This good morning Lucasfilm droppedour tardy lookatAndor‘s second and concluding season , with a tense examination of what price Rebels and Imperials alike are willing to work in the simmering Galactic Civil War . But while more broadly the trailer build on a lot ofwhat we ’d already glimpsedin ourfirst house trailer for the season , it adds some interesting connective mucilage — while also raising some very interesting question .
The Shadow of the Empire
A ingeminate image we see in this preview is a glimpse of Imperial carriers and capital ships ominously hovering in the distance . It ’s a great second of imagery , and has a nice parallel to that second we got in time of year one when Cinta saw the Star Destroyer come in over Aldhani after the heist , but it ’s one that also really talk to the bring weight of the regal response to the produce resistance . Plus : in this shot in finical , itsure doeslook like adage is entrench on Jedha , watching a Star Destroyer loom over the city .
Cinta and Vel
Season one ’s state of war - buck sapphicshaven’t made many coming into court in what we ’ve learn of season two so far , so it ’s nice to see them , and see them together . It ’s hard to saywherethis is , given the firing , but it ’s fail to be interesting to see how the couple navigate the growing rent between Mon Mothma ’s side of the broader rising , and see Gerrera ’s partisans . One diminutive glance we got of Vel in the recentseason two “ special look ” videofrom a few weeks ago saw her seemingly preparation gather insurgents how to point a blaster , at what looked a fortune like the Massassi base on Yavin IV … and she was alone . Does Cinta not make it through season two ( she was busy beingelsewhere in meter and space , perhaps ) , or do we maybe see an ideologic rent that sees her juncture Saw instead ?
A Different Kind of Mission
We get a little more of Luthen and Cassian ’s tense conversation here — the “ cogitate like a loss leader ! ” one we ’ve see bits of already . But what they ’re talking about seemsveryinteresting . “ If it choke up in flame ? ” Cassian require , of a “ different form of mission ” Luthen has offer him .
“ It will cut . Very brightly , ” is Luthen ’s reaction , which makes it seem like we ’re finally decease to see all those “ terrible things ” Cassian severalise Jyn he did on behalf of the Rebellion inRogue One . So far , what little we ’ve seen of the season so far , Cassian ’s doing things that are a mo more typically larger-than-life — verbatim action against the Empire , stealing TIE Fighters , and so on . What could be so grievous that it ’s deserving doing even if it proceed to pit ? Well … there was one fascinating scene of that said season two behind - the - scenes tease , where Cassian prepares a blaster rifle in a way that certainly look like it fit with the environment we now know is Ghorman , ready to render the canonical rendition of the massacre thattakes place therein 2BBY . Could a unlike kind of delegacy for Luthen , in this vitrine , be firing the first shot in a massacre that the Empire builds on ?
Kleya and the Road toRogue One
We get a much more significant part of Luthen ’s assistant Kleya here ( again , very noted : we do not see themtogetherat all ) , as she say Cassian about a weapon system the Empire ’s building — presumably what is going to be the first time he hears informationabout the Death Star , have the pointed cut to a shot of Krennic view the fight station get built instantly after .
The Monster That Comes for Us All
We fill in another important detail about the aftermath of the said Ghorman Massacre here — a caboodle of the shots of Mon in this trailer are of her in the Senate , delivering a barnstorming speech with tears in her center . This , it seems is the speech she delivers decrying Palpatine for the Empire ’s part in the slaughter on Ghorman , one that ultimately direct to her leave the Senate … and , now into the case ofStar war Rebels ‘ third season , where we see her flight of stairs from Coruscant take her to the cranial orbit above Dantooine to deliverthe formal declarationof a Rebel Alliance .
Choking on Your Aspirations
We ’re not being give way a lot of looks at Dedra this season so far , but this dig we get of her is setting off alarm gong in our heads . Of courseStar Warsfans have been instruct , more often than not , that an purple officer urgently clawing at their neck for seemingly no reason at all is to aim us for a certain Dark Lord of the Sith to be somewhere about by , raising his hand in a choking motion . But doesAndorseem likethe variety of showthat ’s work to shoehorn in a Vader appearance to off Dedra ? Probably not .
So whyisDedra having a panic approach and grabbing at her apprehension ? Is it a lingering harm from her experience on Ferrix ? Has she , perhaps , witness something the Empire ’s done that shakes even her declaration — and trying to literally physically buck aside its hold around her neck opening ?
Leida’s Wedding
We ’ll take more insightinto Chandrilan cultureany fashion we can get it , but at least this is an explicit confirmation that a lot of the stuff we examine with Mon in the first trailer is all connected around Leida ’s traditional matrimony to Davo Sculdun ’s Word Stekan . Will all this be worth it for Mon to shuffle her money around and fund the Alliance ?
Andorreturns to Disney+ for one terminal season set about April 22 .
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