{"id":1183729,"date":"2026-02-15T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=563272"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:20:36","slug":"andors-opulent-wedding-sequence-mints-a-galactic-hit-in-star-wars-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/andors-opulent-wedding-sequence-mints-a-galactic-hit-in-star-wars-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Andor\u2019s opulent wedding sequence mints a \u2018galactic hit\u2019 in Star Wars music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s that time of year: wedding season. For a lot of the continental U.S., spring and summer brings to fruit a flurry of wedding invites \u2014 and Andor<\/em>\u2019s first batch of episodes<\/a> is no exception, with everyone getting to watch Mon Mothma\u2019s teenage daughter get married in a traditional (and quite decadent) Chandrilan ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These first three episodes of Andor<\/em>\u2019s second and final season<\/a> bring plenty of intrigue, sniping, and back-channeling, even beyond the wedding<\/a>. But the marriage of Mon Mothma\u2019s daughter feels just as high-stakes as the show\u2019s galactic-level conflict<\/a>. What feels so fun about the whole affair is how much we get of Chandrilan traditions \u2014 cheering \u201cSagrona!\u201d before a speech, or the groom telling the father of the bride he will not return the ceremonial knife.<\/p>\n

This is Chandrilan culture at its most baroque and high-end, tradition resurrected in a way that apparently even they seldom see anymore. For Genevieve O\u2019Reilly, who plays Mon Mothma<\/a>, all that byzantine tradition spoke volumes about how Mon became who she is today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cW\u200b\u200bhat was so extraordinary about the opportunity to have the wedding is it revealed a culture, and therefore a history,\u201d O\u2019Reilly told Polygon at a junket ahead of release. \u201cSo it was really very revealing for me to get to step into that world, in regard to how it makes sense of character when you understand a history, a tradition, and familial practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea for the plot sprang from show creator Tony Gilroy\u2019s own life: \u201cI was going to a lot of weddings when I was writing it; my son\u2019s friends were getting married,\u201d he told Polygon. \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want to make up a wedding ritual?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Gilroy, the structure of the season all flowed out of that choice: The three days of the wedding ceremony would define the timelines of the other stories, and eventually how each season\u2019s three-episode arc would follow our characters over the years. He worked with production designer Luke Hull to carve out what would be feasible in terms of sets and let costume designer Michael Wilkinson cook on all the traditional wedding looks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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