Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is one of the best installments from the modern era of the Star Wars franchise, and Lucasfilm doubled down on it in the best way with the creation of the Disney+ series Andor. Created by Tony Gilroy, the show is set before the events of Rogue One and centers on Diego Luna's Cassian Andor, and it earned widespread acclaim when it started streaming last fall. One person who has not yet seen it, however, is Rogue One director Gareth Edwards – though to his credit, he’s been rather busy in the last few months.
Edwards explained as much last week when I had the opportunity to interview him at San Diego Comic-Con. Our conversation was primarily about his work on his new movie The Creator – which I learned was heavily inspired by the Japanese film series Lone Wolf And Cub – but I asked him for this thoughts on Andor at the very end. The filmmaker explained that he hasn’t been able to watch the Disney+ series yet because all of his focus has been on his upcoming film. Emphasizing that he has not had the chance to watch anything, let alone the 12-part Star Wars show, Edwards said,
