Disney’s Andor collection is like Higher Name Saul in a single essential means: we all know precisely the place that character finally ends up, and that casts a shadow over the entire collection, telling us how lengthy it will possibly go and the place the story is main us. Andor is heading towards Rogue One and Cassian Andor’s determination to provide all of it for the Revolt, however there’s nonetheless extra to do, together with heading to an iconic Star Wars location, creator Tony Gilroy informed Collider.
Gilroy stated that for Andor Season 2, he is bringing again Beau Willimon and brother Dan Gilroy as writers, and that they’re going to be joined by Tom Bissell (Lead author on Gears of Conflict 4 and Gears of Conflict 5) as properly.
“Tom Bissell is actually cool and a very, actually fascinating, versatile, actually good author,” Gilroy stated earlier than revealing the place Andor will head subsequent. “[He’s] additionally a really, very, very massive Star Wars fan, which we actually needed to ensure we had one other professional as a result of we’re going into Rogue [One], and we will Yavin, after which we’re going into locations that we ultimately want to actually weave our means again to the supply. So Tom got here in and he is been nice; so he is received some episodes, too.”
By Yavin, we can probably assume that Gilroy is speaking about Yavin IV, the jungle moon of Yavin Prime, which served as a serious base for the Insurgent Alliance up by the tip of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. That is the place Luke took off from to affix the Battle of Yavin on the Loss of life Star. With Luke’s assist, the Rebels destroyed the Loss of life Star and saved Yavin IV. The heroes received their medals (besides Chewie), after which it was off to the ice planet Hoth to ascertain a more recent, colder headquarters. Yavin IV additionally confirmed up in 2016’s Rogue One, the direct prequel to A New Hope. Going to Yavin IV will hyperlink Andor himself but extra deeply to the Revolt, whereas additionally doing what Star Wars likes to do submit Revenge of the Sith–go again to the locations the place all of the cool stuff occurred or is about to occur.
We do not but know when Andor Season 2 will premiere, however it will give us one thing to chew on till then.
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