"Andor: Season 2" Official Trailer: Diego Luna’s Rebel Journey Reaches Its Explosive Conclusion

The best Star Wars show returns for its final season, bringing Cassian Andor’s story full circle—leading directly into Rogue One.

If you’ve already tuned out when it comes to the latest offerings in the Star Wars universe, well, we don’t blame you one bit. In fact, we’ve got one foot out the door, too. The only thing keeping us in the loop at this point?

Andor.

It’s the one Star Wars show that actually feels like a real scripted drama series—made with a singular vision rather than a big-budget piece of Star Wars fan fiction or an extended short film made by committee. And if you think that’s a pretty low bar to clear, well… you’re not wrong. But that’s just where we are these days.

Andor is returning this April for its second—and final—season. Despite initial plans to tell the story across multiple seasons, the series is wrapping up sooner than expected. And while that’s a shame, it’s not entirely surprising. The show’s debut wasn’t a massive ratings hit. In fact, it was a bit disappointing to see Star Wars fans already tuning out at this point.

Now, we believe the show was unjustly maligned—some dismissed it as just another Disney slog, while others didn’t connect with its politically driven storytelling, which stood apart from the usual Star Wars fantasy and nostalgia-fueled formula. But we appreciated that Andor actually put the war in Star Wars, exploring what it truly means to build and finance a rebellion movement within an oppressive, militarized system—one so matter-of-fact in its control that it feels almost like bureaucratic routine.

Okay, so it doesn’t have any lightsaber duels to the death or weird-looking Jedi masters from planets with seven moons—sorry!

And yes, it focuses on the politics of a sinister regime so deeply ingrained in everyday life that the rebels feel more like terrorists than freedom fighters—sorry!

But damn it, we loved the first season. And we're glad it's coming back to wrap things up.

Now we don't know what the hell is going on with this song selection for the Andor: Season 2 trailer. But it does seem to suggest that this final season is going to be rockin' with a dirty bassline beat. As long as Cassian Andor (once again played by Diego Luna) completes his final journey from a thieving scavenger to full-blown Rebel Alliance spy, we don't care what song they play. It's time to stir some shit up.

Created by Rogue One co-writer Tony Gilroy (perhaps better known for writing and directing the acclaimed George Clooney legal thriller Michael Clayton), the series will feature episodes penned by Gilroy, along with episodes by House of Cards creator Beau Willimon. Dan Gilroy (Tony's brother who made the Jake Gyllenhaal street journalist thriller Nightcrawler) will also write episodes, as will acclaimed video game writer Tom Bissell for Season 2.

Luna returns as Andor. He will be joined by returning cast members Adria Arjona as Andor's loyal ally Bix Caleen, Kyle Soller as Imperial Inspector Syril Karn, Genevieve O'Reilly as Senator Mon Mothma, and Stellan Skarsgård as Rebel operative Luthen Rael.

Meanwhile, Forest Whitaker will be reprising his Rogue One role as rebel militant leader Saw Gerrera. And he won't be the only character from Rogue One we'll be seeing in this final season of the prequel series. Ben Mendelsohn is back as Galactic Empire Director Orson Krennic, while Alan Tudyk is expected to return as the voice of K-2SO.

Andor: Season 2 is slated to premiere Tuesday, April 22 on Disney+.