1 00:00:01,209 --> 00:00:03,211 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,509 TONY GILROY: Andor is a prequel to Rogue One. 3 00:00:09,592 --> 00:00:13,221 It rewinds back five years to follow Cassian Andor. 4 00:00:13,304 --> 00:00:16,141 We also knew we had an origin story for him as a child. 5 00:00:16,224 --> 00:00:18,727 And so, we found it a really compelling a story. 6 00:00:19,894 --> 00:00:21,229 CASSIAN: To steal from the Empire? 7 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:23,732 You just walk in like you belong. 8 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:26,568 They can't imagine that someone like me 9 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:28,653 would ever get inside their house. 10 00:00:28,778 --> 00:00:32,532 LUNA: Andor is about how a revolutionary is born. 11 00:00:32,615 --> 00:00:33,783 And the beauty of this show 12 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:36,369 is that it commits to a perspective and a point of view. 13 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:39,831 You can tell that there is that integrity behind this character. 14 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:43,126 I've been in this fight since I was six years old. 15 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:47,589 You have this guy in Rogue who's a very complicated warrior, 16 00:00:47,672 --> 00:00:49,174 fighter, leader, pilot. 17 00:00:49,257 --> 00:00:54,471 And then that guy is gonna be so committed and so passionate to the cause. 18 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:56,556 I wanna see how and what did it take to get there, 19 00:00:56,639 --> 00:00:57,807 and how far away could he be? 20 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:00,018 LUNA: The idea of a migrant, 21 00:01:00,101 --> 00:01:03,063 someone that is forced to be far away from where he belongs. 22 00:01:03,146 --> 00:01:08,068 And it takes him many years in his life to find that there is something for me 23 00:01:08,151 --> 00:01:10,695 to defend, to fight for, even if it's an idea. 24 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:11,988 (GRUNTS) 25 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,615 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 26 00:01:14,491 --> 00:01:16,743 We're curating a five-year period of history. 27 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:21,164 In that five years, the Empire is consolidating power 28 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:24,000 and they're taking over, closing down these corporate planets 29 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,502 and pillaging other planets. 30 00:01:25,585 --> 00:01:28,797 And at the same time, the Rebellion is just popping up everywhere. 31 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:35,386 (EXPLOSION) 32 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:40,141 MAARVA: People are standing up. 33 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:43,228 In this show, we deal with everything through the characters, 34 00:01:43,311 --> 00:01:46,815 on the ground, real behavior, real needs, real anxieties, 35 00:01:46,898 --> 00:01:51,069 real decisions, real moments of challenge for people. 36 00:01:51,152 --> 00:01:54,239 We wanna be as absolutely real as we can in this massive, 37 00:01:54,322 --> 00:01:55,949 dynamic, adventure story. 38 00:01:56,908 --> 00:01:58,368 LUNA: The characters matter. 39 00:01:58,451 --> 00:02:01,454 You're not just there to be in a fantastic scenery. 40 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:04,040 The characters are there because they have something to say. 41 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:06,417 They have a position, an ambition, and a goal. 42 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:10,130 GILROY: We really had to do some locations 43 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,382 and finding places that really had great bones. 44 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:15,301 Look at the scale of the bones and what can we do with this? 45 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:17,387 We want to take the best of what we get. 46 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,806 In Star Wars, you get an incredible aesthetic 47 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:21,891 and you get an incredible tactile feel 48 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:24,394 of all the things they've built over the years. 49 00:02:24,477 --> 00:02:27,438 And the tradition of the quality of all that is fantastic. 50 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:31,818 And you're like, "Okay, let's take all that and expand it out a lot more." 51 00:02:31,901 --> 00:02:33,695 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 52 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,574 LUNA: The music was there. 53 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:39,868 I was performing and I was hearing the music 54 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:41,411 that you will hear when you watch it. 55 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,413 And it's very emotional. 56 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:46,958 Nick Britell is composing a lot of music for our show. 57 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:48,960 The music is incredible. 58 00:02:49,043 --> 00:02:51,212 It also just really set the tone of the show. 59 00:02:51,296 --> 00:02:52,297 (WHOOSHING) 60 00:02:52,380 --> 00:02:55,300 There's an expectation for a certain amount of action 61 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:57,093 and adventure in the show. 62 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,263 You can't do a small version of this. 63 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,473 The scale is really huge. 64 00:03:02,557 --> 00:03:04,976 It's all in, right there, from the top. 65 00:03:05,059 --> 00:03:06,352 So, it's pretty fantastic. 66 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:09,022 It's beautiful, and it's very well-written. 67 00:03:09,105 --> 00:03:11,316 It's a perfect story of a revolution. 68 00:03:17,655 --> 00:03:18,990 LUTHEN: Where'd you get it? 69 00:03:19,073 --> 00:03:20,783 CASSIAN: What difference does that make? 70 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:22,368 I see three choices. 71 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:24,537 Either you're an Imperial spy, 72 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:27,123 you're fronting for the person I really want to speak to, 73 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:28,583 or you're the thing itself. 74 00:03:28,666 --> 00:03:29,959 I see one choice. 75 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:31,961 Either you got my money or you don't. 76 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:36,382 (CLINKS) 77 00:03:36,966 --> 00:03:37,967 LUTHEN: So which is it? 78 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:41,221 I know Bix has her game. 79 00:03:41,304 --> 00:03:44,432 I know you bribe quartermasters to leave valuables on the ships 80 00:03:44,515 --> 00:03:46,851 before they come in for scrap. But this isn't that. 81 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:49,520 This isn't something they'd let pass. 82 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:51,397 No. 83 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:53,942 I went in and got this myself. 84 00:03:54,025 --> 00:03:55,443 How? How's that possible? 85 00:03:55,526 --> 00:03:58,947 It was... It was sealed on the Imperial Naval Base in Steergard. 86 00:03:59,030 --> 00:04:00,990 Look, you got the money. I got the box. 87 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:02,450 What else is there to talk about? 88 00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:05,286 I'll give you another thousand credits to tell me how you got it. 89 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:07,288 (CHUCKLES) Another thousand? 90 00:04:07,705 --> 00:04:08,706 LUTHEN: Done. 91 00:04:09,707 --> 00:04:10,708 How? 92 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:13,670 (SIGHS) 93 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:18,132 You just walk in like you belong. 94 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:22,595 -Takes more than that, doesn't it? -CASSIAN: What? To steal from the Empire? 95 00:04:23,179 --> 00:04:24,180 What do you need? 96 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:27,392 A uniform, some dirty hands and an Imperial tool kit. 97 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,020 (SCOFFS) They're so proud of themselves, they don't even care. 98 00:04:32,146 --> 00:04:35,984 They're so fat and satisfied, they can't imagine it. 99 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:37,527 Can't imagine what? 100 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:41,155 CASSIAN: That someone like me would ever get inside their house, 101 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:42,740 walk their floors, 102 00:04:42,824 --> 00:04:44,826 spit in their food, take their gear. 103 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:48,204 The arrogance is remarkable, isn't it? 104 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,790 They don't even think about us. 105 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:53,626 Us? I don't know you. 106 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:55,878 LUTHEN: Fair enough. But I know you. 107 00:04:57,505 --> 00:04:59,716 These days will end, Cassian Andor. 108 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,511 The way they laugh. The way they push through a crowd. 109 00:05:05,346 --> 00:05:09,142 The sound of that voice telling you to stop, to go, to move. 110 00:05:10,184 --> 00:05:11,561 Telling you to die. 111 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:14,022 Rings in the ear, doesn't it? 112 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,107 Why don't you let me count that money? 113 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:18,818 But they'll think about us soon enough. 114 00:05:18,901 --> 00:05:20,153 We should get moving. 115 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:23,823 Soon enough, they'll have something else to listen to. 116 00:05:23,906 --> 00:05:25,742 You don't want to get caught with it. 117 00:05:27,910 --> 00:05:29,746 Well, they'd hang me, wouldn't they? 118 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:32,665 Take me up Rix Road and hang me in the square. 119 00:05:33,416 --> 00:05:35,043 Wouldn't be the first time, would it? 120 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,338 Isn't that where they hung your father? 121 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:40,673 -Who are you? -(BLASTER COCKING) 122 00:05:41,883 --> 00:05:42,884 What is this? 123 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:46,971 LUTHEN: I said I know you. 124 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:48,765 I know all about you. 125 00:05:49,265 --> 00:05:50,266 Yes, I want the box, 126 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:52,393 and I'll leave with that if it's all I can get. 127 00:05:53,102 --> 00:05:55,813 I came looking for something more, and I think I've found it. 128 00:05:58,399 --> 00:05:59,859 I'd like you to come with me. 129 00:06:00,568 --> 00:06:02,028 How do you know about me? 130 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:05,156 I was hoping for a more relaxed conversation, 131 00:06:05,239 --> 00:06:07,116 but you're right, we don't have time. 132 00:06:07,575 --> 00:06:11,079 Contrary to what you told me, I doubt that you'll be stickin' around. 133 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:13,122 I know you killed two Corpos at Morlana-One, 134 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,208 and I know they're coming for you. 135 00:06:15,291 --> 00:06:17,251 Seems like such a waste to let them have you. 136 00:06:18,294 --> 00:06:19,629 Waste of talent. 137 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,881 (WHISPERING) Who are you? 138 00:06:21,964 --> 00:06:23,591 That's the wrong question. 139 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:27,637 The right question is how much time do we have to get out of here. 140 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,223 Why would I go anywhere with you? 141 00:06:30,973 --> 00:06:33,434 Don't you want to fight these bastards for real? 142 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,108 LUTHEN: No! 143 00:06:41,442 --> 00:06:42,568 SOLDIER: There he is! 144 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,404 (BLASTERS FIRING) 145 00:06:48,032 --> 00:06:49,033 (PANTING) 146 00:06:50,368 --> 00:06:51,369 (BLASTERS FIRING) 147 00:06:55,623 --> 00:06:56,749 LUTHEN: Get down! 148 00:07:00,336 --> 00:07:02,672 -CASSIAN: I'm going. Cover me! -LUTHEN: Forget the box! 149 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:04,257 (BLASTERS FIRING) 150 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:06,551 (GRUNTS) 151 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:11,139 (METAL RATTLING) 152 00:07:11,722 --> 00:07:13,850 (SCREAMING) 153 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:15,768 SOLDIER: We're taking heavy fire. 154 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:16,853 I told you to wait! 155 00:07:17,311 --> 00:07:18,688 SOLDIER: We've got two men down. 156 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:20,648 East Team, repeat last. 157 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:22,900 East Team, repeat last. 158 00:07:23,734 --> 00:07:24,735 (BLASTERS FIRING) 159 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:35,788 (GRUNTS) 160 00:07:38,666 --> 00:07:39,667 (GROANS) 161 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:40,793 Come on! 162 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:42,545 (METAL CREAKING) 163 00:07:43,087 --> 00:07:44,088 (THUDDING) 164 00:07:44,672 --> 00:07:45,673 (CLATTERING) 165 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:48,593 (BLASTERS FIRING) 166 00:07:49,093 --> 00:07:50,136 (CASSIAN GRUNTING) 167 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:51,804 (BLASTERS FIRING) 168 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,309 (PANTING) 169 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:00,062 CASSIAN: Look out! 170 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:01,147 (CHAIN RATTLING) 171 00:08:04,525 --> 00:08:05,526 (GROANS) 172 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:09,739 (CHAINS RATTLING) 173 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:12,158 (CLATTERING) 174 00:08:18,748 --> 00:08:19,749 Now! Come! 175 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,834 (DRAMATIC MUSIC CRESCENDOS) 176 00:08:28,591 --> 00:08:31,260 (THE FORCE THEME PLAYING) 177 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:34,055 CASSIAN: We've all done terrible things on behalf of the Rebellion. 178 00:08:35,765 --> 00:08:36,807 Spies... 179 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:39,477 Saboteurs... 180 00:08:40,895 --> 00:08:42,063 Assassins... 181 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:46,442 LUTHEN: Cassian Andor. 182 00:08:48,110 --> 00:08:49,362 I'd like you to come with me. 183 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:52,740 Don't you want to fight these bastards for real? 184 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:56,869 VEL: We've chosen a side. 185 00:08:57,411 --> 00:08:59,080 We're fighting against the dark. 186 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:03,709 MON: People will suffer. 187 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,754 You realize what you've set in motion? 188 00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:09,966 Let's call it, war. 189 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,136 People are standing up. 190 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:18,266 CASSIAN: Everything I did... 191 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:21,310 (EXPLOSION) 192 00:09:23,479 --> 00:09:24,939 I did for the Rebellion.