Tony Gilroy Wants Star Wars to Stay Ambitious, Wild, and Adventurous

Tony Gilroy may be finished with Andor, but he clearly still has opinions about where Star Wars should go next.

And honestly, good.

In an Associated Press video interview, the Andor creator was asked about the future of the franchise under new leadership. His answer was short, clean, and very Gilroy: “I’d like to think that they’ll stay ambitious and wild and adventurous.”

That is not a bad mission statement for Star Wars right now.

Andor Proved Star Wars Can Still Take Big Swings

Andor worked because it did not feel like Star Wars checking boxes.

It did not chase cameos every five minutes. It did not stop the story to wave at the audience. It took the galaxy seriously, built its politics carefully, and trusted viewers to care about ordinary people being crushed, radicalized, and pulled into rebellion.

That made it different.

And different is exactly what Star Wars needs if it wants to avoid becoming a museum of familiar helmets.

Gilroy’s hope for “ambitious and wild and adventurous” Star Wars feels like a direct defense of that idea. Not every project needs to look like Andor, but more projects should have the courage to be specific.

The Future Cannot Just Be Familiar Faces

Star Wars is entering another transition point. Movies are returning, Disney+ remains central, Dave Filoni’s creative role has grown, and Lucasfilm is trying to balance legacy characters with new stories.

That balance is tricky.

Too much nostalgia, and the galaxy starts feeling small. Too much reinvention without emotional grounding, and the audience drifts away. The best path is probably somewhere in the middle: stories that feel bold, but still unmistakably Star Wars.

We recently saw a similar argument from Dave Filoni, who said Star Wars crossovers need to matter, not just exist because viewers expect another familiar face.

Gilroy is pushing from a different angle, but the point is related: make the story worth telling first.

Star Wars Needs More Weird Confidence

The most exciting future for Star Wars is not one single tone.

It is room for everything. Political thrillers. Jedi adventures. Horror. Comedy. Animation. Games. Criminal underworld stories. Small character dramas. Big mythic movies. Strange experiments that sound risky until they suddenly work.

That is how the galaxy stays alive.

Tony Gilroy did not make Andor by treating Star Wars like fragile glass. He treated it like a real world with pressure, history, fear, class, bureaucracy, sacrifice, and rebellion.

That is why his comment lands.

Star Wars should stay ambitious.

It should stay wild.

And every now and then, it should scare itself a little.