“I wrote a memo on it and said, ‘Here’s why I think it’s economically prudent, and here’s why I think it’s good.’” Gilroy urged Disney to allow him to throw in the curse word, so much so that he “wrote a legal brief for it,” Gilroy explained to Variety on April 13. “So we changed it to ‘fight the empire.’ I remember having a call with Tony Gilroy saying, ‘Are we gonna get away with this?’” “But Disney wouldn’t let us use it,” Caron told Variety. So for her funeral, which becomes a gathering for most of the people of Ferrix, Maarva pre-records a holographic message that was going to be the first time someone dropped an “f-bomb” in “Star Wars” history.Īt the end of Maarva’s message to the people of Ferrix, she exclaims, “Fight the empire!” But director Benjamin Caron reveals that the “Andor” team - including executive producer and showrunner Tony Gilroy - wanted her to say “fuck the empire!” Earlier in the season, Cassian finds himself - and his home planet of Ferrix - in the crosshairs of the Empire, and the oppression that follows for the people of Ferrix radicalizes Maarva against the empire. The episode revolves around the funeral of Maarva Andor (Fiona Shaw), the adoptive mother of the show’s central character, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). The Season 1 finale of “Andor” - the prequel series that presages the events of the 2016 film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” - proved to be a tough one for its team to ideate and execute.
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