Andor Season 2 Confirms the Return of an Previous Buddy for Season 2

We’ve identified for an extended, lengthy whereas now—even earlier than it was delayed into next year—that Andor‘s second season would see the seminal Star Wars show draw nearer and nearer to the days before the occasions of Rogue One. Now we all know one acquainted face (among several that have been teased) that will likely be serving to lay out that path to the Star Wars prequel story.

Tonight at D23 Lucasfilm confirmed that Alan Tudyk would reprise his role as K-2SO in Andor season two in a behind-the-scenes reel proven to attendees. First launched in Rogue One as Cassian’s trusted comrade, K2 is an important intelligence asset for Insurgent Intelligence: a reprogrammed Imperial safety droid who might leverage his Imperial exterior to infiltrate outposts and amenities undetected.

After all, we’ve seen related safety droids since in Star Wars after Rogue One‘s launch in 2016, if not K2 himself. They’ve appeared as enemies in Respawn’s Jedi motion video games, and one additionally memorably appeared in Andor‘s first season, when Cassian was menaced by one when stopped by Imperial patrols on the planet Niamos. However whether or not we’ll witness the very first assembly between K2 and Cassian, or bounce forward to a time the place they already knew one another, is unknown.

Additionally confirmed through the footage was the previously-accidentally-revealed return of Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic. Rogue One‘s villain and a lead architect on the event of the Dying Star, we noticed him meet an explosive destiny in that film, however simply how he’ll issue into Andor stays to be seen.

Andor will return to Disney+ someday subsequent 12 months.

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