Among all the Star Wars shows on Disney Plus, Andor has been the most popular one, both among critics and viewers. Fans have, therefore, naturally been eagerly waiting for the second season of Andor, which also marks the end of the series.
Tony Gilroy, the showrunner for Andor, had always envisioned it as a two-part series. In the final part, Diego Luna's main character Cassian Andor will be developed to the point where he is introduced in Rogue One, the Star Wars movie.
Even with a tight plotline like this, there is a lot of scope for development regarding the story of Andor. Though the details of season 2 have been mostly kept under wraps, here is everything that is known so far about the second season of the Star Wars series.
What is the Release Date of Andor Season 2?
Andor Season 2 will premiere on April 22, 2025. This date was announced during the D23 Brazil event and is just after the Star Wars Celebration, which runs from April 18 to April 20, 2025.
The production for the 12-episode season began in November 2022 and partially continued even after the beginning of the WGA strike. However, in July 2023, when the actors also joined the writers’ strike to demand fair and equitable treatment from the studios, the production halted completely.
In January 2024 the production resumed and things were wrapped up by February 2024. Since Tony Gilroy had mentioned that post-production of this season would take about a year, it can be expected that Andor Season 2 will premiere sometime during the first quarter of 2025.
What is the Plot of Andor Season 2?
The plotline of Andor Season 2 has been kept under tight vigilance and information is scarce. However, some lingering plot points from Andor Season 1 can give an idea about what season 2 might be dealing with.
Tony Gilroy, in a conversation with Rolling Stone already mentioned that things will be "very different" when the show comes back. He also added,
"The first year is really about him becoming, and the last line of this tranche of 12 episodes will sum up where we’ve been trying to get to. And we come back a year later. It’ll be very different. The next four years [of story] are not about becoming a revolutionary. They’re about learning to be a leader and how difficult it is to put the alliance together and what happens to people who are the original gangsters versus the establishment and a lot of different other issues."
Moreover, with Luthen's team now having Cassian, he will get to have first hand experience of building up the Rebel Alliance and what it becomes. Through this storyline, Andor Season 2 is very likely to feature the first encounter between Genevieve O'Reilly's Mon Mothma, Luthen’s close ally and the titular character of the show.
Season 2 will also have a new narrative structure as for every three episodes, there will be a skipping forward of a year. However, Gilroy has assured that this time jump will not make the show any less detailed, saying,
"What becomes interesting is now we can play the negative space. When you jump a year, what happened in between? You know the people, you know what their trajectory was. It’s energizing."
With Gilroy confirming that season 2 will tie in more directly with the Star Wars saga, fans wait eagerly to see the story unfold.
Who is in the cast of Andor Season 2?
Though there has been no official information on the cast list of Andor Season 2, it is expected that the original cast will be returning. There is also the possibility of some unexpected returns in certain episodes, which means Andy Serkis' Kino Loy might come back.
The expected cast list for Andor Season 2 includes:
Diego Luna as Cassian Andor: A thief turned into a prime player in the Rebel Alliance
- Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma: An Imperial Senator, secretly in support of the Rebel Alliance
- Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Rael: A rebel operative and recruiter of Andor
- Denise Gough as Dedra Meero: One of the supervisors for Imperial Security Bureau
- Faye Marsay as Vel Sartha: Mon Mothma’s relative and also a rebel operative
- Kyle Soller as Syril Karn: A corporate security inspector hell bent on capturing Andor
- Adria Arjona as Bix Caleen: Andor’s ally and friend and also a mechanic
- Elizabeth Dulau as Kleya Marki: Luthen Rael’s assistant
- Varada Sethu as Cinta Kaz: One of the medics for Rebel Alliance
- Alan Tudyk as K-2SO: The co-pilot of Cassian Andor and and Imperial security droid that has been reprogrammed
Is there a trailer for Andor Season 2?
No, Disney Plus has not yet dropped any official trailer or teaser for Andor Season 2.
Andor Season 1 can be streamed on Disney Plus.
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