The director of ‘Andor’ reveals why the spin-off starring Diego Luna was successful on Disney+

In 2019 “The Mandalorian” was the series that started paving the way for Star Wars on Disney+, because the success of this production led to more spin-off titles produced by Lucasfilm for this streaming service, one of which is “Andor’, a title played by Diego Luna that has achieved a truly unique result, which is now being explained by its director.

Through an interview conducted by Collider, Benjamin Caroni, one of the directors of ‘Andor’, coincided with the opinion of the public and the specialized critics as to why this production starring Diego Luna has achieved success in a very unique way on the Disney+ streaming service, being a title that does not follow the style of Star Wars.

In ‘Andor’ mouse platform subscribers can see the history of the character that Diego Luna played in the film ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, as it focuses on the young Cassian Andor, showing the events that led to this character becoming the captain of the rebel forces shown in the 2016 film.

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In the aforementioned interview, the director reveals that the success of this production is due to the fact that stay away from star warswhich shows a storyline that does not try to impress the audience with laser beams, lightsabers and the use of force, but is actually a spy story that presents the sacrifices of a people when they engage in a revolutionary struggle against an invading force and oppressive.

Critics have noted that ‘Andor’ It has a storyline that could work outside of Star Wars as well.and the director of this series indicates that even at one point during the recording he forgot that he was shooting within this franchise, due to the story style he presents, which was essential to the success of this title on the service of streaming from Disney+.

‘Andor’ and its Season 2 on Disney+

The best thing is that this Star Wars series starring Diego Luna was confirmed to have a second season in Disney+a production that is already recording its new episodes, however, does not yet have an official release date for the launch of its new installment on this platform.

After the confirmation of the second season of ‘Andor’, various rumors about its release date have started to emerge, and most of them indicate that the new chapters of this Star Wars production will arrive on the mouse streaming service by the end of 2023, so we should still wait several more months for enjoy the continuation of this story.