The episode of horror film K-2SO ‘Andor’ reveals the horror film K-2SO ‘

We finally obtained our story of Cassian and K-2SO origin AndorThe second season as hero of the rebellion and reprogrammed Imperial Droid had his long -awaited meeting during the Ghorman massacre.

K-2O (expressed by Alan Tudyk) was sent by the Empire to help master and … Well, murdering demonstrators on the city square. Going violently through the crowd, the safety right of the KX series was a few moments to kill Cassian (Diego Luna) before being pinned against a wall by a transport driven by revolutionary Ghorman previously unhappy Samm (Abraham Wapler).

Cassian then brought the dissected droid with him to Yavin, where he was reprogrammed and started, saying to an armed and hello: “Hello. If I offended you, I apologize. Otherwise, I would appreciate that you point this elsewhere.”

However, Andor Creator Tony Gilroy revealed Weekly entertainment that there was originally a very different K-2SO introduction plan. In fact, it was an entire episode with a tonally unique atmosphere from the rest of the series.

“Dan Gilroy wrote an incredible and entirely autonomous episode which was episode 209”, reveals Gilroy, referring to his brother and Andor writer. “It was an incredible episode that looked like a horror film.”

So, what exactly happened in this episode of abandoned K-2SO horror film which was initially to be episode 9 of season 2? “It was K2’s story,” says Gilroy. “They had to bring this huge ugly vessel to Yavin, and there was a KX unit which was trapped inside the hunt. It was a bit like a monster film with K2 on it. It was really cool.”

As for why the entire episode never reached the shooting scene, this was summed up with a question of economy. “We couldn’t allow ourselves to do it,” sighs Gilroy. “It was specified that it was out of reach, so we had to abandon this and consolidate things.” This consolidation also meant to rise LunchaThe great speech of the Senate, which was originally planned for episode 10.

Reduction of staff was not the first time it happened to the Gilroy brothers. “It’s like what we did with Aldhani,” recalls Gilroy. “Danny was burned twice. Danny wrote the pre-cook aldhani episode where there were 2,000 people in Aldhani. It was like Glastonbury, this huge festival. And then when we got there (after Covid), they said, “Well, you would be happy if you get 150 people there. We said to ourselves: “Oh my God, we have to change the whole story!” Everything had to change.

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The disappearance of the autonomous episode K -2SO, however, is not from logistical, but financial concerns, and highlights the landscape changing in streaming – Disney + and others throwing tons of money in streaming wars to a much more measured approach (see: cost) by studios. “All the dynamics and the economy of everything have changed between season 1 and season 2,” notes Gilroy. “Season 1 was: ‘Oh my God, Pearl Harbor has just been bombed! Build the aircraft carriers as quickly as possible! We do not care about the size, the scale, the construction, go ahead Game of Thrones! Money is not an object. Do it! “”

Of course, these times have gone for a long time. “As we arrived in season 2, and Bob (Iger) returned, everything had changed and everyone was tight on the belt. It is difficult to ask for more money when they dismiss people from Disney, and we said to ourselves: “ Wow, guy. Well, we built half-avion.

In the end, the two parties found common ground: “We made as many concessions as possible, but it was always a huge bet on their part to continue and another huge request. So thank you, Disney, and thank you Lucasfilm. It was a lot of difficult conversations and a lot of anxiety, but really, in the end, they really fell our game. ”

In the end, the game they chose to show the screen was daring since the creative team kept Cassian and K-2SO separately for so long. “The first efforts they made to make a prequel program, the two efforts were really credible, but they were all condemned because they were all around K-2 and Cassian,” said Gilroy.

However, this has created problems. “K-2 is absolutely fun, fantastic, brilliant, of the pleasant crowd, and everything, but it is death for narration. You can’t take it anywhere! If you go back and look Snape One With a beautiful lens, you look at how many times we hide it. You can’t go, “I have to wait in the ship”, then wait. It is visible. It is incredibly attractive and at the same time really difficult for the narration. »»

Delay the k-2so Andor The introduction was difficult for some, including actor Alan Tudyk. “It was very controversial at the start,” concedes Gilroy. “I think that Alan was probably disappointed, and I think there were fans who were disappointed, but I said to myself:” guy, whatever we do, we have to wait as long as we can until we present it. “But then, as I said to Alan at the beginning, and finally everyone came on the idea:” Listen, we will wait, but it will be worth it, and when we will do it really one thing and it will make sense and it will feel good. ” »»

The arrival of K-2SO also coincided with the departure of Bix (Adria Arjona). “He had an additional advantage,” says Gilroy. “I did not know how much it was going to coincide with Bix leaving. I did not have it in my head. And the transfer when she leaves and her house becomes a sort of fraternity house – this happy house becomes a different place – he comes at the perfect time to join this. I felt that it was a kind of divine confirmation of what we had done all the time.”

And now, the long -awaited prequel introduction is finally in the hands of fans. “The bar was really high for what we were going to do. The public will decide if it is large enough and sufficiently satisfactory, but we tried to make as cool as possible.” In budgetary reasons, of course.