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Small bit of news today: Andor S2 starts filming at Pinewood on Nov 21. Tom Bissell jumps from writing games (Gears of War) to writing 3 episodes. Action will wind up on Yavin and bring together more of the Rogue Crew Casting has deliberately been kept secret to avoid spoiling who makes it out of S1 - with the implication Denise, Kyle or even Stellan might not make it…

Ali Plumb irritates me a little from being just a touch too deferential, but does seem to get some great quotes out of people. Similarly, whether Graham Norton's getting people drunk on his main shows or talking plainer on the, er, straighter radio interviews, he always gets good anecdotes. Some of it clearly prepped, not all of it... I had a work friend who used to describe themselves to Americans as "bald... English... posh... basically, supervillain". We can roll with that. It's not like we haven't got form. And yes, Americans do love it when I go cut-glass RP on them when giving orders. (One, like Syril, just a little too much.) Whovian/meeja luvvie side note: since the reboot, and particularly since the formation of the mighty Jane & Julie's Bad Wolf Productions, Who and their other shows (Dark Materials, Industry) have been giving a lot of people a lot of work. Slightly surprised they weren't in on Andor, but since they're co-owned by Sony now maybe there was some friction. But there's a hella decent talent pool going in the UK now. With the Disney co-production deal on Who there's going to be even more money to spread around: the House of Mouse has promised to be largely hands-off, but who knows how long that's gonna last. I'm hoping Dedra has a proper demat/incinerator on her bins or Syril's going to have been through those. But I suspect you're right, it's some kind of hate-manifesto and pile of gleaned evidence against Cassian. Mixed with doodles of Dedra with lovehearts and maybe slightly higher boots. And Denise wasn't wholly careful through the whole interview, but then again she's an Imp and not to be trusted. Also, Stellan sounds like an absolute laugh to work with. Either that, or he likes the boots too... well, suppose he is Swedish and all.

Spoilers for spoilers... Non-spoiler notes: there's an interview with Tony Gilroy and co with some good stuff on it that's just come up. And, indeed, all power to Nina Gold for casting 190 speaking roles for the first half of the series. Mostly with Brits, because locations, and probably price. BTW, if you want to see more of Alex Lawther/Nemik (the manifesto kid), have a look for The End Of The F***ing World. One other thing, which I'm slightly dreading asking. What exactly is in Syril's "private box" that he's annoyed about his mother seeing? (And how did an incel eating Cap'n Thrawny's Kosmic Krunch while being yelled at about his career prospects become some of the most compelling sci-fi in years? Oh, right. Acting.)

FYI: after much pointless speculation by Very Online people, Sandman has been renewed for season 2. And while there’s a lot to be said for art and such, or people yapping about new models of entertainment, the reason it’s back is it kept butts on seats, just like movies and tv have for years. Per Deadline… "The Sandman", which launched at the start of August, was watched for 69.5M hours in its first week, doubling this in its second to 127.5M, scoring 77.2M in its third week and getting 53.8M in its fourth. Aside from Netflix’s annoying habit of reporting streaming hours without the number of viewers, that’s still an awful lot of folks - and the kind of big bump in the second week from word of mouth studios kill for.

A reference so niche, Admiralty Smurf would surely approve.

Second Disenchanted trailer is out and confirms a few suspicions... plus a few new gags. ("Oh my my, my hair is so high... and my dress is so low..." it's fun being a villain, sweetie. 😁 )

Thrawn just put out the first one to confuse you, because he knew that'd what you'd think... Another setup episode, but lots of new bullets for Chekhov's blaster... EDIT: Supplemental...

Tiny side note: Filoni doodling always has plenty of detail. One of the trainees watching Ahsoka get her backside kicked in training is Caleb/Kanan.

The Cult - Brother Wolf & Sister Moon

Shakira - She Wolf

Bad Company - Run With The Pack

Josie & The Pussycats - Pretend To Be Nice

You'd probably need a Sky account, or to do some dark magick involving some kind of website from the Dungeon Dimensions, with horrible digital wossnames lurking what men should not wot of. (They never say anything about whether women should wot of them. I guess it's one more thing to clean up. Wimps, y'know.) There's no word on official streaming yet, but it will get a US theatrical release through Viva Kids according to Variety. Keep an eye out on your nearest arthousey type place.

Guess Andor’s doing pretty well on streaming…

Joe Walsh - In The City

Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night

obligatory Halloween joke…

Laurie Chacko - Once Bitten Twice Shy (Elvira's Alternate Mix)

Jerry Lee Lewis & Friends - Great Balls Of Fire ☄️ RIP The Killer…

Could be fun. BTW, we have an official explanation for why Yoda and Yaddle sound different. Yaddle is roughly 400 years younger, and Yoda never bothered to learn modern Galactic Basic. So he's speaking the equivalent of Chaucer-era English... ...not, in any way, that it's just a pain in the backside to script and play and gets in the way of the story.

Liked it, though wouldn't say essential. Feels like Filoni and co doodling in around the edges. Did give a little more scale and scope to Dooku - perhaps what Christopher Lee would have deserved to be acting with. Did love Ahsoka getting her own Spaghetti Western-style badassery music in Ep6, and the almost disdainful way she dealt with the problem. Hopefully she gets something that good for her own series. If I had a thought...

Unfortunately a Sky exclusive in the UK, PTerry’s Carnegie award winning book gets an all-star cast flick, starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, and Peter Serafinowicz as THE GUY WHO TALKS LIKE THIS.

So, another setup episode... Do we think this pays off next week? Will either side figure out where Cassian is - or miss him by inches?