2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may have shown what happened in the final days of Cassian Andor’s life, but it wouldn’t be the last we’d see of him in a galaxy far, far away. In late 2022, Andor premiered to Disney+ subscribers, showing how Diego Luna’s character took his first steps towards the Rebellion five years ahead of stealing the Death Star Plans with Jyn Erso. We know that Andor Season 2 will cover the remaining four years of Cassian’s life between Season 1 and Rogue One, but now word’s come in on where things currently stand with the show in the midst of the strikes.
The Writers Guild of America strike has been going on since May 2, and the SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14. According to Deadline, it’s the latter that’s impacted Andor, as its shoot in the United Kingdom has been temporarily paused, though the cast and crew were apparently just weeks away from wrapping up. However, this doesn’t mean the entire Andor production has been shut down. This step in the creative process will continue at Pinewood Studios without its SAG-AFTRA members, instead relying on actors who fall under agreements with Equity, the British acting union. Furthermore, Equity performers have supposedly been told that they’ll be sued for breach of contract if they walk off in support their SAG-AFTRA counterparts.
