Tony Gilroy has ignored the canon for the history of origin of K-2So in Andor and is fine

It was interesting to see how Lucasfilm manages Star Wars canon. Everything, from comics and novels to shows and films, should intertwine in a gigantic galactic tapestry. But lately, that idea seems a little more … flexible.

The last example comes from Andorand creator Tony Gilroy Flat-out ignored the previously established origin of the K-2SO droid, so he did his things.

In 2017, Marvel published a comic with a blow entitled Rogue One: Cassian & K-2So Special #1Written by Duane Swierczynski and illustrated by Fernando Blanco. He gave fans a beautiful story of origin on how Cassian met and reprogrammed K-2SO. For years, that was the version of the story we had.

But Gilroy told his version of how Cassian and K-2 have so united, and does not correspond to the comic at all. In fact, in a recent episode of Happy Sad confused podcast, Gilroy was asked for change and he did not hold back.

“Canon, I usually try to face it, and I’m really understanding and there are. [But] I was annoyed to discover someone, in the meantime between Rogue and that, had written a history of origin for K-2SO. And it’s like ‘no, I’m not paying attention to this. We are not doing it. ‘”

And … it was that.

However, Gilroy is not exactly by throwing Canon out of the airline. It is still intertwined in many deep cuts and moments suitable for traditions, such as the garman massacre, the rise of Mon Mothma and Yavin-4, all the main canonical milestones. But when it was a comic he did not know (and he didn’t agree), he decided to trace his course and to the fans seemed to appreciate what he did, so I don’t think anyone complains.

It is a fascinating move because it speaks of the greatest change that occurs inside Star Wars narration. What was a carefully kept canon now seems more like a situation of “choose your adventure”.

We saw it before with Tales of the jedi Rewing parts of Ahsoka’s background and the theme of the Galaxy edge did not have exactly a continuous continuity with the films.

It’s fun when every piece of Star Wars The media go together as a perfectly designed Lego set. But it is even more fun when creators like Gilroy are authorized to tell the best possible story, even if this means spending a comic that only a fraction of the public has read.

So if you are a fan of the original comic … good news, it still exists. But in the future, it is the version of Gilroy that he will define how most people understand that iconic Droid duo.

What do you think: should the fee be absolute or is it ok for creators to bend the rules if the story is needed?