The primary season of Andor, the Star Wars prequel sequence to Rogue One and A New Hope, earned important raves for its gritty aesthetic and multilayered narrative rife with political intrigue. Whereas rankings had been a bit sluggish, they had been ok to win the sequence a second season, and Disney+ simply dropped the primary action-packed teaser trailer.

(Spoilers for S1 beneath.)

As previously reported, the story begins 5 years earlier than the occasions of Rogue One, with the Empire’s destruction of Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) homeworld and follows his transformation from a “revolution-averse” cynic to a significant participant within the nascent revolt who’s prepared to sacrifice himself to avoid wasting the galaxy. S1 left off with Cassian returning to Ferrix for the funeral of his adoptive mom, Maarva (Fiona Shaw), rescuing a good friend from jail, and dodging an assassination try. A post-credits scene confirmed prisoners assembling the firing dish of the now-under-construction Dying Star.

In keeping with the official longline, S2 “will see the characters and their relationships intensify because the horizon of conflict attracts close to and Cassian turns into a key participant within the Insurgent Alliance. Everybody might be examined and, because the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will grow to be profound. “

Along with Luna, many of the principal solid from S1 is returning: Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma, a senator of the Republic who helped discovered the Insurgent Alliance; Adria Arjona as mechanic and black market vendor Bix Caleen; James McArdle as Caleen’s boyfriend, Timm Karlo; Kyle Soller as Syril Karn, deputy inspector for the Preox-Morlana Authority; Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Rael, an antiques vendor who’s secretly a part of the Insurgent Alliance; Denise Gough as Dedra Meero, supervisor for the Imperial Safety Bureau; Faye Marsay as Vel Sartha, a Insurgent chief on the planet Aldhani; Varada Sethu as Cinta Kaz, one other Aldhani Insurgent; Elizabeth Dulau as Luthen’s assistant Kleya; and Muhannad Bhaier as Wilmon, who runs the Repaak Salyard.