The long-awaited prequel to 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Andor focuses on Rebel Alliance intelligence officer Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna) – Lucasfilm has described this new Star Wars TV show as a spy thriller. Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse reprise their prequel trilogy roles as Luke Skywalker’s legal guardians Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru – could this mean an adolescent Luke will make an appearance in the show? Andor The cast features The Queen’s Gambit’s Moses Ingram, Eternals’ Kumail Nanjiani, Game of Thrones’ Indira Varma, Homeland’s Rupert Friend and Fast & Furious 9‘s Sung Kang. We saw a lot of images of planets, too, with it being confirmed that Tatooine is just the start of this story.ĭeborah Chow, who made The Mandalorian episodes 'The Sin' and 'The Reckoning', is the director of the series, which went into production in April 2021.
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Expect them to age up Obi-Wan in this series – the Jedi Master looked noticeably older on what appeared to be a dewback creature in one piece of concept art. Back in December 2020, TechRadar was lucky enough to see behind-the-scenes footage on the TV series that wasn't broadcast to the public – it didn't reveal much beyond concept art and McGregor praising Christensen's return.īut we did see an image of Kenobi fighting Vader. This new Star Wars TV show is set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith. As well as bringing back Ewan McGregor to reprise the Force-wielding role he played in the prequel trilogy, the long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off will feature the return of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader – with a new showdown promised between Jedi Master and failed Padawan.