[This article contains spoilers for Andor’s Season 1 finale]Now that the first season ofAndorhas come to a close, fans ofTony Gilroy’s critically acclaimed series are anxious to learn how the second season will handle its time jumps. Season 1 used 3-episode arcs to explore a short period of time in Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) life, but Season 2 will use its 3-episode arcs to explore an entire year each—which will up the stakes and speed up the timeline as the series heads in a collision course towards the events ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Before the finale, Collider’sSteve Weintraubhad the opportunity to discuss Season 2 with Gilroy, including asking how the final season would handle its expedited timeline. In addition to learning thatEpisode 13 will take place one year after the finale, the series creator explained in more detail how they’ll handle those 3-episode time jumps. He emphasized that he is a big believer in dynamics, explaining, “Loud, soft, fast, slow, think, run, you want to balance all that stuff up. Job one is an adventure story. Job one is to make you want to turn the page or tune in next week. So, we have to tell an adventure story, and we have to keep things on the edge. But, the question that you ask, it’s way too long to answer here.” Gilroy went on to explain:
“I don’t know if anybody ever got to do this before, maybe someone’s done it in a novel. I don’t really know, I’d be curious. As writers, as dramatists, it has all kinds of really cool implications. It has a couple of things that make things difficult, they have to be very brave about the negative space between the years, and you have to really trust the storytelling to not explain everything.”
He also shared that he’s not the only creative involved who has never tackled a project with such major time jumps involved, which means they’re all learning in real time how to approach it. He said, “We have found out all kinds of things about it that are pretty interesting. That’ll be a really interesting conversation if it works. Hopefully, it will work in two years.”
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One thing we won’t have to worry about whenAndorreturns, is worrying about who survived the first time jump between Episode 12 and Episode 13. Earlier in the interview, Gilroy confirmed thathe doesn’t have anyone dying during the time jump, saying, “If they live, and I’m not going to promise how long they live when they get to the other side, but they all know that. But, no, if they lived in the show, they’re alive.”
What We Know AboutAndorSeason 2
With the first time jump in mind, it sounds like Diego Luna will definitely be joined byStellanSkarsgård,Genevieve O’Reilly, andDuncan Pow, given their connection toRogue One, with the potential of seeingForest Whitakerreprise his role too. And we certainly haven’t seen the last ofKyle Soller,Denise Gough,Adria Arjona,Joplin Sibtain,Elizabeth Dulau,Faye Marsay, orVarada Sethu. Coming in to tackle those 3-episode time jumps areAriel Kleiman,Janus Metz, andAlonso Ruizpalacioswho are set to direct scripts penned byDan Gilroy,Beau Willimon, and newcomerTom Bissell.
Season 2 began filming this week and isexpected to continue filming until August 2023. The entire first season ofAndoris streaming now on Disney+. For more onAndor, watch our exclusive interview with Andy Serkis below.
