ANDOR Star Diego Luna Says Season 2 Will Make ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY "A Different Film"

ANDOR Star Diego Luna Says Season 2 Will Make ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY "A Different Film"

Andor season 2 star Diego Luna has teased the importance of K-2SO to Cassian Andor's story and suggests the show will completely change how we perceive Rogue One while teasing a possible re-release...

By JoshWilding - Aug 16, 2024 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Cassian Andor
Source: EW (via SFFGazette.com)

Despite some issues behind the scenes which saw the third act reportedly undergo some huge changes during reshoots, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story remains one of the most well-received movies of the Disney-owned era of Lucasfilm. 

While it ended with the deaths of, well, every lead character, Disney+'s Andor has explored Cassian Andor's origin story by picking up with him five years before the events of Rogue One. When the series returns with season 2, we'll race through the next four years of the Rebel's life, meaning a reunion with K-2SO is imminent. 

That will come when we finally discover how Cassian and Alan Tudyk's reprogrammed Imperial droid met and, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (via SFFGazette.com), Diego Luna addressed the character's importance to this story. 

"What a problem, that droid. He has no filter. He just talks and says everything he's thinking," the actor joked. "It was delicious to get to work with Alan again and be on the same set with him. It just helps fulfill the full circle.”

"You're going to see why K-2 is so important in Rogue One, and how does he get to be such an important character for the Rebellion."

However, it seems that won't be the only way Andor season 2 changes our perception of what we saw in theaters back in 2016. "I think people watching Rogue One, after watching season 2, are going to see a different film," Luna teased.

"Everything will be signified differently knowing what had to happen for K-2 to be there. It's going to make you witness the journey of Rogue One in a different way, I think," he continued. "And not just with K-2, but with many other characters. I think it'll be really cool."

"I'm sure someone from Lucasfilm and Disney will give us the opportunity to watch season 2 and then go straight to watch the film on a big screen with tons of popcorn and friends around," he concluded, suggesting a Rogue One re-release is also in the cards. 

Andor's next batch of episodes will chronicle the next steps in Cassian's journey as he fights to assemble a fledgling resistance. Kathleen Kennedy, Tony Gilroy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna and Luke Hull are executive producing the upcoming season, which stars Diego Luna, Adria Arjona, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, Genevieve O’Reilly, Andy Serkis, Muhannad Bahair and Joplin Sibtain.

Before last year's strikes, the plan had been for Andor season 2 to premiere on Disney+ this month. Now, it's coming to the streamer in 2025.

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Spoken
Spoken - 8/16/2024, 10:11 AM
Hmmm. Never watched the show but I’m interested if he’s putting it like that. Rogue One is my favorite out of all the Disney Star Wars movies.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/16/2024, 10:32 AM
@Spoken - if you like Rogue One, I definitely recommend Andor. Think watching S1, S2 and RO is a great experience. Think I'll do to that (and add IV)
JackBurton1
JackBurton1 - 8/16/2024, 11:02 AM
@Spoken - The show is like watching paint dry for me....it's not eveyone's cup a tea for sure.Having said that...it's a work of art compared to a show like The Acolyte or Kenobi.
The1st
The1st - 8/16/2024, 11:12 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Yeah, it's practically a trilogy itself w/Andor.
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 8/16/2024, 1:12 PM
@Spoken -

It's literally peak, better than rogue one

Better than star wars
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 8/16/2024, 1:57 PM
@Spoken -

It's slow paced, and very character and story driven, but if you liked Rogue One it's absolutely worth the watch.

Criticisms aside it's one of the better made D+ shows, the cinematography, set design, the score, it feels like it had the budget of a cinematic movie.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/16/2024, 10:14 AM
Sweet , can’t wait to see K2SO again since he along with Chirrut were my favorite characters in Rogue One!!.

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Hopefully we get an entire 3 episode arc or so like last season where we see how Cassian got K2SO and their first adventure together which seems like might be the case.

Anyway , idk if we’ll see RO as a different film altogether after the show ends but I’m sure the events will add to it like it did in S1 such as finding out Cassian was unknowingly involved in the making of the Death Star (plus we are more invested in the character now aswell which will help on a rewatch).

Looking forward to S2 since the first one was solid imo!!.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/16/2024, 10:31 AM
If K-2 gets to be such an important character to the rebellion, I kinda hope we get to see him meet some Rebels characters.

Also, I assume so RO will ne different. Really wonder how they're gonna get S1's Cassian to be that person we meet in Rogue One shooting that guy.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/16/2024, 10:49 AM
@bkmeijer1 - given he’s under Luthen’s mentorship now if we go by the end of S1 , I can see him becoming that guy easily given the latter himself isn’t afraid of being morally dubious to get what he wants.

Plus it’s not like Cassian was squeaky clean at the beginning of S1 anyway.

I am more concerned about the structure of the season since each arc (which I’m assuming is 3 episodes each) will be a year each that it makes me worried it will feel rushed but we’ll see.

I really liked how S1 was structured and was one of its strengths imo.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/16/2024, 11:41 AM
@TheVisionary25 - true, although Luthen is a different kind of sneaky.

I think the structure will work fine. It'll be like watching four seperate movies. And even as seen as one season, time jumps can be pulled off like House of the Dragon showed.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/16/2024, 11:43 AM
@bkmeijer1 - very true

I trust Gilroy and his team
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 8/16/2024, 1:14 PM
@bkmeijer1 -

The main theory is : he's the droid of luthen's haulecraft
Huskers
Huskers - 8/16/2024, 10:31 AM
They’re going to have RDJ play Darth Vader! 🤣
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/16/2024, 11:47 AM
@Huskers - don't give them ideas. Maybe they cast him as the older Anakin that never became Vader
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 8/16/2024, 10:34 AM
Disney Star Wars as of 8.16.2024 ...
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ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 8/16/2024, 10:40 AM
Andor was peak Star Wars to me, I hope the quality can continue as I am so into the story they are making.

I really want a KotoR adaptation to hit the same level of quality
OmegaEffect
OmegaEffect - 8/16/2024, 12:01 PM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - I agree it's the only disney star wars content that I enjoy. Really good storytelling.
OmegaEffect
OmegaEffect - 8/16/2024, 12:03 PM
@OmegaEffect - correction. Besides Mandalorian 1,2.
CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 8/16/2024, 10:52 AM
This show is a treasure. The proof that Disney is not to fully blame; with the right team SW still can be worth to tell a story.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 8/16/2024, 10:57 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - This, Rogue One, much of Mandalorian... And I may be in a minority here, but a decent portion of the Acolyte.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/16/2024, 3:01 PM
@CharlesLeeRay - When the majority of the problems can be blamed on KK and Lucasfilm, I agree. Disney isn't the issue.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 8/16/2024, 10:53 AM
I'm intrigued... I just started rewatching all of the movies (and some of the shows) in chronological order.
I just finished A New Hope (which stands up very well) and Rogue One flows pretty well with them.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 8/16/2024, 11:02 AM
Deadpool and Wolverine just passed The Joker for the highest grossing R rated film of all time.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/16/2024, 11:11 AM
Problem with Andor is that its too slow paced for todays ADHD disney+ gen, we only getting two seasons cuz the viewership was low.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 11:16 AM
@Matchesz - This right here. A lot of modern audience hates a show with substance that they can’t scroll on their phone while watching and doesn’t have mindless action every few minutes.
DenimChicken
DenimChicken - 8/16/2024, 11:45 AM
Andor is one of my favorite Star Wars things. I know the empire has always been evil and destroying worlds and stuff but something about how they were depicted in Andor was the first time I truly felt how oppressive and scary the empire can be. It felt maybe more intimate or something.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/16/2024, 11:51 AM
@DenimChicken - I would agree with that.

They made the sound of a TIEfighter which is something we have heard for years feel truly threatening…

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It just really showed how scary it can be to live in a fascist regime such as the Empire and made it feel more “real” then ever before.
OmegaEffect
OmegaEffect - 8/16/2024, 12:09 PM
@DenimChicken - I agree. Really good storytelling.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 8/16/2024, 12:36 PM
Can't wait!
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 8/16/2024, 1:11 PM
I'm really curious to see how they're going to make characters from the 1st season interact with those from the movie (K2, draven, etc)

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