Andor
creator Tony Gilroy confirms he originally pitched five seasons to Disney, but there’s a good reason the story ends with Andor season 2. Excitement is building for Andor Season 2, recently revealed to return to Disney+ on April 22, 2025. First footage of Andor season two teases a slightly more intertwined story in the timeline and left many viewers anxiously wishing the show had more than two seasons.
Speaking in the latest issue of Empire Magazine, creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy confirms his grand original concept for Andor was sold to Disney as “five extensive seasons, each consisting of 12 episodes.“ He realized these dreams were unrealistic during production; “Oh my God, are we going to have to make up another 12 hours of story?” he explained. “So I was already panicking. We already said we were going to do five years [of timeline]that was the concept. How do you get out of this?“
The solution came when he had a sip of whiskey with star Diego Luna. “We were discovering how fucked we were with the concept that we were going to be able to do this for five years,“Gilroy explained.”From this desperation came… it’s a lifeboat, right?” Andor Season 2 is divided into four “blocks” of three episodes, each covering a concentrated period of Cassian Andor’s life and the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Each block takes place approximately one year after the previous one, until the show ends as a direct prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
What Andor’s Time Compression Means for Star Wars
A smart way out of trouble… and it creates so many opportunities
It’s clearly disappointing that we won’t get more than two seasons of Andor; this really is Star Wars‘best live-action TV show, and the characters are so wonderfully rich that they could easily be explored for decades to come. That said, Gilroy is probably right that an ongoing, multi-season TV show was nearly impossible. Andor and Star Wars‘most expensive TV show, and its luxurious beauty is a direct result of intense care and concern for production. The entire team would burn.
Gilroy’s approach could mean that the story ends in Andor Season 2, but it actually has a huge advantage for Lucasfilm; it means there will be many other potential stories that can be told. Star Wars is known for jumping around the timeline and bringing back some of the best characters; Andor season two features Ben Mendelsohn reprising his popular role of Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyfor example. There is absolutely no reason Andor This may be the last time we see the characters from the series.
Our opinion on Andor, season 2
Easily the most exciting Star Wars TV show
We all know TV shows that have overstayed their welcome, starting strong but losing momentum and petering out. Andor season one threw viewers on an intense journey that simply can’t be sustained forever. As good as Andor it’s better for the series to end when the team feels they’ve told their story, rather than simply continuing on for five seasons. That means we’re about to get a second season that should be just as good as the first – if not better – and that we’ll end on a high note, not a disappointment.
Source: Império Magazine
Diego Luna stars as Cassian Andor in Andor, a Disney+ exclusive series set five years before Rogue One. The series follows the titular character as he rises from a humble thief to a revolutionary icon of rebellion against the empire. Cassian, a man trying to stay out of confrontation after the destruction of his world, is thrust into the central conflict as he naturally assumes the role of leader. Andor will explore the flourishing days of the Rebellion and highlight pivotal events from the Star Wars franchise before the construction of the Death Star.
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Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy, Beau Willimon, Stephen Schiff
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Tony Gilroy