James Stout
Steven RosenthalDisney demanding that Andor continues production without writers during a labor dispute proves that Disney execs do not understand Andor.
https://gizmodo.com/andor-season-2-production-writers-strike-1850411776
Update: Tony Gilroy does the right thing and bows out of producing Andor, during the period of the writer’s strike.
Good for him.
(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️🌈@stevenrosenthal Their contract states that they will do non-writing duties if they strike. I don't understand the problem. IF their contract did not stipulate this, then fine. I'd be all for it...but it does.
@jann It's a complicated situation and at least a few shows chose to shut down and wait it out instead.
One problem is the season is going forward without writers, which is a strategy that doesn't make the best quality work. Stuff comes up on the set, problems show up that writers solve, etc.
Another situation is in post. The writer/Showrunners are contractually somewhat constrained in the edit as well. It's just not a good situation.
@stevenrosenthal Oh, I agree but they need to remove that clause from their contracts in the future if they don't want to work during a strike. I can't believe WGA approved this contract - thus forcing ppl to be scabs when contract talks came back up. That's just wrong
The problem in THIS one situation is WGA *and* AMPTP! WGA for allowing this clause and AMPTP-company Disney for going ahead w/production.
Having said that, if season 2 of Andor is screwed, then the public knows who to blame.
@jann I hear ya!
Though don't be so quick to assume this clause about "non-writing duties" is what Disney says it is. I imagine a lot of lawyers will be involved parsing out what duties Showrunners can or can't do.
Enkiusz🇺🇦@stevenrosenthal They thought Andor was just harmless fiction.
volkrisMeh. At this point I have so little faith in Disney’s management of Star Wars, or in Star Wars writers, that even though I loved the first season of #Andor I wouldn’t trust that they weren’t already screwing up the second season, so this might actually prevent some bad writing from making it to the screen.
gavinisdie 
@stevenrosenthal hopefully in that case Andor Season 2 is atleast a Room type thing
Min Headroom@stevenrosenthal How dense do you have to be to be a decision maker at these kinds of places? You're telling a fucking story, you need fucking writers!
Pete Forsyth@stevenrosenthal
Or is it the proof that they DO understand Andor, and relish the excuse to undermine it?
Or is it the proof that they DO understand Andor, and relish the excuse to undermine it?
Ruben De Visscher@stevenrosenthal I suppose they have quite a strict schedule of Star Wars content to keep people from unsubscribing in between…