Looks like Star Wars: Andor and The Bourne Identity are similar in many ways. In a recent interview, Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy explained how his work on the Bourne franchise inspired his next Star Wars show.
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The Bourne Identity begins with Matt Damon taking on the role of Jason Bourne, who is a former professional assassin whose loss of memories hides a secret conspiracy within the CIA. And surely, it was a blockbuster.
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Tony Gilroy explains how Bourne’s writing influenced the new Star Wars show
Tony Gilroy and his brother along with Beau Willimon and Stephen Schiff wrote all 12 episodes of Season 1 together. Toby Haynes, Susanna White and Benjamin Caron are handling the director’s seat. Discuss his work on the Bourne movies.
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Tony Gilroy said:
“I had been trying to get people to do an acoustic action film because action films had become so explosive in the 80s that they were just huge. So when Bourne came along, we were come down to nothing.
“It was about making it real. Keeping someone you really understand and care about in a place you understand the geography of, with stakes, is a lot more involving than a guy on a train with 15 machine guns and a helicopter coming down. That aesthetic, that idea, carries over to Andor because we’re on the ground with these people so that everything we do has an intimacy and an acoustic nature in Star Wars grandeur.
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How is Star Wars: Andor like the Bourne series?
Tony Gilroy wrote the screenplay for Star Wars: Rogue One, which emphasizes the similarity of the idea. The star wars spin-off shows us a pilot and intelligence officer, Cassian Andor, and a crew gathered from somewhere in the galaxy far, far away. It seems that now Andor took a similar concept and worked with it. He further added:
“It’s an adventure story, it’s one man’s odyssey through the center [of the story] and then all these peripheral characters who surround him and turn in circles. I mean, my God, it sounds like fun. It’s heavy material, heavy stuff happens, but it’s also an adventure story.
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Andor Season 1 is premiering on September 21 on Disney+.
Source: cbr.com
