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‘Andor’ Trailer Shows Gritty Side of ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy
The new Andor trailer shows off the Disney+ Star Wars show.

‘Andor’ Trailer Shows Gritty Side of ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy

Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm’s ‘Andor,’ exclusively on Disney+. Courtesy of Disney+/Lucasfilm

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The first trailer for Andor puts Diego Luna back in the Star Wars galaxy. Along with the trailer reveal, a second season of the show was confirmed Thursday at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California.

Season one will debut Aug. 31 with two episodes. Showrunner Tony Gilroy revealed 12 episodes have already been filmed, with 12 more planned for a second season that will film in the fall. Andor centers on Luna’s Rogue One character and kicks off five years before that film, with the second season covering the final four-year gap before the events of the movie. The series will lead directly into Rogue One with its final scene, said Gilroy, the writer who unofficially took over directing duties on Rogue One and helped shepherd it to more than $1 billion at the box office.

“You’re not going to recognize Cassian Andor in the beginning. I cannot wait for you to meet him,” Luna said Thursday.

Andor stars Luna as the spy who sacrificed himself in 2016’s Rogue One while getting plans for the Death Star to the Rebellion. The series hails from Gilroy. Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Genevieve O’Reilly and Denise Gough also star.

Development on Andor dates back to 2018, when it was officially revealed that Luna would reprise the role.

“The way we’re shooting this reminds me of how we shot the film, and the amount of work behind this TV series reminds me of the work you do for a film. It feels like we’re doing a very long movie,” Luna told The Hollywood Reporter in 2020 of working on the project.