This Sci-Fi Favorite's Emmy Snubs Have The Internet In Revolt
While Disney+'s 'Star Wars' prequel saga nabbed 14 total nominations when contenders were announced on Tuesday morning, Forest Whitaker was the only cast member to land a nod in any acting category.
Online, TV buffs were floored that Diego Luna's leading rebel Cassian Andor, Fiona Shaw's fiercely principled Maarva Andor, Stellan Skarsgård's morally murky spymaster Luthen Rael and Denise Gough's coldly ambitious Imperial officer Dedra Meero were overlooked.
Others thought the snub was especially galling given 'Andor's' eerie resonance amid the second Donald Trump administration.
Andor season 2 once again had some of the best performances in television history yet the cast got a total of ONE Emmy nomination (congrats Forest Whitaker!) pic.twitter.com/SlPPeiuBXp
— Lalo 🃏 Andor sweep (@clonehumor) July 15, 2025
please don't talk to me I'm furious about the emmys ignoring ANDOR's acting ensemble
— ✍🏼 roxana | ✊🏼 zivar | ⚒️ hadadi (@roxana_hadadi) July 15, 2025
A slow-burning tale about the creep of authoritarianism, the show explores how the 'Star Wars' universe's revolutionary Rebel Alliance is born from the wreckage of state surveillance, militarism and the erosion of civil liberties under the fascist-coded Galactic Empire.
Though many viewers interpret 'Andor' as an allegory for the totalitarianism impulses leeching their way into contemporary politics, creator Tony Gilroy has emphasized the story's deeper historical underpinnings.
'You could drop this show at any point in the last 6,000 years, and it would make sense to some people about what's happening to them,' he told The Hollywood Reporter in May.
See 'Andor' fans' reactions to the acting snubs right here:
Andor not getting a single acting nomination at the Emmys is grounds for the destruction of award shows as an institution
— Cynth/Susie/Willow | 🍉 (@Cynth_) July 15, 2025
I'm glad Andor got nominated, but Diego getting snubbed is now my villain origin story.
— Maggie Lovitt (@maggieofthetown) July 15, 2025
Nominating Pedro Pascal for his 5 total minutes of screen time in The Last of Us season 2 but snubbing Diego Luna in Andor is insane. I'm going to shoot myself live onstage at the Emmys https://t.co/frHl39lQ29pic.twitter.com/AsASkkxiZN
— Alex Burley (@AJBurlap) July 15, 2025
if that mushroom zombie show gets more noms than that space antifa show I'm self immolating in front of the academy https://t.co/WJp9W6D1bE
— major fartagaz | Andor Forever (@fartagaz) July 14, 2025
Andor cast you are all Emmy nominees and winners in my house pic.twitter.com/OsnkETrzFB
— blue (@words_salad) July 15, 2025
So did they watch anything else besides The White Lotus? The fuck is this list? https://t.co/jKOHOzSPM3pic.twitter.com/CuvkDckXT9
— PJ • Andor Vibes • (@matpolloy) July 15, 2025
DIEGO LUNA SNUBBEDSTELLAN SKARSGARD SNUBBEDGENEVIEVE OREILLY SNUBBEDcongrats to forest whitaker https://t.co/bQJ3kAhiqMpic.twitter.com/dNStPMz6sm
— major fartagaz | Andor Forever (@fartagaz) July 15, 2025
What do you mean no one got acting nominations for Andor did they not watch the fucking show?????? pic.twitter.com/8fYOdXZJ5m
— TangiblePepper (@tangiblepe56280) July 15, 2025
no acting emmy noms for andor pic.twitter.com/Rh8m1gwamJ
— ✨peggy carter rights✨ (@saruuuuuuugh) July 15, 2025
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