Andy Serkis Was Worried Star Wars Fans Would Connect Snoke and Kino Loy

Prior to the Narkina 5 arc in Tony Gilroy’s critically acclaimed Andor, Star Wars fans only knew Andy Serkis for his memorable motion-capture performance as the sinister Supreme Leader Snoke in the first two films in the Sequel Trilogy. Serkis is a legend when it comes to performances where audiences can’t see his face, particularly as Smeagol in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and as Caesar in the recent Planet of the Apes films. While he has had plenty of face time in films like The Batman and Luther: The Fallen Sun, there is something about his performance as Kino Loy in Andor that sets the role apart from the rest. At Collider’s screening of the Narkina 5 arc at the Disney Studios lot earlier this month, Steve Weintraub asked Serkis about when he realized Andor was going to be something special. In turn, Serkis discussed his relationship with Star Wars and what he thought about the journey from Snoke to Kino Loy. Specifically, Serkis spoke about his initial concern about the connections S