‘Andor’ Star Diego Luna on Exploring Cassian’s ‘Revolutionary Awakening’ Before ‘Rogue One’ (Exclusive)

Following the success of The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Star Wars universe continues to expand on TV with another new spinoff, Andor. The latest Disney+ series created by Tony Gilroy and starring Diego Luna goes back in time before the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, to explore the political intrigue surrounding the dawn of the rebellion as everyday people push back on life under the Empire. 

For Gilroy, who co-wrote Rogue One, the two-season series presented an opportunity to “go back and figure out how this person [Cassian Andor] ended up in Rogue, being the person that he is and doing what he does and giving his life for the galaxy,” he tells ET. 

Set five years before the events of the movie, which saw Luna’s titular character, Cassian Andor, sacrificing his life in order to execute the Rebel Alliance’s first effective blow against the Empire, an incident first referenced in the opening of Star Wars: A New Hope, Andor’s ending may already be known but it’s the journey there that remains unknown. Until now. 

“The character goes from A to B. We both know what A and B are. But what we don’t know is what’s possible in between,” Luna says, explaining that the series is ultimately about “the layers that normally you don’t think about, it’s about what’s in between the lines.”