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Andor Season 2 Cast Guide: All the Characters in Star Wars TV Show

Andor Season 2 Cast Guide: All the Characters in Star Wars TV Show

Yahoo23-04-2025

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The hit 'Star Wars' series is a prequel to 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' — which itself is a prequel film to 'A New Hope' and ends just minutes before the iconic opening crawl — and stars Diego Luna as the titular rebel spy Cassian Andor who's not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Many of the cast members from Season 1 return, including Adria Arjona as Andor's love interest Bix Caleen, Stellan Skarsgard as ruthless spymaster Luthen Rael, Genevieve O'Reilly as Senator Mon Mothma, Kyle Soller as Imperial agent Syril Karn, Denise Gough as the Imperial's rebel hunter Dedra Meero and more.
At the end of Season 1, Cassian escapes from the Imperial prison where he had been jailed unjustly and officially joins the rebel fight against the Empire. He rescues Bix, who had been tortured by Imperials, and takes Luthen's offer to join the rebellion. They leave Cassian and Bix's home on the planet Ferrix and fly far away from the Imperials, who are hunting down Cassian and Luthen. It's also revealed the secret project that Cassian and his prison inmates on Narkina 5 had been working on: the Death Star. The prisoner had been assembling parts for the Empire's ultimate, planet-destroying weapon seen in 'A New Hope.'
In a switch from Season 1's weekly episode drop, Season 2 will release three episodes per week that each jump ahead one year in the 'Star Wars' timeline. It's been more than two years since Season 1 finished airing on Disney+, so here's a refresher of who's who in the 'Andor' cast.
Cassian has officially joined the Rebel Alliance and is one of Luthen's spies. After escaping the Narkina 5 prison and rescuing Bix, they are off on a new planet away from Imperial eyes. Season 2 will show what Cassian was up to right as 'Rogue One' was starting and he began the rebel plot that led to the destruction of the Death Star.
Bix is one of Cassian's oldest friends, and there's definitely a romantic spark between the two of them. She was captured by Imperial forces and tortured near the end of Season 1, before Cassian saved her. She is still carrying the mental scars of her imprisonment as she joins the rebels.
Luthen will stop at nothing to take down the Empire. He has a network of spies, including Cassian, Vel, Cinta and his assistant Kleya, at his disposal and lives a double life as a fine arts shopkeeper, where he wear a wig and fancy clothes, and his true gravel-voiced rebel operative. Also a skilled pilot, Luthen gives Cassian his first mission and invites him to the rebellion once he knows he can fully trust him.
Mon Mothma first appeared in 'Return of the Jedi' (played by Caroline Blakiston), but her role was expanded in 'Rogue One' and 'Andor' when Genevieve O'Reilly took over. She's a senator from the planet Chandrila in the Galactic Republic, who refuses to side with Emperor Palpatine's Imperial forces. In Season 1, her relationships with her husband Perrin and daughter Leida are strained as she secretly funnels money to the rebels. To secure funding, she makes a deal with shady businessman Davo Sculdun for his son to marry Leida.
Dedra is an Imperial supervisor who is on the hunt for Cassian and Luthen, whom she's nicknamed Axis. She's ambitious and will do anything to rise the ranks by catching the rebels. Dedra was the one who ordered Bix's torture to get information on Cassian, and she was nearly killed in the riot on Ferrix in the Season 1 finale but Syril saved her. Since she doesn't appear in 'Rogue One,' no doubt Season 2 will reveal where she ended up before the movie.
Syril is just as obsessed with hunting down Cassian and proving himself to the Empire as Dedra, but he has farther to go as a lower-ranking officer. After saving Dedra in the Ferrix riot, it seems like the two may join forces in their rebel hunt. He also has a very odd relationship with his overbearing mother Eedy.
Vel is Mon Mothma's cousin and one of Luthen's spies who helped Cassian with the Aldhani heist in Season 1. Like Mon, she comes from a wealthy background works with the rebellion alongside her girlfriend, Cinta.
Cinta is Vel's girlfriend and another one of Luthen's spies, who's more focused on the rebellion that her relationships. She also assisted with the Aldhani heist and worked with Vel on Ferrix when they were tasked with following Cassian.
Mendelsohn reprises his 'Rogue One' role as Director Orson Krennic, a powerful Imperial official who reports directly to Emperor Palpatine and oversees the construction of the Death Star. As seen in 'Rogue One,' he has a rivalry with Grand Moff Tarkin, who steals the credit for making the Death Star from him and sends Krennic to his death in the weapon's test blast on Scariff.
Kleya is Luthen's assistant and works at his antiquities shop, but secretly she's just as involved in the rebellion as he is and keeps in contact with his network of spies.
After being introduced in 'Rogue One' and reappearing in 'Andor' Season One, Whitaker's unhinged rebel leader Saw Gerrera is back. Even though he supports the rebellion as much as anyone, Saw's methods are more volatile than many would like, and he's regarded as a loose cannon.
K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk, is a towering, sarcastic K2 droid who first appears in 'Rogue One' and returns for 'Andor' Season 2. A reprogrammed Imperial droid, K-2's origins and how he meets Cassian will be shown this season.
Wilmon, aka Wil, is a young adult living on Ferrix in Season 1, but after his father is taken prisoner and the riot on Ferrix breaks out, he's eager to join the rebellion. He takes center stage more in Season 2 and joins the rebel cause.
Brasso works in the salvage yard and is one of Cassian's closest friends, who's used to giving an alibi for him when Imperial guards come looking. At the end of Season 1, he joins Cassian and Bix as they leave Ferrix for a safer planet to hide out on.
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