Season 1 of Disney+’s hit Star Wars series Andor came to a close last month, leaving fans excited for the continuation of what many are calling the best Star Wars property ever made. We all know that this story is leading up to the one told in the film Rogue One, where we see the character Cassian Andor embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero, so where does the character need to go to become the one we know from the film?
In a recent interview with Collider, the show’s star Diego Luna shared the fact that just because Cassian has overcome one challenge, it doesn’t mean he’s perfect or immune to weakness, saying, “I mean, weaknesses you get to see even in Rogue One. It never ends.” He went on to focus more specifically on where that turning point was for Cassian, saying:
“[I] think what happens also after prison and in the next episodes is that he understands really what he’s fighting against. He understands the need [for] a revolution because he understands what oppression means basically and how little freedom he has and how unfair the world he lives in is. But there’s still so much for him to learn in terms of working as a team.”
Luna also went on to share the differences between Season 1 and where Cassian is headed in Season 2 as he evolves into the man that he is in Rogue One, noting:
“I think in the first season we see him trying to survive and which is not necessarily being part of something. It’s reacting to it. But now, yeah, he has to learn a lot from Luthen and from others, from other experiences, other events in order to be that person we meet in Rogue One.”
He also points out that in order to arrive at who he is in Rogue One, he will have to go through a large transformation, both personally and within the rebellion. He went on to say:
“The responsibility he takes on at the beginning of Rogue One is huge. Imagine what has to happen for someone to say he’s the right person to do it. Cassian Andor is going to be the person we’re going to trust with this. There’s a lot for him to discover and a big transformation to come. He’s really far from that. The one of episode 12, it’s so far from that, but the spark is there. There’s an awakening and it has happened. Now we need to witness four years of the life of this man.”
Are you looking forward to season 2 of Andor?