What is going on with Star Wars? More big names say no. Andor Eps 1-3 SPOILER discussion.

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Kristian Harloff

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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🚨 The galaxy is stirring again, and this time it’s behind the scenes! On today’s Kristian Harloff Show, we’re diving into the surprising report that multiple actors have turned down roles in Shawn Levy’s upcoming “Star Wars: Starfighter”. With Ryan Gosling already attached, what’s scaring talent away from this new Lucasfilm project? And what does this mean for the future of Star Wars storytelling?

🛰️ Plus, we break down the controversial scene from “Andor” Season 2 that has fans split, as creator Tony Gilroy defends the bold narrative choice that pushes Star Wars into darker territory.

🧛‍♂️ In Marvel news, Ruth E. Carter and Delroy Lindo speak out on the frozen state of the “Blade” reboot. What happened to the 1920s vampire story that had fans hyped?

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning drops new posters and confirms a massive 2h49m runtime! Tickets go on sale Monday!

Ethan Coen’s “Honey Don’t” sets a wide release and stars Margaret Qualley, Chris Evans & Aubrey Plaza.

New documentary “Pee-Wee As Himself” premieres May 24 on Max.

From Lucasfilm’s casting struggles to Netflix’s war on movie theaters, this episode is packed with insights, hot takes, and deep dives into the week’s biggest movie and TV headlines. Join Kristian Harloff and guests as they break it all down.

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0:00.0	This Starfighter movie, they announced it at Star Wars Celebration, and it's confirmed.
0:07.7	Sean Levy doing the movie with Ryan Gosling and Ryan Gosling's confirmed, but apparently
0:12.6	everybody's saying, no, thank you.
0:15.6	Why are so many actors passing on this movie?
0:17.7	There's a new report that a few more actors that were offered roles in
0:22.7	this movie said, nah, we don't want to be part of Star Wars. Thanks. Why does that keep happening?
0:28.4	We'll discuss that. Speaking of Star Wars, we're going to get into a full-on spoiler discussion of
0:33.9	the first three episodes of Andor. If you haven't seen it, I would recommend when
0:38.5	we get to that part, you get the hell out of here until you watch it. And we'll also talk
0:44.3	about they addressed. There's a particular scene that happens. And I think it's episode,
0:49.0	it's either two or three. And there's a very controversial scene that Tony Gilroy was asked about and addressed in one of the
0:59.4	actors that was in the scene also discusses about it.
1:04.3	I've seen people saying, this is long in Star Wars?
1:07.5	We'll discuss.
1:08.7	And from my tone, we'll see if you think that I agree or disagree.
1:12.7	There's other things, man. There's some Mission Impossible news. There's a few other stories,
1:17.7	I think, that are pretty great. So we're going to discuss that and more on the show today with
1:21.9	myself, Steph, and the prodigal son Mark, Mark Riley returns. I'm kidding.
1:27.8	He's not here, but it's the first name that came to mind.
1:30.2	Mike Kalinowski returns.
1:32.6	And we'll see.
1:33.4	He's jumping on the bandwagon again, but it might work because they got to catch Roxy today.
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