Officially, Disney+ Star Wars series Andor only has a single season in the works. Twelve episodes to document the adventures of Diego Luna’s title character before the events of Rogue One. However, in a recent interview, Director of Photography Adriano Goldman let slip that the show has much more in store than that, although they may not be as grand as initially planned.
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According to the interview (which was filmed in Portuguese), Goldman stated that the show he signed up for was planned for five seasons initially, and it has been scaled back to three. This could all mean several different things depending on how Disney is planning on releasing the show onto their streaming service. No matter what, it appears that a second season is on the way, which was also stated by star Stellan Skarsgård.
Source: (from 3:10 to 3:17 – it’s an interview for a Brazilian TV channel so it’s in portuguese) pic.twitter.com/uJ76p7JlSO
— Andor News (@newsandor) April 23, 2022
Andor‘s first batch features 12 episodes, which is longer than any other Star Wars television project so far. It’s possible that Disney’s plan for Andor started with a set number of episodes to tell their story rather than a specific season order. This would mean that the show simply rearranged how many episodes are in each season rather than cutting away some of that sweet Rogue One lore.
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It’s also possible that Disney is simply rearranging all of its Star Wars projects on Disney+ due to some unknowable events behind the scenes. Fans certainly noticed that parts of The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian season two felt like franchise-building installments rather than episodes of an ongoing narrative.
While this would be harder to do in a prequel show like Andor or the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi, the television that’s available now indicates that Disney wants all their Star Wars shows to flow together rather than standing on their own. While this can have a great MCU-esque effect, it could also make singular shows lesser than they could be. In the case of Andor, only time will tell.
