AndorConfirms the Return of an Old Friend for Season 2

We ’ve recognize for a prospicient , long while now — even before it wasdelayed into next year — thatAndor‘s second season would see theseminalStar Warsshowdraw closer and closer tothe days beforethe events ofRogue One . Now we make out one familiar face ( among several that have been teased)that will be helping lay out that path totheStar Warsprequel story .

Tonight at D23 Lucasfilm confirm that Alan Tudyk wouldreprise his role as K-2SOinAndorseason two in a behind - the - scenes reel depict to attendees . First introduce inRogue Oneas Cassian ’s trust comrade , K2 is a crucial tidings asset for Rebel Intelligence : a reprogrammed Imperial security department droid who could leverage his regal exterior to infiltrate outposts and deftness undetected .

Of naturally , we ’ve seen like surety droids since inStar WarsafterRogue One‘s release in 2016 , if not K2 himself . They ’ve appeared as enemies in Respawn’sJediaction games , and one also memorably seem inAndor‘s first season , when Cassian was menaced by one when stopped by purple patrol on the planet Niamos . But whether we ’ll witness the very first merging between K2 and Cassian , or leap ahead to a time where they already knew each other , is unknown .

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Also sustain during the footage was the antecedently - circumstantially - revealed proceeds of Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic . Rogue One‘s villain and a lead architect on the development of the Death Star , we saw him see an volatile fate in that picture show , but just how he will factor out intoAndorremains to be seen .

Andorwill coming back to Disney+ sometime next year .

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