In a Lucasfilm clip from Disney’s D23 Expo event, the first footage shows the highly anticipated second season Tony Gilroyof Andor.
revealed in that video Ben Mendelsohn has joined the cast of the show, reprising his role as villain Orson Krennic.
There were previous rumors that Mendelsohn would be returning to the series, and… it’s been confirmed that it makes perfect sense that he would have a role in the next chapter of the story.
The clip also features Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), safety robot K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) and Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly).
Diego Luna Said at the event: “Rogue One Changed my life. I have lived with Cassian Andor for 10 years. It’s great to be able to finish this story that started in Rogue One Season 1.
“In season one, we go through a year. He lives under the rule of the Empire. He gets a taste of courage,” he told attendees.
“The second part of the story will follow Cassian’s development over the course of four years into the rebel hero we know from Rogue One.
“In this season, the stakes are higher, the enemies are more organized, and the clock is ticking. The threat to the Empire grows by the day, and Andor has noble goals, freedom, and a better tomorrow.
The reveal, included in a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Season 2, previews a bigger, more intense story to come.
According to the writers and producers Tony Gilroynext season may be the most important story he’s ever told.
He previously said: “I’ve had a lot of fun over the years, but I don’t know if I’ve ever done something as important as the 24-hour storytelling we do now.”
Gilroy concluded: “I don’t know if it’s just because that’s what I do, but I don’t think so. I’ve never had a job opportunity this big before, so it means a lot to me.
Season 2 will conclude the series, taking us back to Cassian Andor’s years as a Rebel spy and his pursuit of the secrets of the Death Star’s construction. The story leads directly to the following events Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
He has previously teased the series’ ending, saying that the creative team “knows exactly where we’re going” and that knowing where the story goes is “very creative.”
“It really helps if you know your ending,” he said. “We knew exactly where we were going. You knew what you had to convey emotionally and what the story was going to do. It was made for survival. decision, but it’s good for our creativity.
Gilroy explained how the story will unfold in the series’ final season, saying: “When we come back later, it’ll literally be like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Then, we’ll jump a year. , and then it’ll be four or five days, and then we’ll jump a year, and then there’ll be another four or five days, and then we’ll jump a year, and then another four or five days.
He added: “I don’t know if anyone has done this before, because I don’t know if anyone has had the opportunity to do this before. We’re in a whole new era of making these shows.
“These shows are new. The whole idea of how to make these shows and the economics of scaling them is new, everything is new.
every three episodes Andor Season 2 will tell the story over the course of a year, and previously speaking about what we can expect from the series, he explained that the show explores the stress, heartbreak, and triumphs of a growing rebellion: “Think of revolution, Think of it from Luthen Rael’s point of view, Saw Gerrera’s point of view, and Mon Mothma’s point of view.
He continued: “They were the original gangsters of this thing in the beginning, it was underground, it was secretive, it was small, it was isolated and it was controlled. Four years later, it’s going to be a lot more Big. Think of any restaurant you know that started as a coffee shop, think of any startup.
“What happens? Things get really complicated. If your stock and your business dealings are subject to paranoia, secrecy, betrayal and serious consequences, it’s really hard to grow your business.
Gilroy continued: “And then thinking about it from the Imperial side, they’re getting very, very close to a very important energy project. People may have heard about it. It’s an energy project.”
“I guess it’s not surprising, but I think you see the wear and tear of the 20 or 30 people that we push and you see all the stress and all the heartbreak and all the triumphs. Kassian was there center.
“You’re going to see those people stumbling into a very complex mess and history, and we’re going to be paying attention to that.”
He added: “We’re going to work according to the calendar. We have some events on the calendar, you know what they are, some of them are very important and we’re going to get those events right.”
I can’t wait for this series!
