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(L-R) Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) in Lucasfilm’s ANDOR Season 2, exclusively … More on Disney+ Courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved Like so many kids of the 1970s and ‘80s who would one day become filmmakers, composer Brandon Roberts (Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving) wanted to go into the movie business because of Star Wars. His eyes and, more importantly, his ears were opened to the wonderful possibilities of cinema when his mother took him to see The Empire Strikes Back. It may be hard to believe, but it’s been nearly half a century since the galactic sequel shockingly revealed that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father. “Even though I was probably way too young to be seeing that movie, that’s the entire reason I got into film composing in the first place,” Roberts tells me over a Zoom call. “I think I’m probably a member of a very non-exclusive club of people my age that got into film music mainly because of John Williams.” Given that the game-changing space opera was the entire reason he pursued an entertainment career, saying yes to scoring the second and final season of Lucasfilm’s Andor television series (new episodes drop on Disney+ every Tuesday) was, perhaps, the easiest decision of Roberts’ career. “This was definitely a full-circle event,” he notes. “Andor, in my opinion, could exist outside of the Star Wars universe as a story on its own. I think it lent itself to a bit more musical exploration and a bit more musical freedom.” ***WARNING! The following contains mild spoilers for Season 2 of Andor!*** Naturally, it was a little intimidating to inherit the show’s music duties from fellow Emmy Award-winner Nicholas Britell, who had already established a unique, synth-inspired musical palette for the acclaimed…

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