Andor (2022)

Directed by

Toby Haynes, Benjamin Caron, Susanna White

Genre

science fiction, space opera

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 2,094 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A thief named Cassian Andor gets pulled into the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire. He becomes a spy while the Rebel Alliance starts to form.

slow-burntensegrittygroundedpolitically-chargedsuspensefulmethodicalbleak

What happens

Andor, also known as Star Wars: Andor or Andor: A Star Wars Story, is an American television series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a prequel to the anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), itself a prequel to the original 1977 Star Wars film. The series follows an ensemble cast primarily centered upon thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor during the five formative years leading up to the events of the two films, exploring Andor's radicalization against the Galactic Empire as well as the formation of the wider Rebel Alliance. Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor from Rogue One and serves as an executive producer. The series also stars Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgård, Fiona Shaw, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, and Benjamin Bratt, with Ben Mendelsohn and Alan Tudyk reprising their roles from Rogue One. Lucasfilm announced the series in 2018, with Luna attached and Stephen Schiff as showrunner. Schiff was replaced by Rogue One co-writer Gilroy as creator and showrunner in April 2020. Filming took place at Pinewood Studios in London and on location around the UK, with Neal Scanlan returning from Rogue One to provide practical effects. The first season, covering the year of Andor's life during which he becomes a revolutionary, was filmed from November 2020 to September 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second season covers the next four years and ends where the events of Rogue One begin; it was filmed from November 2022 to February 2024, delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. Nicholas Britell composed the first season's soundtrack, with Brandon Roberts replacing Britell for the majority of the second season due to scheduling conflicts. Andor premiered on September 21, 2022, with the first three episodes of the first season. Disney released the other nine episodes weekly through November 23. The second and final season premiered on April 22, 2025, with three episodes released per week through May 13. The series received widespread critical acclaim for its writing, performances, characterization, cinematography, production values, themes, and its darker, more mature, and grounded tone as compared to other Star Wars properties. Many publications have called it one of the best Star Wars productions of all time. Andor received twenty-two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and won five in 2025 for its second season, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the second season's ninth episode, and won the 2022 and 2025 Peabody Award for creating a world "that stresses the need for grassroots organizing lest a fascistic state wholly subsume any spark of rebellion." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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