The consensus is in: Andor creator Tony Gilroy delivered a masterful Season 2 of the beloved Star Wars series. We now know why the series achieved such exceptional quality... and why Gilroy was exactly the best person to spearhead it.Star Wars has thrilled audiences ever since Episode IV, and its best entries (like the amazing The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars: Rebels) are widely lauded as exceptional examples of film and TV filmmaking. With Season 2, Andor has cemented its position among the franchise's top entries, with some critics even calling it "Star Wars at its absolute best." Eschewing the lightsaber battles and Force powers of the franchise has allowed Tony Gilroy to tell a nuanced, on-the-ground story of revolutionaries under totalitarian political control, capturing the political implications that always formed the franchise's core. In a recent interview with Deadline, the showrunner highlighted how Andor was the culmination of specific, lifelong interests in surprisingly terrestrial histories. Read full article on The Direct.