From the Senate to Saw Gerrera, 7 major talking points from the Andor trailer
The second trailer for Rogue One spin-off Andor sees Cassian bringing the fight to the Empire, spurred on by Stellan Skarsgård's mysterious character, Luthen Rael. There are also familiar faces like Genevieve O'Reilly's Mon Mothma and the surprise return of Forest Whitaker's Saw Gerrera, and newcomers like Adria Arjona and Fiona Shaw.
The already has a season 2 confirmed – both installments will consist of 12 episodes – and it looks like the first will be a gritty, action-packed adventure. We've broken down the seven biggest talking points from the trailer right here, from Gerrera's return to Coruscant, new locations, and much more…
Forest Whitaker has returned as the radical Rebel Saw Gerrera. Matching his hard-line attitude in Rogue One, Saw calls the nascent rebellion a "war" – and he's in some kind of base with armed people willing to defend him against Stellan Skarsgård's character. He's also going without his breathing apparatus. Just how big a role he has to play in Andor remains to be seen.
Genevieve O'Reilly returns from Rogue One as Mon Mothma – she also played the character in scenes deleted from Revenge of the Sith. Those deleted scenes established that Mon was a driving force behind the beginning of the Rebellion, along with Bail Organa, and in the new Andor trailer we see her playing a dangerous game. She's hiding in plain sight, hoping that being an irritation is distracting enough that no one notices what she's really doing… which we know is spearheading resistance to Imperial rule.
The capital city-planet was introduced in the prequels, and we got a glimpse at it in the first Andor trailer, too. We see even more of it in the second trailer, including the Senate floor in all its glory, an elegant party
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