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Star Wars' Andor season 2 to show Cassian and K-2S0's first meeting, and possibly break official canon (but we're okay with that)
Cassian Andor and K-2S0 and their epic Star Wars meet/cute, take two.
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Two buddies getting up to stuff is a common trope in fiction, and also in Star Wars. There's Han Solo and Chewbacca, but there's also Cassian Andor and K-2S0 from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. While the first season of the Andor TV series prequel on Disney+ held the promise of more of them, those episodes were set before the duo would meet - but 2025's Andor season 2 will give us the Cassian and K2 scenes we need.
"From an audience perspective, they’ve probably made their own story about how Cassian and K-2 got to work together," Andor star Diego Luna tells Empire. "It tells you a lot about Cassian that his best friend is a droid. And a droid he had to reprogram. But how did that actually happen and who was he before? Those questions are going to be answered."
This is where I, comics fan and Star Wars fan Chris Arrant, meekly step in and point out that some fans already know this story because Lucasfilm and Marvel already told this story, in-continuity.
Back in 2017, Marvel Comics published Rogue One - Cassian & K-2S0 Special - one of Marvel & Lucasfilm's in-continuity comics telling about events outside the movies & TV shows, but connected. In that, it was revealed that Cassian and K-2S0 first met between years 2 and 1 BBY when K-2S0 was working for an Imperial stormtrooper detachment on the planet Wecacoe. There, K-2S0 discovered (and promptly arrested) Cassian Andor when he was discovered onboard a decommissioned (but still offlimits) Imperial cruiser. Andor, with the help of two friends, eventually overpowered K-2S0 and ended up wiping his memory, and taking him on as an ally.
While it's possible Andor season 2 could re-enact the scene(s) from the comic Special comic (and possibly give comic creators Duane Swierczynski and Fernando Blanco some credit and the cash to go with it), it seems more likely given Lucasfilm's track record they wouldn't - and that's okay, if they can do better. In the past, Lucasfilm hasn't restricted filmmakers from adhering to non-cinematic continuity if there's a better idea and execution. While it might cause some issues with continuity nerds and perhaps Wookiepedia, If its good television I think we can all forgive it.
Star Wars' Andor season 2 debuts on Disney+ on April 22, 2025.
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