
From the very beginning, Star Wars has been filling in the blanks. The original trilogy established a baseline, but when the opening crawl of Empire Strikes Back revealed the story was “Episode V”, it was clear we were joining this story already in progress. The prequel trilogy fleshed out the Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire, things that were only referenced in the previous movies, and the sequel trilogy did the same on the other end of the timeline.
But in between, Star Wars has found little pockets to flesh out. Rogue One established what happened immediately before A New Hope, and then Andor Season 1 explored Rogue One hero Cassian Andor’s humble origins.