{"id":1586155,"date":"2022-08-03T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1586155"},"modified":"2022-08-03T07:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:22:09","slug":"star-wars-actress-describes-new-series-andor-as-great-scurrilous-take-on-the-trumpian-world-says-showrunner-created-a-whole-new-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-wars-actress-describes-new-series-andor-as-great-scurrilous-take-on-the-trumpian-world-says-showrunner-created-a-whole-new-morality\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Actress Describes New Series &#8220;Andor&#8221; As \u201cGreat, Scurrilous Take On The Trumpian World,\u201d Says Showrunner Created \u201cA Whole New Morality\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstar-wars-actress-describes-new-series-andor-as-great-scurrilous-take-on-the-trumpian-world-says-showrunner-created-a-whole-new-morality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1586155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Andor<\/em> actress Fiona Shaw made it abundantly clear that the upcoming Star Wars series will be a political commentary on Donald Trump rather than a Star Wars adventure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Andor<\/em> is described by Lucasfilm as a series that \u201cexplores a new perspective from the <em>Star Wars<\/em> galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor\u2019s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It\u2019s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series is created by and showrun by Tony Gilroy, who wrote Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Michael Clayton, as well as the Bourne trilogy and The Bourne Legacy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.05.26-09.03-boundingintocomics-628feb0d9f19c-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-165270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mon Mothma (Genevieve O\u2019Reilly) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/01\/20\/another-star-wars-failure-alan-tudyk-not-playing-k-2so-in-first-season-of-andor-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another Star Wars Failure, Alan Tudyk Not Playing K-2SO In First Season Of Andor Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/tv\/news\/andor-star-wars-take-trumpian-world-fiona-shaw-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaw, who plays a character named Maarva, spoke with Empire<\/a> about the upcoming series telling them, \u201cTony [Gilroy] has written a great, scurrilous [take] on the Trumpian world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur world is exploding in different places right now, people\u2019s rights are disappearing, and\u00a0<em>Andor<\/em> reflects that. [In the show] the Empire is taking over, and it feels like the same thing is happening in reality, too,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-05.43-boundingintocomics-62e9624ee191d-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgard) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shaw later praised Gilroy for implementing real world politics into Star Wars, \u201cI was impressed by Tony\u2019s social-realist intentions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She then revealed that Gilroy has created a \u201cwhole new morality\u201d and put it into the show. She said, \u201cHe\u2019s created a whole new morality. It\u2019s very deep and humane \u2013 there is grief, mourning, hope, fear. It\u2019s not just primary colours here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174585\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-1340x559-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0b83721e-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mon Mothma (Genevieve O\u2019Reilly) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/01\/lucasfilm-releases-new-trailer-for-andor-creator-tony-gilroy-promises-show-will-change-star-wars-canon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucasfilm Releases New Trailer For \u2018Andor,\u2019 Creator Tony Gilroy Promises Show Will Change Star Wars Canon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As for Gilroy, he previously indicated the show would be contradicting previously established Star Wars canon.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/05\/andor-star-wars-series-diego-luna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Vanity Fair back in May<\/a>, \u201cThere are certain events that happen in these five years that are important and need to be paid attention to. There are certain people, characters that are legacy characters, that the audience, the\u00a0<em>passionate<\/em> audience, really feels that they have an understanding of and know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, they\u2019re right. And in some cases, what we\u2019re saying is, \u2018What you know, what you\u2019ve been\u00a0<em>told,<\/em>\u00a0what\u2019s on\u00a0Wookieepedia, what you\u2019ve been telling each other\u2026is really all wrong,\u201d he then relayed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174591\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-1340x560-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d1024ae82-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Officer #3 (Alex Austin) and Syril Karn (Kyle Soller) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gilroy then added, \u201cIt\u2019s upside down, or it\u2019s sideways, or it\u2019s the\u00a0<em>opposite<\/em>\u00a0of what you thought was true. Or it\u2019s way more interesting than you had ever thought. Or that\u2019s a\u00a0<em>lie<\/em>\u00a0and there\u2019s a reason for it. I would say that there\u2019s some surprises in store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then specifically referenced Mon Mothma and her role in the fourth episode of the show, \u201cI bet that when episode 104 plays, when Mon Mothma finishes the episode, that there\u2019ll be people tweeting about Mon Mothma.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174593\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-1340x559-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-768x320-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.11-boundingintocomics-62e7d11e3f34e-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/22\/star-wars-hits-grand-slam-of-woke-identity-politics-casts-black-lesbian-and-non-binary-intersectional-feminist-amandla-stenberg-as-the-acolyte-series-lead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars Hits Grand Slam Of Woke Identity Politics, Casts Black, Lesbian, And Non-Binary Intersectional Feminist Amandla Stenberg As The Acolyte Series Lead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gilroy would further detail that the show is aimed at passionate Star Wars fans explaining, \u201cThe really passionate\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0community\u2026all those people have a lot of people in their lives that are\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0hesitant, or\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0averse, or\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0reluctant. Their roommate, their husband, the guy at work, whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he also notes, \u201cI mean, I want my wife to be watching this show. She couldn\u2019t care less. She\u2019s not that interested in it. She\u00a0<em>hasn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0been interested in it for the last two years. But my goal is that she really is like, Oh, my God, I\u2019ve got to see the next episode. Without losing anybody, it\u2019s really about enhancing what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174588\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-1340x560-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-01.10-boundingintocomics-62e7d0d8b25f5-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor\u00a0Dedra Meero\u00a0(Denise Gough) in Lucasfilm\u2019s ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Andor<\/em> is expected to debut its first three episodes on Disney+ on August 31st. Along with Fiona Shaw the show stars Diego Luna, Genevieve O\u2019Reilly, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, and Kyle Soller.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Fiona Shaw\u2019s comments about <em>Andor<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/02\/lucasfilm-and-star-wars-racism-gambit-fails-obi-wan-kenobi-finale-viewership-worse-than-the-mandalorian-season-2-loki-and-wandavision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucasfilm And Star Wars\u2019 Racism Gambit Fails, Obi-Wan Kenobi Finale Viewership Worse Than The Mandalorian Season 2, Loki, And WandaVision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andor actress Fiona Shaw made it abundantly clear that the upcoming Star Wars series will be a political commentary on Donald Trump rather than a Star Wars adventure. 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