Here’s Why Rogue One’s ‘Rebellions Are Built on Hope’ Got Its Payoff in Andor

Cassian Andor’s intent arsenic a messenger, arsenic foretold by the Force healer, comes into play successful 1 pivotal infinitesimal successful this week’s Andor. As Ghorman falls, the bellhop that assisted him earlier successful the season, Thela (Stefon Crepon), delivers “Rebellions are built connected hope” arsenic a halfway infinitesimal for him to transportation and share

It wholly gives caller meaning to its canon erstwhile Cassian says it successful Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), and it came astir acknowledgment to amusement creator Tony Gilroy’s son. In an interrogation with Entertainment Weekly, the showrunner said that erstwhile it was said successful Rogue One, helium assumed it was conscionable already a happening successful the Star Wars lore.

“My lad is simply a large Star Wars fan, and helium often comes to the location and busts my balls astatine the machine astir however small I know,” Gilroy admitted. “One time he’s determination astatine the location and he’s goofballing connected me, and he’s like, ‘Well, who’s going to present ‘rebellions are built connected hope?””

He continued, “And I go, ‘What bash you mean?’ … He goes, ‘Well, successful Rogue One, Diego [Luna, who plays Andor] says it. And [Felicity Jones’ character] Jyn repeats it.’ And I go, ‘Well, isn’t that from somewhere?’ He goes, ‘No, man, what are you talking about? You amended fig that out.'”

Which meant the maestro scribe of this Star Wars epoch had to deliberation quickly, truthful helium gave it to Thela with the Ghorman backdrop afloat solidifying its purpose. “The edifice clerk is specified a groovy small character,” helium said, and quipped astir the Easter ovum moment, “it decidedly comes from my lad busting maine connected not having it successful earlier [scripts]. I was like, ‘Good catch.'”

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