Tony Gilroy Has the Perfect Reason His Andor Scripts Weren’t Released

One of the biggest reasons Andor is so good is one you probably don’t even think about. Sure, you can look at the gorgeous images on screen, the intense performances, and the beautiful sets, but none of that is possible without the writing. Show creator and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Tony Gilroy is the man most responsible for the writing on Andor and, a few years back, he teased Lucasfilm was going to release the scripts for season one to the public. Unfortunately, that never happened—and in a new interview, he had the perfect reason why. “I wanted to do it,” Gilroy told Collider. “We put it together. It’s really cool. I’ve seen it, I loved it. AI is the reason we’re not.” Ah, yes. Everyone’s favorite thing: AI. It is true though; in 2023, when Gilroy mentioned releasing the scripts, sites like Chat GPT that scrape the internet to steal, uh, learn for various tasks were not a big thing. So the fact his scripts would be eaten up and spit out by the machine wasn’t a consideration. Bu ... Read full article.