While Star Wars fans eventually turned their back on The Mandalorian, a lot of critics had fallen in love with the Rogue One spinoff Andor from Tony Gilroy. The second season is set to premiere this April, and a new special look has been dropped revealing some familiar returning faces.
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Beside Cassian and other returning characters like Luthen, Mon Mothma, and Saw Gerrera, the second season also features other Rogue One faces like Alan Tudyk, who plays the part of Cassian’s droid partner K-2SO. On the Imperial side of things, Ben Mendelsohn is also back in the role of Death Star architect Director Krennic. It’s not clear what his role is going to be, but seeing as the first season ended with the tease of the Death Star, it’s possible he could be showing up to tout the near completion of his passion project.
It’s worth noting that this series is said to take place four years before the events of Rogue One, so there could be a lot of Easter Eggs pointing to the eventual recruitment of Jyn Erso as well as Cassian’s arrival in Wobani (where he straight-up kills an informant).
Unlike other Star Wars series, Andor is going to be releasing multiple episodes at a time, completing specific arcs of the season. While some are complaining about the format, I think that Andor does great in that it tells a complete story every drop as compared to keeping audiences in their toes every week (with episodes that vary in runtime).
Catch the second season of Andor when it premieres on Disney+ on April 22.
