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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

"Streaming is dead": Disney's waning appetite for big-budget productions dogged 'Andor' creator

Tony Gilroy is seen at "Andor A Star Wars Story" at Celebration Stage during Star Wars Celebration Japan Day 2 on April 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Credit: Christopher Jue—Getty Images for Disney)
  • Andor creator Tony Gilroy reveals he had to fight tooth and nail with company execs to bring his second season of the critically acclaimed Star Wars series to life, as Disney told him “we don’t have the money we had before.” All told, the two seasons and 24 episodes of Andor, the best received Star Wars series on Disney+, cost $650 million to produce.

After a golden era of top-notch content for the small screen, is streaming now dead? 

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