5 burning questions before Andor begins

Here's what we think we know—and what can't wait to find out—about the latest Disney Plus Star Wars series

By Cindy White | September 15, 2022 | 12:00pm

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Diego Luna as Cassian Andor Screenshot: Lucasfilm

It’s rare for Star Wars fans to reach a consensus these days, but if there’s one thing the majority seems to agree on it’s that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is one of the best films of the franchise’s modern era. It follows, then, that it would only be a matter of time before Lucasfilm found a way to give us more. With the release of a series centered around one of the film’s standout characters, rebel spy Cassian Andor, that’s exactly what they’ve done.

Andor will premiere on Disney+ on Sept. 21, with the first three episodes dropping all at once. The remaining nine will roll out each succeeding Wednesday. Disney has confirmed that there will be two seasons of the series, for a total of 24 episodes. So we might have to wait until season two for some of the anticipated backstories to be filled in. Even if we already know how the story ends for Cassian, there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding his past and how it shaped him as a character. Here are a few of the questions we’re pondering before the series kicks off.

1. How much of Cassian’s backstory will we see?

One of the things that isn’t being kept under wraps is the show’s timeline. Season one is set five years before we meet Cassian Andor in Rogue One. It will take place over the course of about a year, while season two will cover the rest of the events leading into the movie. If you’ve seen Rogue One, you know that this series pretty much had to be a prequel. If you haven’t, well, you probably should before watching Andor.But what about Cassian’s personal history? What about his childhood? Will we see what caused him to become a rebel at the age of six? There are scenes in the trailer that suggest glimpses of a young Cassian as a scavenger, or a thief, on an Outer-Rim planet (his homeworld was previously identified as Fest in some of the Rogue One promotional materials, but that may not be where this story starts). Perhaps we’ll see his troubled upbringing, marked by loss and hardship. But will the answers be satisfying for fans, who have been speculating about the significance of his words since the film came out? Are some mysteries better left unknown? We don’t care, we just really want the show to fulfill its promise of showing us how a revolutionary is born.

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