Season 2 of Andor is right here, wowing critics and audiences alike with the return of main characters like Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Dedra Meero (Denise Gough), droid B2EMO and Rogue One Villain Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn). But followers hoping to see one other Star Wars fan-favorite are going to have to attend a little bit longer.
Although teased in trailers forward of Andor’s Season 2 premiere, reprogrammed Imperial safety droid Ok-2SO has but to make an look. The snarky sidekick is portrayed in voice and movement seize by Alan Tudyk, whose very look at Star Wars Celebration Luna referred to as a “sitting spoiler.”
Speaking solely with IGN on the fan occasion in Japan, Tudyk stated stepping again into the position was simple, particularly since he used among the identical gear almost 10 years after showing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
“The stilts had been the identical stilts [from Rogue One],” Tudyk stated. “And once I put them on, it was superb to see the entire put on and tear that we had placed on them. You may see the scuffs and all of these things. It was like, oh, these are mine, these are mine. I put stickers on them. When they got here out of the field it took me a minute to recollect the way to put them on, however I may stroll on them fantastic. I used to be all the time hopeful [that K-2SO would return] as a result of I knew that [show creator] Tony [Gilroy]’s imaginative and prescient was to have [Andor] find yourself in Rogue One. [I knew] I’d be within the present since I’m in Rogue One with Diego.”
Tudyk is tight-lipped as to once we would possibly lastly see Ok-2SO present up as Andor Season 2 rolls on. But given our glimpses of the chraracter in Andor advertising and marketing supplies to date, followers can anticipate extra of the identical Imperial-bashing, ship-piloting, mouthy sidekick that we’ve all come to like.
Check out extra from our roundtable with the forged of Andor from Star Wars Celebration. And be sure you learn our assessment of Andor Season 2, the place we stated that the present was “even higher” than in Season 1.
Michael Peyton is the Senior Editorial Director of Events & Entertainment at IGN. He leads leisure content material and protection for tentpole occasions together with IGN Live, San Diego Comic Con, gamescom, and IGN Fan Fest. He’s spent 20 years working within the leisure business, and his crimson carpet adventures have taken him all over the place from the Oscars to Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Follow him on socials @MichaelPeyton
