STAR WARS Series ANDOR Clip Sees Diego Luna Explain How Easy it is To Steal From The Empire

Disney+ has shared a new clip from the upcoming Rogue One prequel Star Wars series Andor. This clip features a scene between Diego Luna as Cassian Andor and Stellan Skarsgard as Luthen Rael. Rael wants to know how Andor stole something from the Empire, and Andor gives him an answer explaining that to steal from the Empire, you just walk in like you belong.

The story is set five years before the events of Rogue One, and it tracks how and why Cassian joined the rebellion as the Empire aggressively expands its reach across the galaxy. The series is described as a "refugee story" that sees people trying to escape from a fully powered Empire. Luna previously shared, “It's the journey of a migrant. 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."

Tony Gilroy, who co-wrote the Rogue One screenplay and was the uncredited director on reshoots for the film, created the 12-episode series, and he has described it as “a narrative that reaches across a vast ensemble,” which includes Stellan Skarsgard (Thor), Adria Arjona (Morbius), Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Denise Gough (Under the Banner of Heaven) and Kyle Soller (Poldark). Then there’s Forest Whitaker who will reprise his role as Saw Gerrera, Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma, and Ben Mendelsohn, who will reportedly be back as Imperial Director Orson Krennic.

The directors include Toby Haynes (Black Mirror: USS Callister), Benjamin Caron (The Crown) and Susanna White (Bleak House).

Part one of the series will be released on Disney+ on August 31st, with a two-episode launch. Part two of the series, which will lead right up to the events of Rogue One, will begin production this fall.