The galaxy far, far away is ever-expanding on Disney Plus The latest Star Wars series to land is Andoran excellent prequel story that occurs five years before the events of Rogue One.

Eight of the 12 episodes are available now, and we’ll get one episode each Wednesday until Nov. 23.

Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor, who plays a vital role as a spy in the early days of the Rebel Alliance against the totalitarian Galactic Empire. You can also stream composer Nicholas Britell’s moody soundtrack for the early episodes.

Andor episode release dates and times

Here’s the full schedule for Andor on Disney Plus, as confirmed by the official Star Wars Twitter account. New episodes generally drop at midnight PT (3 am ET/8 am GMT/5 pm AEST).

Is there a trailer?

Lucasfilm gave us several trailers ahead of the show’s release, with the latest coming at parent company Disney’s D23 Expo in early September. You can also check out a 9-minute preview (mostly scenes from episode 3) in Disney Plus.

Will Andor get a second season?

It sure will. Creator Tony Gilroy confirmed at May’s Star Wars Celebration Anaheim that the show will return for a 12-episode second season that leads directly into Rogue One. It’s unclear when season 2 will air, but it’ll probably hit Disney Plus in 2023 or 2024. Expect to hear more at Star Wars Celebration Europe next April.

Episodes 10 of Andor brought the Star Wars series’ riveting prison arc to a close on DisneyPlus last Wednesday, revealing new depths to the Empire’s totalitarian cruelty. It forced future rebel hero Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) to forge alliances and rally his fellow inmates to help with his risky escape plan.

Beyond those walls, the regime is also tightening its grip on the galaxy in an attempt to choke all hopes of rebellion. Ambitious Imperial Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) is happy to enforce its rules, but rebels like Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) and Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) are working to bring the Empire crashing down.

So there’s plenty of exciting intrigue and espionage happening, and that’s exactly what you’d expect from the creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy. He wrote the first four Bourne movies but is perhaps best known for writing and directing Michael Clayton. The intense 2007 legal thriller was nominated for seven Oscars, with Tilda Swinton taking home the award for best supporting actress.

He also co-authored Rogue One, the 2016 Star Wars spinoff that introduced the morally questionable Cassian to a galaxy far, far away. Andor, which is nearing the end of its 12-episode first season and will return for a second season leading directly into Rogue One, dives into his past and the

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