[Editor’s Note: This interview contains spoilers for the series finale of Andor]Andorofficially reached its end last night with an awe-inspiringseries finalethat served as the beginning of the end of Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) journey intoRogue One. It also served as a beginning for a new character who was introduced in the final scene of the series: Cassian and Bix’s (Adria Arjona) child. With the last shot in mind, and the beautiful exploration of their relationship across the twenty-four-episode series at the forefront of my thoughts, this was precisely what I aimed my questions toward when I spoke with Luna and Arjona before Season 2 debuted back in April. During our short, but lively conversation, Arjona and Luna discussed whether Cassian and Bix were officially married and whenAndor’s creatorTony Gilroyshared what the final shot of the series would be. You can read the full interview below, or watch it in the player above.
COLLIDER: Adria, throughout the season, Bix calls Cassian her husband, and I’m curious, did they actually get married, or is it more just like, “This is my husband?”
ADRIA ARJONA: That’s a very interesting question, one that I should know the answer to and want to have the answer for you. I think it’s Episode 3 where she says it for the first time, and it’s sort of in response to what society puts onto that word “husband” and how seriously someone takes it if I go, “Oh, my boyfriend is coming home soon,” rather than me saying, “Myhusbandis coming home soon.” I think there’s a depth to the word husband that happens to somebody else, and that’s the reason she chooses that word in that moment, and unfortunately, it doesn’t really work as much as she wishes it did. So, I think it’s a word used in defense of a moment.
When Did ‘Andor’s Stars Learn What the Ending Would Be?
I like that. Then a question for both of you. How soon did you learn what that final scene of the series was going to be?
DIEGO LUNA: Long ago.
So you’ve been keeping that secret since Season 1, or was that in the original pitch?
ARJONA: You knew since Season 1?
LUNA: No, the end. Before we started Season 2.
ARJONA: Tony let me know about that big monologue before I even read Episode 1. I knew nothing about Episodes 1, 2, and 3, but I knew that there was this speech, and then I knew the last shot, which was interesting.
LUNA: Even though you said we shouldn’t worry about spoilers, we can’tsayit. We are trying not to say it.
ARJONA: I know! It’s so weird. I’m like, “The lastshot…”
It’s such a beautiful moment. I feel like there was some telegraphing of it, at least in my mind, with the Force healer and that whole moment when she takes Bix’s hand. I want to hope that this is how it’s going to end, because there’s such hope in that continuation of a story. It was beautiful.
ARJONA: Thank you. Thank you so much. Tony let us know. It’s so beautiful because Tony really believes that information is power, and so he gives us all the information that we need even before we read a single line. So, when you do read the script, you’re reading it with a little bit of context of the trajectory, and I think that’s really thoughtful of him.
LUNA: Also, if you imagine how many different approaches the story could have to answer the question of why Bix is not inRogue Oneand why we don’t hear about Bix inRogue One, I love that he he chose this path. I love that at the end, what we are doing is telling a love story. Because everyone focuses, when you talk about a revolution, in loss, in pain, in anger, in injustice, and all of that is there, but behind the revolution, there’s love. There’s the sense of family and belonging and fighting for the right reasons, and that reason can only be love. I think it’s a beautiful way to close this project to remind ourselves what it should be about.
It adds so much context to his sacrifice inRogue One, too.
LUNA: Come on! If you seeRogue Onenow, it’s like, damn, the film is just so much more robust emotionally. It’s like everything means so much more now, and you understand what’s said and what’snotsaid, which is the beauty ofRogue One, because it’s a very mysterious film. You don’t know much about these characters. Well, now you know.
You do, and I think I’m willing to say that Bix and Cassian are now the best relationship to ever come out of Star Wars.
LUNA: Damn. You are the best.
ARJONA: What? That’s huge.
LUNA: That’s huge. And that doesn’t come from just anyone.
