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Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy reveals that K-2SO ’s inception chronicle was pretty drear and had " revulsion movie " inspiration before it was argufy .
It was a highly hoped-for reunion that fans were look forward to in the Disney+ seriesAndorthat encounter Cassian Andor ( Diego Luna ) and his not - so - gentle behemoth K-2SO ( voiced byAlan Tudyk ) group meeting for the first time in episode eight , " Who Are You ? " in not - so - well-disposed terms ab initio . As the streamer has been releasing time of year two in three - episode blocks , May 6th saw episodes 7 - 9 that showed a turn point of the rebellion , with the unrest growing in Ghorman and the presiding Empire . As part of the scuffle , KX surety droids assay to squelch the unrest . Amidst the pandemonium , one of the droids gets slammed by a fomite into a side of the building and is split in two , incapacitated , before Cassian settle to take the droid with him to the rebel nucleotide at Yavin IV . It would n’t be until the end of the following episode , " Welcome to the Rebellion , " that a rebel engineer reprogrammed the imperial droid , and Cassian is greet by that familiar voice , show his displeasure with a heartbeat rifle point at him . It was n’t always wish that , according to creator and showrunnerTony Gilroy , who initially had different plans .
Andor Creator Tony Gilroy on Initial Scrapped Plans to Introduce K-2SO
When we first hear K-2SO ’s phonation , " Hello . If I have offended you , I apologize , " he begins to Cassian . " If not , I ’d appreciate you point that elsewhere " before Cassian lease his guard down . " Dan Gilroy wrote an awful , entirely self - contained episode that was episode 209 , " Tony toldEntertainment Weekly , referring to his brother and Andor writer . " It was an amazing episode that was like a horror movie . " The prefatorial instalment was meant for episode nine , which is what " Welcome to the Rebellion " became . " It was the K2 story , " he say . " They had to bring this huge , ugly tank driver ship to Yavin , and there was a KX unit that was trapped inside there , hunt . It was sort of like a monster motion-picture show with K2 on it . It was really cool . "
Gilroy admitted that the approximation was scrap due to budgetary limitations . " We could not afford to do it , " Gilroy said . " It was made clear that it was out of the range , so we had to abandon that and consolidate thing . " The integration was Mon Mothma ’s ( Genevieve O’Reilly ) delivery in front of the senate , which outed her role in the Rebellion as the Empire scrambled to cut down feed to her speech communication , but not before the power point was made .
When we get toGareth Edwards’Rogue Onein 2016 , it is already established that Cassian and K-2SO had already developed that chemistry together before their ragtag team got assembled for their valorous suicide delegacy to steal the Death Star plans . For more , include how various production issues from the pandemic , Gilroy ’s resource throughout both seasons , why it made mother wit forAdria Arjona’sBix to leave to make room for K-2SO , and what to reckon forwards to in the final stretch , you may check out theentire consultation . The last three episodes ofAndorpremiere on May 13th on Disney+ .
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