There's a lot of excitement for Andor, though many fans are confused about the show's structure. It's previously been revealed that the first twelve episodes explore a year in Cassian Andor's life, with season 2 devoting three episodes to the next four years of the Rebel hero's story.
Not too long ago, there were also rumblings that Lucasfilm had plans for the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel to play out over five seasons before dialling it back to two. If so, that would explain the truncated exploration of Cassian's journey, but showrunner Tony Gilroy has now better explained the reasoning behind Andor's unusual structure.
"We realized, ‘Oh my God, we have four years, and we have four blocks, and I went home, and I came back and [came up with], 'You know what, why don’t we jump a year?" he tells The Playlist. "And what’s really cool, when we come back for part two, we’re going to jump a year, and we’re going to come back. It’s a year later, and all this shit’s happened."
"We’re going to come back for a Friday, Saturday, and a Sunday, and then we’re going to jump a year. Then we’re going to do like five, six, seven days and jump a year, and then we’re going to do two weeks and jump a year," he continues. "And the final block that we come back to is going to be the last five days before ‘Rogue One.’"
Gilroy would go on to reveal spoil the final scene of season 2 saying, "Yeah, I mean, our final scene of the show is no secret; it’s going to be [Cassian] walking across the tarmac to get in the ship to go to the Rings of Kafrene to go meet, Daniel Mays’ [Tivik informant character that Cassian kills in ‘Rogue One,’ because he’s become a liability], he’s going there."
"I mean, you watch people watch History Channel shows and whatever," he added, explaining why he doesn't view that as a spoiler. "What’s that story? Well, you know how it’s going to turn out. And it’s still, ‘why did it happen?’"
A new Andor clip and a massive gallery of stills have also been released. You can check those out below: