drama Series: Dan Gilroy for episode 209, 'Welcome to the Rebellion' Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Diego Luna (Cassian Andor) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Stellan Skarsgård (Luthen Rael); Kyle Soller (Syril Karn) Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma); Denise Gough (Dedra Meero); Adria Arjona (Bix Caleen); Faye Marsay (Vel Sartha); Elizabeth Dulau (Kleya Marki) Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Ben Mendelsohn (Orson Krennic); Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera); Benjamin Bratt (Bail Organa) Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Varada Sethu (Cinta Kaz) Character Voice-Over Performance: Alan Tudyk (K-2SO) The rest of the categories are: Casting for a Drama Series, Cinematography for a Series (One Hour), Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, Period of Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling, Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More), Music Composition for a Series (One Hour or More), Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Original Music and Lyrics ('We Are the Ghor'), Picture Editing for a Drama Series, Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (One Hour), Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie, Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming, and Stunt Performance. Star Wars series are no strangers to Emmy wins; The Mandalorian is currently the live-action show with the most trophies, having won 15 total across its three seasons in mostly technical categories. This year's Emmy nominations are announced July 15, and the ceremony will be held September 14 in Los Angeles. What are your predictions?
Geek Feed
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Andor Could have Gotten a Standalone Horror Episode about the Creation of K-2SO
The end of the last Andor arc had the creation of K-2SO which reveals he was an imperial droid that was reprogrammed by the Rebellion. While his introduction seemed simple enough, the series apparently had different plans for him originally. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Tony Gilroy reveals that Dan Gilroy had written a standalone episode that was supposed to be 'like a horror movie' that would have dealt with the rebels reprogramming K-2. Gilroy explained: 'It was the K2 story… They had to bring this huge ugly tanker ship to Yavin, and there was a KX unit that was trapped inside there hunting. It was sort of like a monster movie with K2 on it. It was really cool.' As for why the story was cut, it was revealed that they didn't have the budget for it. Originally it was planned for Episode 09, but since they couldn't do it, they just pushed forward with Mon Mothma's speech which was supposed to be Episode 10. If anything, having the creation of K-2 being the closing of the Ghorman arc does feel like it makes sense organically; but it also makes Mothma's speech more urgent and her escape more heart-pounding seeing that it takes place so close to the massacre. For now, fans are expecting one last time jump to build up to the events of Rogue One . We don't know if Cassian will ever see Bix again, but the fanbase is hoping that she eventually sees him one last time before he dies on Scarif. Catch the final arc of Andor when it comes to Disney+ on Tuesday next week.
Geek Tyrant
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
ANDOR's Scrapped K-2SO Story Was Straight-Up Sci-Fi Horror and It Would've Been Awesome — GeekTyrant
We all knew that Andor was going to bring back the fan-favorite droid character K-2SO, and it finally happened in the recently released wave of episodes. But his original reintroduction was way darker than what ended up on screen. In fact, it was almost full-on horror. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Andor creator Tony Gilroy opened up about a scrapped concept that would have brought K-2 back into Cassian's orbit in a much more terrifying fashion. Written by Tony's brother Dan Gilroy, the episode was meant to be a standalone thriller that sounded like it came straight out of a Star Wars-flavored haunted house. 'Dan Gilroy wrote an amazing, entirely self-contained episode that was episode 209. It was an amazing episode that was like a horror movie. 'It was the K2 story. They had to bring this huge ugly tanker ship to Yavin, and there was a KX unit that was trapped inside there hunting. It was sort of like a monster movie with K2 on it. 'It was really cool. We could not afford to do it. It was made clear that it was out of the range, so we had to abandon that and consolidate things.' That sounds like it would've been awesome! The concept would've had Rebel forces transporting a massive tanker ship to Yavin only to discover there's a rogue KX-series security droid (like K-2SO) onboard. Think Alien , but swap the Xenomorph out for an emotionless Imperial murder-bot. It's a great pitch, but the cost of bringing it to life meant the episode had to be reworked. Instead, Andor Season 2 takes a more restrained approach, though the horror fingerprints are still there. K-2SO makes his first appearance in Episode 8, 'Who Are You?', not as a friend but as a cold enforcer during the Ghorman massacre. A group of KX droids terrorizes peaceful protestors, brutally gunning them down in one of the darkest moments the franchise has ever shown. As K-2 closes in on Cassian and Wilmon, another protestor named Samm slams into the droid with a transport, killing it. Cassian recovers the damaged droid and brings it back to Yavin, where it will eventually become the sarcastic, loyal companion we know from Rogue One . K-2SO is fully brought back online at the end of Episode 9, 'Welcome to the Rebellion'. The final three episodes drop May 13, and fans are eager to see how the droid's story continues to play out. While Lucasfilm gave the Gilroys a wide creative lane, budget constraints still held him back, which is a shame. But Gilroy and his team clearly pivoted on a smaller in scale, and it worked. It just wasn't as cool at the original pitch. Do you wish we would've gotten the horror version of K-2's return?
