On the second day of the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, during the Lucasfilm & Marvel Studios Presentation, the studio founded by George Lucas, had some big announcements for fans of a galaxy far, far away. To kick off Star Wars celebration of all that was Disney fandom was the finale Andoro trailer, a 12-episode Star Wars series to be released on Disney+ in 11 days on September 21, 2022.
President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy stated that the focus of the Andoro series will be what happened in the five years leading up to 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and it will summarize exactly what the uprising against the Empire ran into. According to the official description:
The Andoro series will explore a new perspective of the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series puts forward the story of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how humans and planets got involved. It is an era of danger, deceit and intrigue as Cassian embarks on the path destined to make him a rebel hero.
That’s why the series is also about the awakening of revolutionary Cassian Andor, who will again be played by Diego Luna. “It’s also about someone discovering there’s a purpose and something to fight for, and then you see a whole community responding. This is about bringing change and hopefully it becomes a story that you’ll love to see,” he said. Luna.
Kathleen Kennedy is about to shoot 12 more episodes of Andor
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With the first 12 episodes debuting in 11 days and Kennedy revealing that Lucasfilm is “very close to shooting the second 12 episodes,” she said she “couldn’t be happier working with Tony Gilroy.” Kennedy continued: “Tony created Bourne’s Identity series, which I’m sure many of you have seen, and he brought that suspense to it [the Andor] series in such a great way, and we also have an incredible ensemble cast.”
In addition to Luna, Genevieve O’Reilly returns to the Star Wars franchise to reprise her role as Senator/spy Mon Mothma, as well as Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Real, Adria Arjona as Bix Caleen, Fiona Shaw as Maarva, Denise Gough as Dedra Meero, and Kyle Soller as Syril, an Imperial officer who led the rebellion. van Andor tries to stop. In addition, Forest Whitaker returns as Saw Gerrera, the leader of a militant insurgent group that… Star Wars fans first met in Clone Wars.