“Andor” Creator in the conversion “Star Wars” character with Benjamin Bratt

Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’reilly) and her husband Perrin (Alastair Mackenzie) were on the way to a party in Episode 6 on the way AndorThe second season when they saw a familiar face on the way outside. But this familiar face for her was not so familiar with it star Wars Fans. At least not in the context of star Wars. This is because a large franchise character has been redesigned for the new series.

Senator Bail Organa was first referred to for the first time star Wars Film when A new hope came out in 1977. Senator Organa was blown by the Deathstar in Smithereens together with the rest of Alderaan when Grand Moff Tarkin made the organ’s adoptive daughter, while her real father Darth Vader was ready. We finally met in the Prequel film deposit on the screen Attack of the cloneveteran La Law And Nypd Blue Actor Jimmy Smits who live in the role. Smits continued to play organ in the Revenge of the Sith And Rogue one Films also in 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi Streaming series and Star Wars: the troops unleashed Video game.

However, when a deposit appeared for this order Andor Scene that talk to Mon and Perrin. The new recording was certainly surprising, especially when you consider that smits played the role in the film on which the Prequel series Andor Is based Rogue one. Why weren’t even the advantage of the experienced senator? According to Creator Tony Gilroy, it was simply a question of logistics.

“We couldn’t work it out,” says Gilroy Entertainment weekly. “The planning did not work. We really tried, but he was not available and couldn’t do it.”

This is one of the problems that can occur if you try to use previously established signs in sequels, prequels and spinoffs. “Bring back Legacy characters is really complicated,” notes Gilroy. “It is very expensive. It is very much who works, when. It made a lot of effort, but we just couldn’t work it out.”

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As soon as they could not land any processes, team Andor Had to go to Plan B – a plan that Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy slipped. “Kathy had the idea for Benjamin,” reveals Gilroy. “It was just a brilliant idea. He is a wonderful person and really eager and loved on the set and really happy about what he is doing.”

The Andor The Creator knew that a lot of attention would be paid to the new recording, so he slipped the idea of ​​bringing this introduction to a short starter before using the main course later. “I put it in Episode 6 in an arbitrary way so that people will clear the conversation until the next week when he really starts working.”

Gilroy continues: “It is one of these situations in which I want to do something simple. We don’t do many things that are unnecessary, but it is like:” Let us bring him here so that people can discuss it for a week and then get it out of their system and then he can really work again. “I didn’t want the man’s work to be confused with his introduction.”

And now that the introduction has been carried out, we can see what the new bacon Organa has on its Spiffy senatorial sleeves.