The actor has promised fans that the upcoming series will include some “familiar faces” from a galaxy far far away. <\/p>
Rogue One star Diego Luna is set to reprise his role as Cassian Andor in upcoming Disney Plus series Star Wars: Andor<\/a> \u2013 and it looks like fans can expect to see some more well-known characters from a galaxy far far away in the new show.<\/p>\n Speaking to Deadline<\/a>, the actor teased that fans will \u201cdefinitely see familiar faces\u201d and explained that he was able to be more open than he might usually be about Star Wars given the new series is a prequel.<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you about this project like no other because I can\u2019t spoil the ending if you\u2019ve seen [Stars Wars:\u00a0Rogue One] already,\u201d he said. \u201cNo matter what I say, I can\u2019t ruin the ending.\u201d<\/p> The 12-part series began filming earlier this year, and we already know the identity of at least two of the familiar faces teased by Luna \u2013 with Forest Whittaker set to reprise his role as rebel fighter Saw Gerrera and Genevieve O\u2019Reilly back as Mon Mothma.<\/p>\n However, it appears that Alan Tudyk \u2013 who voiced the popular wise-cracking droid K-2SO in Rogue One \u2013 is not in line for a return just yet, although he has spoken about how he would like to appear in later seasons.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a number of Star Wars newcomers have also been confirmed as part of the cast, with Stellan Skarsgard, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, and Robert Emms joining in undisclosed roles and Good Omens star Adria Arjona set to play Cassian Andor\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n Exact plot details about the series are still unconfirmed at this stage, but it has been described by LucasFilm as \u201ca new spy series inspired by Rogue One\u201d and looks set to dig deeper into Cassian\u2019s life and backstory.<\/p>\n We\u2019re also still waiting on an official release date, but it\u2019s expected to arrive on our screens at some point in 2022.<\/p>\n Fellow live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian<\/a> has already included some major cameos during its run \u2013 with Luke Skywalker himself making an appearance in the series two finale, so it will be interesting to see which names the new show might have up its sleeve.<\/p>\n The actor has promised fans that the upcoming series will include some “familiar faces” from a galaxy far far away. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5011,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series.jpg",1000,666,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series.jpg",1000,666,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/andor-actor-diego-luna-teases-star-wars-cameos-in-disney-plus-series.jpg",1000,666,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actor has promised fans that the upcoming series will include some \"familiar faces\" from a galaxy far far away.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/5010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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