Star Wars Horror Project in the Works at Disney, Says Andor Showrunner

Disney has a concealed Star Wars fearfulness task successful the works, according to Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy.

The caput down the latest captious deed from a postulation far, acold distant commented connected Lucasfilm’s behind-the-scenes activities during a caller speech with Business Insider. When asked however helium mightiness tackle a much sinister Star Wars project, helium teased that the thought is 1 that Disney is already moving on.

“They're doing that. I deliberation they're doing that,” Gilroy said of the Star Wars fearfulness project. “I deliberation that's successful the works, yeah.”

If accurate, it would mean fans could yet spot Star Wars research the Dark Side successful a mode that’s ne'er been seen connected the surface before, though what precisely the task is remains shrouded successful mystery. It could materialize arsenic a TV series, movie, oregon adjacent thing other entirely, and there’s nary connection connected who precisely is starring the complaint creatively. It could beryllium years earlier we perceive much astir what Lucasfilm is cooking up erstwhile it comes to a fearfulness Star Wars project, but Gilroy’s comments astatine slightest suggest idiosyncratic astatine Disney is listening.

"The close creator, and the close moment, and the close vibe … you tin bash anything,” Gilroy added, referencing his clip with Andor. “So, my anticipation is that the amusement connects, and past we tin walk on the favour that we were fixed from 'Mandalorian,' and we tin walk on a bully steadfast backwind to idiosyncratic other who wants to bash thing other cool."

A no-holds-barred Star Wars fearfulness movie has been the pie-in-the-sky imagination for thousands of fans – and adjacent Mark Hamill – for years. While the immense beingness has spent decades exploring the Skywalkers and the many, galore broadside characters that situation them, determination is inactive plentifulness of country to spot what immoderate of its darker corners are hiding. It’s existent that immoderate spinoffs person looked astatine Star Wars done a scarier lens, but erstwhile it comes to big-budget productions, astir projects thin to instrumentality to stories that entreaty to audiences of each ages.

Andor is 1 offshoot that has made a sanction for itself not lone arsenic 1 of the much mature Star Wars stories but 1 of the amended ones, too. It made a splash with Season 1 successful 2022 and remains a beloved portion of that beingness contiguous (we gave it a 9/10 successful our review).

Gilroy and the remainder of the squad down the amusement volition bring an extremity to the hold for much erstwhile Andor Season 2 premieres its archetypal 3 episodes April 22. For more, you tin work up connected however the occurrence of Season 1 helped pave the mode for Season 2. While we hold for those archetypal episodes to driblet aboriginal this month, you tin cheque retired our breakdown of immoderate of the Star Wars projects coming successful 2025.

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