- "When you bring Star Wars to the small screen, you get more time to really spend with characters, so it automatically becomes more about character. And that's also what I think the audience will come back to every week. Of course, they'll want to be dazzled, and of course there has to be some action that will be part of the adventurous journeys that Star Wars ultimately sets you on. But the engagement with characters is ultimately what drives you back and what will give it longevity."
- ―Sanne Wohlenberg discussing Andor
Sanne Wohlenberg is an executive producer on Season One of Andor.
Biography[]
After Sanne Wohlenberg finished working on the Chernobyl series, she served as the producer of record for the Andor television series. She came with the existing pieces of the show. Tony Gilroy joined the show as a writer during Wohlenberg's time as the producer of record.[3] She eventually became an executive producer for the Andor television series.[4] During the week-long writers' room in November, 2019 in New York, Gilroy introduced his idea of the prison[5] on Narkina 5,[6] Wohlenberg initially found the idea terrifying because she thought it was familiar and she feared falling into the prison trope. Wohlenberg and the writers contextualized the prison and made it fresh for Star Wars.[7] Wohlenberg helped feed the writers' creative flow and helped them think about what they could accomplish in a practical way and made it so.[5] She felt that the process was a large collaboration and an exciting journey. The best idea for the prison ended up winning.[7]
The first season took place five years before the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Gilroy wanted to end the series right before the events of the film. He realized that maintaining the show's scope for four more seasons would be too overwhelming, so he and Wohlenberg decided that Season Two would use Season One's structure in which a story arc would unfold over three episodes written and directed by the same team.[8] Gilroy and the crew decided to use each block to represent a year.[9]
Wohlenberg found the show to be an unusual journey because they had to find the beginning of a story that people already know the ending of. She was prepared to take on the show's 195 speaking roles due to the quality of the material. Wohlenberg expected that the engagement with characters would captivate audiences and get them to come back every week. She felt like delving into familiar characters was the perfect reason to make the series. Wohlenberg enjoyed getting to explore Mon Mothma and offering unexpected insights. Wohlenberg and her team put much thought into how they would represent Mothma and show her journey, and they stayed aware of where she ended up in Rogue One.[2] In September, 2022, Wohlenberg attended the Andor launch event in Hollywood, California.[10]
Works[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Kassa" | Andor | Executive Producer[4] |
| 2022 | "That Would Be Me" | Andor | Executive Producer[11] |
| 2022 | "Reckoning" | Andor | Executive Producer[12] |
| 2022 | "Aldhani" | Andor | Executive Producer[13] |
| 2022 | "The Axe Forgets" | Andor | Executive Producer[14] |
| 2022 | "The Eye" | Andor | Executive Producer[15] |
Sources[]
Diego Luna and the Cast and Crew of Andor on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Andor — "Kassa"- Andor — "That Would Be Me"
- Andor — "Reckoning"
- Andor — "Aldhani"
- Andor — "The Axe Forgets"
- Andor — "The Eye"
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Andor Media Kit on Disney.com (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ANDOR Production Brief V3 FINAL 8-04-22 by McIntyre, Gina on Getty Images (August 4, 2022) (archived from the original)
- ↑ 'Andor' Creator Tony Gilroy Urged His Team to Put Aside Their 'Star Wars' Reverence by Davids, Brian on The Hollywood Reporter (September 23, 2022) (archived from the original on September 23, 2022)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Andor — "Kassa"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 'Andor's EP Sanne Wohlenberg and Writer Beau Willimon on Bringing Tony Gilroy's Vision to Life by Lovitt, Maggie on Collider (November 10, 2022) (archived from the original on November 10, 2022)
- ↑ Andor — "Narkina 5"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Andor Writer And Executive Producer On Making A Grown-Up Star Wars Show [Exclusive Interview] by Mathai, Jeremy on /Film (November 9, 2022) (archived from the original on November 9, 2022)
- ↑ How 'Andor' Became the First 'Star Wars' TV Series for Grown-Ups: 'I Wanted to Do It About Real People' by Vary, Adam B on Variety (archived from the original on August 24, 2022)
- ↑ Andor: Tony Gilroy Explains Star Wars' Rogue One Prequel Series' Epic Five-Year Structure — Exclusive Image by Travis, Ben on Empire (July 4, 2022) (archived from the original on July 4, 2022)
- ↑ Diego Luna and the Cast and Crew of Andor on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Andor — "That Would Be Me"
- ↑ Andor — "Reckoning"
- ↑ Andor — "Aldhani"
- ↑ Andor — "The Axe Forgets"
- ↑ Andor — "The Eye"
