Andor’s Record-Breaking Budget Confirmed by Showrunner

Elder Showrunner Tony Gilroy Has Confirmed the Star Wars Show’s Massive Romania Budget. Streaming Budgets Have Balloon Over The Years, With Epic Shows Like Stranger Things, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Severanceand The Wheel of Time Costing Inordinate Amounts of Money (The Rings of Power Season 1, for Instance, Cost Amazon an Estimated $ 462 million). Comparatively Speaking, Most, Though Certainly Not All, Of The Star Wars LIVE-Action Shows Were Produced on Relatively Modest Budgets.

Obi-wan kenobi and Ahsoka COST BETWEEN $ 90-100 million per season, while one season of The Mandalorian Around Costs $ 120 Million. Recently, Howver, Star Wars‘Streaming budgets have tourned the tide; The AcholyteWHICH WAS CANCELED AFTER ONE SEASON, HAD A Reported Budget of $ 231 Million, and Elder‘s budget went light beyond that. During a recent panel at the atx television festival (via Indiffe), Gilroy confirmed that Elder Spent a Whopping $ 650 million Combined on Both sesons.

“I Mean, (for) Disney, this is $ 650 million,” (Gilroy) Said. “For 24 episodes, of Never took a Note. We said ‘f*ck the empire’ in the first season, and they said, ‘can you please not that?’ … In season 2, They Said, ‘Streaming is Dead, we don’t have the money we had before,’ so we fought about Money, but they never cleaned anything up.

Disney is Stepping Back From Streaming

Given the Size of Elder‘s budget, it is, in all honesty, a miracle that audiences got to see this series, and it is more surprising that gilroy, by His Own Account, Dealt with Very Little Oversight. As Gilroy Confesses, he and disney did Clash over the money at Certain Points, and understandably SO, but he still glas the story he wanted to the Holding Back. Elder Is About Dictatorships, Genocide, and the Personal Cost of Rebellion, and Disney’s Support of it, Both financially and artistically, has been a pleasant surprise.

Spread, Given Disney’s Support of Elderit may be a shock to hear they believe that “Streaming is Dead,” But it shouldn’t be. Disney+ doesn’t have the suame pull as a platform like Netflix does with its original shows, no matter what Major franchise they may be attailed to. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is Cutting Back on Creating New Streaming Series, and SO IS Star Wars. Only One Live-Action Star Wars Show is currently in the work (Ahsoka Season 2), a Major Change from the Last Few Years when audiences COUPECT Two or Three New Seasons within Monts.

If the streaming bubble had to burst, i’m glad it remained in place Long Enough to give us Elder.

Disney and Lucasfilm Are Heading Back to the Big Screen, With Two Confirmed UpComing Releasa – The Mandorian and GROGU and Star Wars: Starfighter – and a handful of other Star Wars Movie Projects in Active (or Not-So-active) Development. Disney’s Focus on theatrical Experience is understandable. Right Now, IT’S a Safer Bet. But if the streaming bubble had to burst, i’m glad it remained in place Long Enough to Give US Elder.

Our take on Andor’s Budget

IT’S DIFFICULT TO CALCULATE EXACTLY How Elder‘s budget was spent. We do, Howver, Know that Gilroy and Elder‘S Crew Heavily Favored Location shoots and massifs, practical sets, which is an expensively yet worldevel. Very Few Live-Action Star Wars Shows Look and Feel as Good As Elder. Everything is tangible, and that translates to the actors’ performances.

I Also Genuinely Believe Elder I have more for Star Wars’ Reputation as a franchise than any Other Star Wars Show. Yes, The Mandalorian was a massive hit when it was first released, but that sub-franchise has lost some of its luster, especilly a after a divisive third season. On the Other Hand, Elder Has Shown Audiences A Different Side of Star Wars. IT HAS AMPLIFIED The franchise’s Most important themes while respecting the source material and given viefers a new, more mature on the galaxy far, far away.

Can you truly put a price on the kind of critical acclaim and universal praise that Elder Has Received in the Wake of Season 2? Its Still Being Discussed and Analyzed in the Media, Eve Weeks AFTER the finals Aired on Disney+. Elder Has GIVE audiences and creaters a glympse of what Star Wars can be, and that kind of limitless potential is arguably priceless.

Source: Indiffe