As Andor season two gets closer to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, one clever fan-fave droid has yet to make an appearance and there’s a pretty clear reason why. K-2SO, the Imperial security droid that towers over Diego Luna as Cassian Andor and is played by pop culture lucky charm Alan Tudyk, was one of the original film’s most demanding effects. And not because of the actor; the mechanics of the character’s presence simply required a lot.
Showrunner Tony Gilroy explained to the the Hollywood Reporter that while he knows fans have been waiting for K-2SO’s origin story, it will pay off when the moment finally arrives on season two of Andor.
“[Limiting] K-2SO came from the experience of making Rogue, to be honest with you,” Gilroy shared. “From the very beginning, that was one of the most difficult parts of the original conversation—how long I was going to have to delay [K-2SO]? Because what can you do with him?”
“I don’t want people to go back and diagram Rogue, but just within that movie, there are two or three or four places where we are hiding him—where he has to stay on the ship or can’t go somewhere. He’s a really, really difficult piece of equipment to carry through a story. The limitations on him are huge. He’s a very visible, troublesome piece of story gear. So I knew intuitively how long I would have to wait to do it.”
He continued, “[K-2SO] is fantastic and he’s funny. Tudyk is hysterical and it’s really great. We were like, ‘OK, we’re going to [have him in the show] and let’s make it spectacular and let’s really make a thing out of it.’ And that’s what we’ve tried to do.” Gilroy teased.
Andor season two streams new episodes weekly on Disney+.
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