Creator and executive producer Tony Gilroy has shared that season two of Andor follows Cassian’s journey in the four years leading up to the events of the movie Rogue One, with the 12 episode story unfolding in four weekly chapters of three episodes each. While Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the conclusion in Andor Season 2 sees the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance.

Rife with political intrigue, danger, tension, and high stakes, Andor is a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a film that portrays a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire’s weapon of mass destruction — the Death Star — setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film, Star Wars: A New Hope. Andor sets the clock back five years from the events of Rogue One to tell the story of the film’s hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.

The Andor season two cast includes Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Senator Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona), Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), and Syril Karn (Kyle Soller) from the Emmy-nominated first season of the Disney+ series, along with key characters from the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, like K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), and Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn).