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Audiences will have to wait a little longer to see Star Wars next live-action Disney Plus series, Andor. Along with a new trailer and poster for the streaming series, came the information that the premiere date has moved to September 21st.

Originally set to debut with 2 episodes on August 31st, Andor will now stream the first 3 episodes on the new date.

Andor serves not only as a prequel to Rogue One but as story of the beginning of the rebellion against the Empire. As such, the new trailer showed the return on some familiar characters whose stories were told in animated series such as Clone Wars and Rebels, in addition to others who have been seen across multiple live-action and animated projects. Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by an expansive ensemble cast including Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, and Adria Arjona.

The next big live-action series from Lucasfilm’s Star Wars universe is Andor, the Rogue One prequel starring Diego Luna as Rebel spy Cassian Andor. An origin story of sorts, the show will span five years of the titular character’s life, finally giving viewers a look into Andor’s adventures with the growing Rebellion and leading directly into his final days stealing the Death Star plans. However, with Andor already confirmed to last just two seasons, many fans have found themselves wondering how those five years will be broken up and explored in so few episodes.

Speaking with Empire Magazine, series creator Tony Gilroy explained that the first season, due in August, will focus solely on the first of those five years, while the second batch of episodes will cover the next four in blocks:

The scale of the show is so huge. Directors work in blocks of three episodes, so we did four blocks [in Season 1] of three episodes each. We looked and said, ‘Wow, it’d be really interesting if we come back, and we use each block to represent a year. We’ll move a year closer with each block.’ From a narrative point of view, it’s really exciting to be able to work on something where you do a Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and then jump a year.

Tony Gilroy

So, to translate, that means Andor Season 2 will consist of 12 episodes, with each set of three taking place in a different year. It’s a unique storytelling tactic that should help to keep audiences on their toes and diversify the content of the season in really exciting ways. Early rumors for the project had indicated it would last a full five seasons, with each telling the tale of a year in Andor’s life. This may not have turned out to be true, but the reality of the situation will hopefully make for a more streamlined experience all around.

Andor debuts on Disney+ on August 31st.

Source: Empire

During the Star Wars Celebration, we finally got our first look at the upcoming Rogue One prequel, Andor. It teases a rather interesting look at what the galaxy looks like under the Empire’s rule, but there are also some curious details hidden away in the trailer. The biggest one may be that while we assumed it took place five years before Rogue One, it looks like during this time, Clone Troopers were still active.

The iconic Storm Troopers we know from the original trilogy have become an iconic aspect of the entire franchise, but one can clearly see that the face plates are closer to those we see in the Prequel trilogy. It’s unclear if they are still actual clones of Jango Fett, but we may get a glimpse on how the Empire turned the original troopers into the one’s we know from the original trilogy.

It’s a great little detail that just highlights how we are continuing to explore the overlapping history of this galaxy. There are many corners and timelines that we haven’t seen during the live-action adaptations so far. We’ll see if future trailers may potentially also further hint at if these are indeed Clone Troopers and how it may connect to the Storm Troopers at some point going into the final four years before the events of Rogue One.