Star Wars TV Show Andor Premieres This Summer

The Star Wars TV series Andor, which follows the character Cassian Andor from the movie Rogue One, will premiere late this summer on Disney+, according to a new story from Vanity Fair. The publication revealed the release window, which is sooner than some might have guessed.

Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor, and he told Vanity Fair that the show is about "the journey of a migrant." The show is a prequel to Rogue One, because Andor--and many others--perish in that film.

"That feeling of having to move is behind this story, very profoundly and very strong. That shapes you as a person. It defines you in many ways, and what you are willing to do," Luna said.

Rogue One writer Tony Gilroy returns to write the TV show. He told the publication that Andor Season 1 is all about learning more about Cassian and what drove him to become a person who would sacrifice himself for the greater good without vanity or recognition for it.

"It's about him being really revolution-averse, and cynical, and lost, and kind of a mess," Gilroy said.

Andor begins with Cassian's home world being destroyed and the journey he goes on to find a new home. "His adopted home will become the base of our whole first season, and we watch that place become radicalized," Gilroy said. "Then we see another planet that's completely taken apart in a colonial kind of way. The Empire is expanding rapidly. They're wiping out anybody who's in their way."

Andor is just the latest live-action Star Wars series for Disney+. The streaming platform's first new Star Wars show was The Mandalorian, which proved to be a success and spawned multiple seasons. The Book of Boba Fett followed, with the Obi-Wan series coming up next later this month. Beyond that, Spider-Man director Jon Watts is making a Star Wars TV show that is in the spirit of 1980's coming-of-age stories.

In the film space, things aren't progressing as fast, with Lucasfilm looking to slow down the "relentless" pace of new Star Wars movies. Rian Johnson's new Star Wars movie is reportedly on the back burner, with Taika Waititi's new film expected first, followed by Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron film.