The creator of Andor, Tony Gilroy, discusses how many significant time leaps there are in season 2, which is anticipated to be the last. As a prelude to 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the most recent Star Wars Disney+ series explores the origin story of Diego Luna’s titular thief as he becomes involved in the inner workings of the Rebellion and battles to topple the Galactic Empire. With Andor ending on a significant cliffhanger before season 2, viewers are now getting a preview of what will happen in the upcoming Star Wars episode.
Tony Gilroy provided some insight for the upcoming Andor season 2 in an interview with Collider to discuss the season 1 conclusion of the program. According to the creator, who went into some depth about them, the time leaps would mostly be used to establish an adventure story and keep things on the edge, enticing viewers to turn the page or tune in the next week. Check out what Gilroy said below:
Reasons for the numerous time jumps in Andor Season 2
It’s interesting to note that Andor was initially intended to be a five-season series, with each season focusing on a year in Cassian’s life and detailing how he changed from a Rebel soldier to the fighter fans first fell in love with in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The developer of the series, Gilroy, and Lucasfilm decided to cut back this concept to two seasons of 12 episodes each, claiming that the idea’s scope was “physically unachievable.” Gilroy recently revealed that Andor season 2 would have a number of time jumps, ranging from three days to a full year, with the season opener picking up a year after its cliffhanger finale.
Although the confirmation of three-episode blocks is an interesting approach, it seems sensible that Andor season 2 would need much time leaps given that the tale spans four in-universe years. Gilroy and his writing staff are better able to create constrained plot arcs that allow for gradual character growth and that also serve to establish the following batch of episodes, as opposed to needing to cover many years of story in a single episode. One can only hope that the Andor creative team will be able to manage the formula better than the Game of Thrones prequel, given that House of the Dragon provided lessons on both the advantages and disadvantages of many time leaps within a season.
It would be intriguing to watch how some character arcs, including that of Stellan Skarsgard’s Lutheran, who was never seen or acknowledged in the original Star Wars trilogy or in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, will be resolved in Andor season 2. Although this doesn’t necessarily indicate that he will die in the show, given that Gilroy has built up substantial stakes in both the movie and Disney+ series, it does seem likely that his character will suffer a tragic end by the time of the season finale. In the interim, viewers can catch up with Andor season 1 on Disney+, which is currently streaming in its entirety.
