Alan Tudyk Says K-S2O Won't Appear in the First Season of STAR WARS: ANDOR

According to actor Alan Tudyk, his Star Wars droid character K-2SO won’t be appearing in the upcoming first season of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Andor Disney+ series, but will be a part of it later on as the series continues. During a recent interview with Collider, the actor said:

“They’re shooting it right now, I’m not in it. But, if it stays on the air, stories keep getting told, I’ll end up in there.

“I’m going to be in the show. It’s just that the story that Tony [Gilroy] is telling doesn’t involve K-2SO until later on. I can’t be too specific, but I can definitely say that I’m not going to be in the first season”

Well, that’s a bummer to hear. It was initially announced that Tudyk would be in the series, and the only reason that I had any interest in watching the show was because of K-2SO, the droid, was a much more interesting character than Andor. Oh well, if the first season is a success for Disney+, then we’ll eventually get to see how Andor and K-S2O meet.

The 12-episode series is set five years before the events of Rogue One  in the early days of the Rebellion against the Empire and is described as a “tense nail-biting spy thriller.”

The series stars Diego Luna in the title role, Genevieve O’Reilly, who will reprise her role as Mon Mothma (Rogue One, Tin Can), Denise Gough (Collett, Angels in America), Kyle Soller (Anna Karenina, The Titan), and it was also previously announced that Stellan Skarsgard (Thor, Good Will Hunting) has joined the series, along with Adria Arjona (6 Underground). Jimmy Smits and Alistair Petrie were also in talks to join as Bail Organa and General Draven.

Toby Haynes (Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Sherlock, Brexit, Utopia) will direct the series from scripts written by Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Beau Willimon (House of Cards), and Stephen Schiff (The Americans).