STAR WARS: ANDOR Story Details Reveal The Show's Connection To The Death Star - Possible SPOILERS

STAR WARS: ANDOR Story Details Reveal The Show's Connection To The Death Star - Possible SPOILERS

Some newly surfaced story details for Disney+'s Andor have found their way online, shedding some light on how this series will specifically tie into the Death Star ahead of that mission in Rogue One...

By JoshWilding - Jul 29, 2022 03:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Cassian Andor
Source: Making Star Wars (via SFFGazette.com)

You probably don't need us to tell you that Andor is a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, so with that in mind, you may already feel like you know how this Disney+ series connects to the wider Galaxy Far, Far Away.

However, a new rumour shared by Making Star Wars (via SFFGazette.com) has shed a little light on how this show builds on what we saw in that movie and the original trilogy. Cassian Andor may have ultimately helped steal those all-important Death Star plans, but it appears that superweapon crosses his radar quite a few years before the fateful mission that ends with his death.

The site explains that the show will feature former engineers and scientists who have been enslaved by the Empire and forced to work on their sinister projects like, for example, the Death Star's construction. 

It's said we'll be taken to one of these brutal, hellish assembly lines, with Cassian going undercover as a prisoner. He's there to extract intel from an agent, but will learn that this factory is part of a secret project the Empire is working on. Yes, it's Project Stardust, and the site speculates that this team is devoted to crafting the Kyber Crystals used to unleash those planet-killing blasts. 

"Project Stardust" is reportedly referenced, though it's unclear how much that influences what we saw in Rogue One. Either way, whether he realises it or not, it seems Cassian's mission to take down the Empire means he comes across the Death Star years before ever meeting the woman the project is named after, Jyn Erso. 

Andor will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by cast members Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough and Kyle Soller. The show premieres on Disney+ on August 31.

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BB8ANG
BB8ANG - 7/29/2022, 3:51 PM
Saboteur or not, I still find it funny that Galen would name a weapon of mass destruction after his beloved daughter.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/29/2022, 3:59 PM
That Marvels article was taken down fast, lol.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/29/2022, 4:57 PM
@regularmovieguy - What happened? Because of the leak?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/29/2022, 5:17 PM
@GeneralZod

Cease and desist, I’m sure.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/29/2022, 5:40 PM
@regularmovieguy - I was pretty shocked they put it on here. I'm disappointed I coupdnt wait to see if the thread had became a shit show lol
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/29/2022, 5:45 PM
@MyCoolYoung

Honestly I don’t like spoilers but they’re usually pretty hard to avoid if you’re on CBM twitter. I do usually peek the comments on those articles though.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/29/2022, 5:54 PM
@regularmovieguy - I'm getting that way. I avoided them for Love and Thunder, and it was hard as hell, considering I had become accustomed to seeking them out.

I had to stop lying to myself by saying it didn't affect my viewing pleasures, and it does
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/30/2022, 3:09 PM
@regularmovieguy - holy shit that plot leak is BADDDDDDDDD. Worst on yet and we've had some stinkers in phase 4.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/30/2022, 3:10 PM
@MyCoolYoung - I'm not sure why this site always has the leaks and spoilers. It's why many of us remain here for so many years. This is my AintItCool of the golden years and Josh is our Harry. His reviews aren't as good as Harry Knowles' are ;) but still
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/30/2022, 7:12 PM
@McMurdo - my guess is they report them for the increased traffic? Leak/spoiler culture getting worse and worse
clornelas
clornelas - 7/29/2022, 4:37 PM
This whole project still falls firmly under the completely unnecessary category for me. His character's journey happens during the movie. So many other things more worth the time and effort of making a show about.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/30/2022, 3:13 PM
@clornelas - and somehow it will still be better than the majority of Disney SW cuz Gilroy has talent.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/29/2022, 5:48 PM
If Andor is gonna be anything like the Andor we find in the beginning of Rogue One, he's not gonna find out he's at a facility for Project Stardust specifically at all. He probably get's the intel he needs from the agent, and then just clips the guy.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 7/29/2022, 8:41 PM
The show itself looks good, but more Death Star details feel so unnecessary.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 7/29/2022, 9:58 PM
The trailer looks great, but damn, Disney screwed things up so royally with The Rise of Skywalker that they have nowhere to go but backwards to mine every bit of OT and PT lore.

A couple of goofy LEGO animated specials are the farthest Disney has dared to go post-Rey Palpatine.
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/29/2022, 11:59 PM
@NoAssemblyReqd - don’t they always go backwards sometimes forwards with sequels if series movie does well animated Disney movies they go backwards make them live action backwards Star Wars series tie in with original series ,
LlamaLord
LlamaLord - 7/30/2022, 7:18 AM
@dragon316 - What a sentence.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 7/30/2022, 10:31 AM
@dragon316 - Was this sentence composed with autocomplete?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/30/2022, 3:24 PM
@NoAssemblyReqd - ya that film definitely wasn't the beginning of them choking SW.
Yuhio
Yuhio - 7/30/2022, 1:41 AM
So boring and uninteresting. Didn't like the character in Rogue One at all.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 7/30/2022, 2:34 AM
Why does it need to be connected to that?
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