Diego Luna promises that season 2 of Andor will be everything that everyone wants it to be
Diego Luna says the creators of the show know what worked and also why it worked
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The first season of Disney+’s Andor surprised everyone with how good it was—well, everyone but the existing band of Rogue One faithful, of which there are several of us—and star Diego Luna says that the team learned a lot of lessons from the first season that they’re taking in to season two. Speaking with Variety at the Miami Film Festival, Luna explained that the second season of Andor “ends where Rogue One starts,” and he insisted that they’re “not changing the ending” of the movie by playing with the timeline at all. “It has a beginning and an end, we all know what’s going to happen.” (Spoiler: Death Star’d!)
That being said, Luna noted that not only was the first season “well received and that people liked it,” but the creators “know why they liked it.” “We actually listen to audiences and critics,” Luna explained, “and we understand what things connected and what didn’t connect.” (Off the top of our head, the one thing that really didn’t connect in Andor was the interminable opening credits sequence… and that’s about it.)
Luna said that, because they have this information about what worked and what didn’t work, and they’re jumping straight in to make the second—and final—season, this season “will end up representing the audience in a different way. Somehow, the audience is part of this season because the interaction we had served as inspiration.” In other words, he says the show is going to give everyone more of what they liked and less of what they didn’t, and it’ll be the show everyone wants it to be.
That probably means season two will have five or six killer monologues instead of three or four, and it will ignore other Star Wars stories even harder than Andor did, and also Mon Mothma’s stupid husband will be even more stupid. It will also probably introduce Cassian’s Rogue One buddy K-2SO. Maybe they’ll give Jyn Erso a nice cameo even though that risks breaking the canon… or maybe Galen Erso will be spotted in the background at some point writing “convenient exhaust port?” on a whiteboard.
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The middle 3rd will be Book of Boba Fett season 1.7?
I have to vehemently disagree about the title sequence slam here, it gets me pumped every time.
Yeah, visually it’s like 2001: A Space Odyssey, and musically it’s like Blade Runner. What’s not to like?!
I love how each episode is scored differently to begin with the title card, often tips the hand a bit on the dramatic theme. I could listen to the factory score all day long.
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It’s OK, everyone is wrong sometimes. It’s your turn today.
I had to have it pointed out to me that the opening credits for each episode all fit together in their own progression.
That being said, Luna noted that not only was the first season “well received and that people liked it,” but the creators “know why they liked it.” “We actually listen to audiences and critics,” Luna explained, “and we understand what things connected and what didn’t connect.” Certain Warmer Brothers executives heard whispering about how the Mouse must be using witchcraft, because the Rabbit can’t understand it.
The title sequence was a slow build that gradually added new layers every episode, while also using its instrumentation to reference the cultures that were central to each episode. In other words, it works for the same reason the show did: it was a smart, slow burn that reveals more the more you dig. It also did something else this show did well that not even the best SW material to this point had: trust that the audience didn’t need to be spoon-fed to stay engaged.
the second—and final—season
Thought there were going to be more seasons than this.
Ah well, if the second is as good as the first, then talk about going out on a high!
If I remember correctly, the second season was going to cover five years or ten years or something, with each episode taking a year (or some long-ish time period apart). No idea if that’s still the plan, or if would even work alongside season 1 (which I haven’t actually seen, other than the first two episodes that ABC aired one night seemingly at random).It might make sense for more seasons if they’re intended to cover a long time period to get to the beginning of Rogue One, but at least back a while that wasn’t the plan.
The original plan was for five seasons, but then they were caught completely off guard with how long the first one took to make, and decided to cram the rest of the intended story into just one. Which makes me kind of nervous, but if anyone’s earned trust that they can pull it off, it’s this crew.
Personally am just plain nervous. The first season was great but the ability to tell the story at a slower pace is what made the big moments really land IMO. Something has to be lost when they condense 48 episodes into 12 and I worry its going to be the thoughtful plot development.
What i want season 2 to be. Is the second season of an expanded 5 season series.
Oh god no
I seriously doubt they realize how boring and bloated it was.
I like the title sequence. I’m glad they’re leaning into what worked, and really hope they resist any pressure from Disney to turn it into a reference fest for other Star Wars shows (no Mandalorians, please – stay away Dave Filoni!). But even if they flop in season 2, season 1 stands on its own as a great season of TV. Mon Mothma’s stupid husband will be even more stupid. Given that Mon’s with the rebels circa ROTJ a couple years down the line from Andor’s first season, I wouldn’t be surprised if the show puts her in a position where she has to straight up abandon her family for the cause. There’s been a running line through Mon’s stuff in Season 1 about paying a personal price for what she’s doing, and yet she’s ultimately willing to do it. She sold her daughter’s hand in marriage to a loan shark’s kid to save her skin. I can’t imagine there’s a way to do it that won’t feel contrived, but I really, really want there to be a scene in Cyril’s house where Dedra and his mother are facing off while he sits between them like a little kid eating his cereal as Mommy and “Imperial Mommy” go through a power play fight of words.
Diego Luna promises that season 2 of Andor will be everything that everyone wants it to beIf that means “over,” then sign me up please.
It’s things like this that make me happy to have voted for Pedro!
This post perfectly threads the needle between critical analysis and satirical fan-froth.
The “one thing that didn’t work” was the lightsaber/garbage ship fight. Totally out of character for the rest of the show, seemed to exist only for the purpose of padding the trailer with SFX shots.
“The first season of Disney+’s Andor surprised everyone with how good it was”No need to project, we’re not all terminally snarky bloggers.