Andor Season 2 Plans Revealed by Star Wars Showrunner

May 25, 2022

The Star Wars-based Disney+ series Andor is set to debut sometime later this year and will focus on the early adventures of Diego Luna’s Rogue One character. According to the series’ showrunner, plans for a second season are already underway.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, showrunner Tony Gilroy corrected a few rumors that had begun circulating about the upcoming series, namely that the droid K-2SO (played by Alan Tudyk) would be in the series. Gilroy said that wouldn’t be the case, but that fans could perhaps see that story unfold in a second season, which also seemed to confirm that a second season was in the works.

“We don’t have Alan Tudyk,” Gilroy said. “Not yet, anyway. It is a second season, but it’s really, for me, the second half of the novel. This first season is about him becoming a revolutionary, and the second 12 episodes take him into Rogue One.”

Disney+’s Andor features Diego Luna as he reprises his role of Cassian Andor. Set five years before the events of Rogue One, the series will follow the adventures of the titular hero rebel spy during the formative years of the Rebellion. It will explore tales of espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire. The additional cast also includes Star Wars newcomers Denise Gough, Stellan Skarsgård, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona.RELATED: Andor: Succession Composer to Score Disney+ Star Wars Series

Andor is executive produced by showrunner Tony Gilroy, who previously directed the reshoots for Rogue One. Gilroy was originally expected to direct the three episodes but was forced to give up the position to Black Mirror‘s Toby Haynes due to pandemic-related travel issues. Production is currently underway in the United Kingdom.