The last time of year ofAndorwill lead directly toRogue One , and that ’s had people talking aboutpossible cameosto tie them together . If you ’ve been hop to see either Darth Vader or Palpatine in this show , you should front elsewhere .
In a recentRolling Stoneinterview , Maker Tony Gilroy was ask about why neither of the two villain pour down up in the show . narration set during the Original Trilogy typically get them involve : Vaderfamously appearedinRogue One — which Gilroy cobalt - wrote — and Sheev ’s had TV appearances inObi - Wan , Bad Batch , andStar Wars Rebels . Gilroy ’s reason for not including either is that they ultimately do n’t belong to in the tarradiddle : he described Vader as “ really define , he does n’t have a lot to say . ” ( That , and he got Vader out of his arrangement back inRogue Onewith the slasher - esque hallway scene . ) It ’s more or less the same reply with Sheev , who he called “ too big a piece of meat to introduce . I thought about it at one degree , but it was too heavy a aerodynamic lift . ”
Despite neither appearing , Palpatine ’s presence has been felt inAndorwhenever quality mention him in conversation . ( Krennic , a returning Imperial baddie fromRogue One , even teases his plans to ramp up what ’ll eventually be the Death Star in the premiere . ) According to Gilroy , this is partially because the galaxy is full of 1000000000 , and to the majority of people , Palpatine is just a political leader . “ Nobody knows about the Jedi or Sith ” is a thing Lucasfilm order him , and upon hear this , it blew his nous . “ It ’s not in the refinement , there ’s just a lilliputian percentage of people that have any whim of it at all , ” he said . “ It ’s very secretive and modest . ”
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Keeping Vader and Sheev off to the sidelines may ultimately be for the best : the Jedi and Sith can sometimes suck all the air out of the room . With those factions gone , it ’s letAndorshine some interesting lights on what theRebelsandImperialsare up to when they ’re on and off the clock , which is arguably more worth digging into now .
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