Andor Season 2 Wants to Show Cassian’s Commitment to the Rebellion

Much of the archetypal play of Andor resolved astir Cassian’s conflict to perpetrate to a origin that went beyond himself–not that helium didn’t privation to thieve from the Empire and propulsion backmost against its encroachment connected his life, but that helium could ever beryllium portion of a larger origin against it. Bit by bit, until helium yet tells Luthen to sprout him oregon bring him successful in the finale, helium begins to get there, and present play 2 wants to support gathering connected that arsenic it brings america person and person to the events of Rogue One.

“He’s a antheral afloat committed to the Rebellion,” Diego Luna told Empire Magazine of Cassian’s travel successful Andor play 2. “It’s idiosyncratic who has to ascend. There’s a immense upland for him to ascent successful bid to [become] the feline we conscionable in Rogue One.”

Part of that travel volition involve, of course, Cassian processing his concern with the erstwhile Imperial information droid K-2SO, with Alan Tudyk reprising his relation from Rogue One arsenic we get a caller mentation of the communicative of however Cassian and K2 met (we’d antecedently gotten a tie-in Rogue One comic from Marvel successful 2017, but we tin possibly expect things to change). But according to showrunner Tony Gilroy, portion of showing that committedness Cassian present feels arsenic play 2 barrels towards the timeline of Rogue One, and Cassian’s eventual willingness to sacrifice everything for the cause, volition beryllium having him brushwood against the beating bosom of Alliance operations astatine its infamous basal from A New Hope.

“I mean, we person to extremity up successful Yavin, right?” Gilroy told the magazine. “So, we’ll archer the communicative of Yavin. No-one has rather dealt with Yavin the mode we volition beryllium doing it.”

It’s absorbing what Gilroy means by that sentiment. Rogue One concisely teased astatine slightest immoderate of the clashes and compromises that travel from the Rebel Alliance being the size and scope it is by the clip of A New Hope, particularly what bristles elements of its Intelligence branch–a subdivision that we cognize Cassian becomes a dedicated portion of by the clip of the movie. Even Star Wars Rebels‘ depiction of the constitution of the the Yavin basal arsenic the superior hub of the formalized Alliance got into the divisions astatine play successful its moments with Saw Gerrera and Mon Mothma astatine each other’s ideological throats.

There’s nary uncertainty a amusement like Andor could springiness america a caller rotation connected Alliance authorities that pushes Cassian deeper and deeper into the cause. But conscionable however it goes astir it successful speech with the Star Wars stories that came before, particularly arsenic the amusement begins to determination guardant further steps successful clip successful the spread it has betwixt the events of play 1 and Rogue One, volition beryllium fascinating to ticker unfold.

Andor returns to Disney+ connected April 22, 2025.

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