‘Star Wars’ Series ‘Andor’ Won’t Feature K-2SO, At Least For Now, According To Alan Tudyk
What is Cassian Andor without his sarcastic droid buddy K-2SO by his side? It’s a sad thought, but one we’ll have to live with, at least at the beginning ofAndor, the upcoming Disney+ prequel series toRogue One: A Star Wars StorystarringDiego Lunaas the morally gray Rebel Cassian Andor.
Alan Tudyk, who voiced and did the motion-capture performance for K-2SO, revealed toColliderthat he isn’t inAndor…yet.
“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,” Tudyk told said.
But that doesn’t rule out the reprogrammed Imperial droid’s appearance later on in the show. In fact, Tudyk suggests that he could appear in later seasons ofAndor, which also seems to confirm this will be an ongoing series along the lines ofThe Mandalorian, versus a limited series like the highly anticipatedObi-Wan Kenobi(featuring Ewan McGregor reprising the role of the Jedi Master). Kennedy referred toAndoras merely a “series"in December at the Disney Investor Day, where Tudyk was trotted out alongside Luna to promote the show.
Tudyk confirmed to Collider that he will appear in the series at some point, and that series creator andRogue Oneco-writerTony Gilroyhas major plans:
“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.”
ConsideringAndorcovers Cassian Andor’s life beforeRogue One, this means we will most likley see the first meeting between Cassian and K-2SO. And considering the droid was originally programmed to serve the Empire, it will likely be a violent clash. It will certainly be interesting to see how that hostile relationship turns into the trusting one we see inRogue One.
And while it may not happen in season 1, Tudyk is ready to return for future seasons, even if his age is starting to make the mo-cap part of the performance a little more difficult. “I do know this: I have to be on stilts for it, because the character is 7'1”, and I’m not one of those guys that says, ‘somebody else do the motion capture, and I’ll voice it later,'” Tudyk said. “I’ll have to do the motion capture, and I turn 50 in March. So I hope they get to it soon, because I’m not going to be on stilts in, like, five years. I’m not doing it!”
