Andor might have simply wrapped its first season on Disney+, however the Star Wars collection continues to be very a lot on the minds of viewers who couldn’t get sufficient of its thrilling plot and its memorable characters. One of essentially the most endearing was droid B2EMO, devoted companion to Cassian Andor’s mom, Maarva.

In a brand new interview with StarWars.com, showrunner Tony Gilroy talked about how the droid, an prompt fan-favorite, was created—together with the inspiration behind his stubbornly loyal, considerably doddering method: “The idea was that it was a dog, an older dog,” he stated. Gilroy praised credit creature results supervisor Neal Scanlan and his workforce for the design, which got here collectively shortly—and met with prompt success. “We were all smiling,” Gilroy remembered of the second the prototype was revealed.

And in case you had been questioning about B2EMO’s voice, it got here from a supply each shocking and not-so-surprising on the identical time: Dave Chapman, a veteran Star Wars puppeteer who operated the droid on-set. “I remember having a list of audition pieces and watching a bunch of them,” Gilroy stated. “My brother John was over there one day, and he goes, ‘I’m not hearing anything here I like as much as [Dave].’ He goes, ‘This guy’s really good.’ And we went back and were like, ‘Man, let’s just keep him.’ So that’s his voice, and that was a great phone call to make—to call him up and go, ‘It’s yours. You’re gonna be the voice of this thing.’” Gilroy famous that Chapman, who has supplied many on-set vocals in his profession, solely to see the ultimate product swap in an actor for the dialogue, was “overwhelmed” by his inclusion in Andor—as many Andor followers had been in flip by his poignant efficiency.

Season one among Andor is now streaming on Disney+.

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