First Andor Season 2 Trailer Brings The Revolution Back To Star Wars

"Star Wars" fans, your long wait is finally over. The franchise set in a galaxy far, far away has been playing unusually coy about releasing footage from the second season of "Andor," by far the most critically acclaimed series that Lucasfilm has yet released. The first season instantly stood out upon release in late 2022 as a rare production that actually felt like proof of a property that was finally forced to grow up a bit. Its unusual origins as a prequel/spinoff series to the prequel movie "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" only makes its success all the more impressive. The impending release of season 2 has felt like a welcome sign that "Star Wars" isn't quite done just yet, regardless of how long it continues to be since we last saw a movie hit the big screen.

Now, everyone rabidly looking forward to even the tiniest scrap of footage from the sophomore season of "Andor" can lower their blasters and take a breath, because the studio has just dropped a brand-new trailer catching us up with all our favorite players: Genevieve O'Reilly's embattled senator/secret freedom fighter Mon Mothma, Stellan Skarsgård's Luthen "I've made my mind a sunless space" Rael, Denise Gough as Imperial baddie Deedra Meero and her creepy admirer Syril Karn (Kyle Soller), and, oh yes, Diego Luna as Cassian Andor himself. 

A lot of time has passed since we last saw Andor create the spark that will lead to full-blown revolution, and the footage wastes no time at all catching up with them. So what are you waiting for? Check out the footage above!

Our band of rebels is back together again and it feels so good ... and the "Andor" season 2 trailer is relishing every moment of it. Right from its rock n' roll beginning, the footage plays like a victory lap celebrating everything that we all loved from the debut season. But as exciting as it is to see all the praise heaped on the last batch of episodes, it's what's coming next that should fire up "Star Wars" fans even more. That includes the addition of Ben Mendelsohn as the fearsome villain Director Orson Krennic, further drawing the Death Star (which was teased in the post-credits scene for the season 1 finale) into the mix.

"Andor" season 1 ended with Andor finally joining the nascent Rebellion for good, coming to an uneasy understanding with operative Luthen Rael over what path he truly wants to walk. Season 2 picks up years later with a series of time jumps and, well, I'll just let the official synopsis spell out the rest:

Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.Rife with political intrigue, danger, tension, and high stakes, the series is a prequel to "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," which portrayed a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire's weapon of mass destruction: The Death Star, setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film. "Andor" sets the clock back five years from the events of "Rogue One" to tell the story of the film's hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation from disinterested, cynical nobody into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.

Most intriguingly, however, is how Lucasfilm describes the new release strategy for the second season. The press release states that, "The final season will unfold over 12 episodes broken down into four chapters of three episodes each. The first chapter will premiere April 22, with subsequent chapters debuting each week." That means three episodes per week, baby! We couldn't be more excited and we're eagerly counting down the days until we're reunited with Andor, Forest Whitaker's Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera, and all the rest.