Andor’s Adria Arjona on Her Relationship With Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor

With Andor arriving on Disney September 21st, I recently got to speak with Adria Arjona about making the newest Star Wars series. Andor is a two-season event that starts five years before the events of Rogue One. The first season will cover a year, while the second season will cover the next four years in 3-episode blocks. Meaning episodes one through three will be year two, episodes four through six is year three, seven though nine is year four, and the final episodes will be year five and the plan is to end episode twelve right before Rogue One starts. During the interview, Arjona talked about her relationship with Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor, how the series is the origin of the rebellion, what people would be surprised to learn about the making of Andor, how much showrunner Tony Gilroy told her about the series and her arc when she signed on, how you don’t have to have seen any Star Wars movies or series to watch the show, and more. In addition to Arjona, Andor features the return of Geneviev