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Spoilers follow for the first season ofAndor.
Compared to the withdrawn, paranoid protagonisthe plays onAndor, Diego Luna is a really friendly guy.
But Luna is used to that kind of reaction now sinceAndoris thebest-reviewedStar Warsanythingin years.
Lunas aware of that, too: It was risky from the beginning.
The show never wanted to be anything else.
I love that people are celebrating that because I know its not easy.
Have you been tracking the critical response?
That can confuse you; that can mislead you.
We were always reminding ourselves this has to feel like itshappening.
More mature, more complex.
We were always saying, Lets go deep.
confirm we stay in those gray areas where characters are trying to be the best version of themselves.
Lets be honest about who they are.
I mean, when we talk about the audience ofStar Wars, we are talking about my fatherandmy son.
Theres a big chunk of the audience out there that wants to see this.
Theres no waynotto be political.
If you wanted to avoid it, there wouldnt be a show.
Clearly, the show talks about oppression.
The show talks about the context needed for a revolution to be born.
That is always going to resonate because the need for change is constant for humanity.
Thats the beauty of fiction.
Its a great tool to comment on your life and your reality.
In the first episodes, Cassian talks about the Empire, how fat and satisfied they are.
Everyone listening to that dialogue puts a face on the character Cassian is describing.
For me, this story is saying a lot of what worries me and what I care about.
Its the only way to be honest about a revolution.
Yes, there are leaders, but revolutions are not made by leaders.
Theyre made by numbers, by conviction, by regular people thinking they can do something extraordinary.
The strength of community, thats what the show is about.
You have to think the opposite.
Not just that prison that jump!
The cameras were there, the cables and everything, and we jumped.
The stunt performers did one by themselves.
Then we heard Wrap her up!
and we finished the show.
Emotionally, it was very charged.
I mean, it was suffocating, shooting in that prison.
And the set was huge.
All the spaces were big, long, white.
You felt like you were an ant.
The only thing youre there for is to produce nonstop.
And it was always a big chunk of people.
Its brutal because it takes away all the personality.
Youre just a white suit and a number.
This idea of being dead while you live because your life means nothing that was always on our shoulders.
Its the first time he had that clarity.
He was so hard-core, so moving.
That sequence where everyone is shouting, One way out!
I was so affected.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
