Weaving Character

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Learn how the Emmy-nominated designer created hundreds of costumes to populate an Chandrilan wedding, a Ghorman city, and more!

By Jade Fabello

Andor Season 2 tells the story of rebellion across multiple fronts. In Andor, no single gunshot or speech defines what it means to oppose oppressive regimes. Instead, pulling from showrunner and writer Tony Gilroy’s deep study of history, we see not only ground and high-level espionage but also delicate political maneuvering that forces every character involved to sacrifice or risk personal happiness, safety, or relationships. And each new world seen in the Disney+ series must be populated by hundreds of uniquely-costumed extras to make every location feel as real as the last.

Emmy-nominated costume designer Michael Wilkinson — who worked on both seasons and has been nominated for his work on Episode 3 “Harvest” alongside 13 other Emmy Award nominations for the series including Outstanding Drama Series — faced unique design challenges working specifically on a Star Wars show. “We often worked extensively with the Creature FX department. We had a whole team within the costume department that made the costumes for this diverse, eccentric bunch of characters,” Wilkinson tells StarWars.com. But at its core, Andor is a show that focuses on its human characters, like Senator Mon Mothma and the people of Ghorman. And with that, Wilkinson was tasked with finding a way to weave the complex ideas of the story into the literal fabrics of the show….

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