Is That Maz Kanata In The Andor Trailer?!
Does trailer footage confirm Maz Kanata will appear in Andor? A prequel to Rogue One (itself a prequel of Star Wars), Andor is set in the years before victory at the Battle of Yavin, and follows Diego Luna's Cassian Andor during his early missions for the Rebel Alliance. Billed as a «spy thriller,» Andor will build towards the events of A New Hope, and feature familiar faces K-2S0, Mon Mothma, and Saw Gerrera. Andor's placement in the Star Wars timeline bears precious little relevance to Disney's sequel trilogy, but official trailer footage has sparked discussion over a potential appearance by Maz Kanata.
Played by Lupita Nyong'o, Maz debuted in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens before making her presence felt in both Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. An ally of the Resistance, Maz ran a Mos Eisley-esque criminal haven from her castle on Takodana, and largely spoke in infuriatingly vague riddles. Underdevelopment of her character is among the most frequent criticisms of Disney's Star Wars trilogy, and Maz Kanata's story undeniably has room to expand via future projects.
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Around the 2:10 mark in Andor's official Disney+ trailer, a character suspiciously like Maz Kanata can be spotted conducting some surgical procedure on a sleeping patient. The figure has orange skin, white hair, a thin frame, ear coverings, and rounded, bug-like eyes. Since the trailer shot is both fleeting and dark, one could easily mistake the surgeon for Maz Kanata but, upon closer inspection, Maz Kanata it is not. The Andor character seems male, and their facial features (when paused and brightened), bear little resemblance to Lupita Nyong'o's short CGI
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