One of the biggest reasonsAndoris so goodis one you probably dont even think about.

Unfortunately, that never happenedand in a new interview, he had the perfect reason why.

I wanted to do it, Gilroytold Collider.

This lot was really excited for those Andor scripts to drop.

This lot was really excited for those Andor scripts to drop.Image: Lucasfilm

We put it together.

Ive seen it, I loved it.

AI is the reason were not.

Mon Mothma Genevieve O’reilly Tony Gilroy Andor Lucasfilm

Everyones favorite thing: AI.

So the fact his scripts would be eaten up and spit out by the machine wasnt a consideration.

But soon after, it was.

Andor Season 2 Episode 3 Mon Mothma Dance

In the end, it would be 1,500 pages that came directly off this desk, he continues.

I mean, terribly sadly, its just too much of an X-ray and too easily absorbed.

Why help the fucking robots any more than you’re able to?

Bix Andors2

So, it was an ego thing.

It was vanity that makes you want to do it, and the downside is real.

So, vanity loses.

Andor Arc 1 3 Lucasfilm

Honestly, good for Tony Gilroy.

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