By Following this morning’s first trailer for the second and final season of “Andor,” the official StarWars site has been updated and confirms the new run will follow a distinct release strategy.
Like the first season, the story will unfold in ‘chapters’ or story arcs of several episodes each. The second season will diivde the season into four chapters of exactly three episodes each.
Each chapter is expected to cover a period within a separate year of the four years of events between the first season’s finale and the start of “Rogue One”.
The biggest difference this time is how they will be released. The first season released its first three episodes at launch and then a single episode weekly – the twelve-episode season was ultimately aired over a span of two months.
That won’t be the case this time with a much more compressed release strategy. The new season will see each chapter/arc releasing once a week – meaning three new episodes will release every Tuesday for four weeks in a row starting on April 22nd and running through May 13th.
The first season spanned ‘Recruitment’ (eps 1-3) penned by Tony Gilroy, ‘Heist’ (eps 4-6) penned by Dan Gilroy, a mostly standalone seventh episode penned by Stephen Schiff, ‘Imprisonment’ (eps 8-10) penned by Beau Willimon, and ‘Rebellion’ (eps 11-12) penned by Tony Gilroy.
The new season sees Tony Gilroy writing the first three episodes, Beau Willimon taking on episodes four through six, Dan Gilroy handling episodes seven through nine, and Tom Bissell writing the final three episodes.
In the new season, the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.
“Andor” Season 2 is set to premiere on the Disney+ service on April 22nd.
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