STAR WARS Series ANDOR Is Going Old School and Not Using the Volume Filmmaking Tech
Star Wars fans are a fickle bunch. I can’t tell if there’s a lot of excitement going into the new Andor series that’s headed to Disney+. I know many are saying it’s a series no one asked for, but it seems like some of the trailers and footage have been pleasantly surprising.
A new fact about how the series is being made has cropped up. First of all, one crowd-pleasing aspect of the series is that massive practical sets have been built at Pinewood, taking the show out into the world to shoot on location, and leaving the video wall behind altogether.
Series mastermind (and Rogue One alumnus) Tony Gilroy, said in Empire’s major new Andor feature, “Yep, we’re old-school. We didn’t use StageCraft at all.”
Star of the series Diego Luna said of the practical set, “As an actor, it’s beautiful. Everything is mechanical. You’re interacting with real stuff.”
Fiona Shaw, who plays Maarva in the series, also revelled in the practicality, saying:
“My character’s house is built from parts of old spaceships. I used to go out and just stare at it. Breathtaking. The only downside? Shooting with expansive vistas occasionally meant some big, long walks.”
“In Pitlochry, Scotland, we had to walk for hours up a mountain to set up one shot,” says Luna. “Huge effort. Really dangerous to get there. All you can see around you is sky, trees, rivers, lakes. Amazing! Like being on another planet.”
This sounds like it’s going to be incredible to watch! Hopefully the story is solid and fans will like what they’ve done with it. Andor is set to drop in Disney+ on September 21st. Are you looking forward to this series?