Diego Luna Is Pumped for Okay-2SO’s Return in Andor Season 2

As implausible as Andor season one was, it was lacking one large factor. Listed below are some clues. He’s black, steel, tremendous snarky, and ultimately offers his life for the Riot. We’re talking about K-2SO, Cassian’s droid finest pal from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Okay-2 didn’t seem within the first season, however he will be back for season two, and star Diego Luna is extremely enthusiastic about it.

Chatting with Entertainment Weekly, Luna talked about what it was prefer to reunite not simply with Okay-2, however his performer Alan Tudyk. “It was scrumptious to get to work with Alan once more and be on the identical set with him,” Luna stated. “It simply helps fulfill the total circle.” The actor thinks the addition of the droid will assist recontextualize Rogue One for followers. “You’re going to see why Okay-2 is so vital in Rogue One,” Luna added, “And the way does he get to be such an vital character for the Riot.”

Previously, Luna has teased that the occasions of Andor season two will change the viewers’s notion of Rogue One and, on this interview, he says the identical. However it’s the specificity that he relates it to K2 that’s most intriguing. “I believe individuals watching Rogue One, after watching season two, are going to see a unique movie,” Luna stated. “Every thing will likely be signified in a different way figuring out what needed to occur for Okay-2 to be there. It’s going to make you witness the journey of Rogue One otherwise, I believe. And never simply with Okay-2, however with many different characters. I believe it’ll be actually cool.”

In different Andor information, Luna additionally was part of this video released by official Star Wars social media accounts. In it, he hypes up season two and explains what followers who have been following along already know: that it’ll cowl 4 years of Cassian’s life, damaged up into 4 three-episode chapters. The ultimate one will then lead instantly into the occasions of Rogue One and, Luna hopes, followers will have the ability to verify them out again to again. “I’m positive somebody from Lucasfilm and Disney will give us the chance to look at season two after which go straight to look at the movie on a giant display screen with tons of popcorn and pals round,” he stated.

With The Acolyte having simply completed, subsequent up for Star Wars is Skeleton Crew, which debuts December 3. That’ll then run into January which doubtlessly traces Andor season two up for perhaps March 2025? That’s simply an informed guess. Both method although, it’s going to be a serious occasion.

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