The following episodes of Andor are listed in the order of their scheduled airing. The first three episodes premiered on September 21, 2022 on Disney+. A second season is in development, which will conclude the series and lead into the events of Rogue One. The second season is expected to be release in 2025.[1]
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
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| Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 12 | September 21, 2022 | November 23, 2022 |
| 2 | 12 | 2025[1] | TBA |
| Total | Series premiere | Series finale | |
| 1-2 | 24 | September 21, 2022 | TBA |
Season one (2022)[]
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| 01 | 01 | "Kassa" | Toby Haynes | Tony Gilroy | September 21, 2022 |
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Five years before the Battle of Yavin, Cassian Andor travels to the industrial planet of Morlana One on the trail of his missing sister. While searching for her in a brothel, Cassian is antagonized by two Pre-Mor Authority security officers. An altercation between the trio shortly ensues outside the brothel, leading to Cassian accidentally killing one officer and executing the other. Cassian flees to the planet Ferrix, where he attempts to hide his involvement by convincing his adopted mother Maarva's droid, B2EMO, and his friend, Brasso, to cover for him. Cassian also asks his friend Bix to connect him with a black market buyer, as Cassian has acquired a Starpath Unit, a valuable piece of Imperial navigation technology. Bix agrees and contacts the buyer, but her attempts to hide her connection with Cassian make her boyfriend, Timm, suspicious. Back on Morlana One, the chief inspector of security elects to cover up the murders, to improve his report to the Imperial authorities, but his deputy, the ambitious Syril Karn, is determined to solve the case. Karn identifies Cassian's borrowed ship and traces it to Ferrix, and learns from an eyewitness from the brothel that Cassian stated he was from the planet Kenari. In a flashback, a younger Cassian, known as Kassa, and his tribe on Kenari decide to investigate a crashed ship, only to stumble upon an immense Republic mining operation. | |||||
| 02 | 02 | "That Would Be Me" | Toby Haynes | Tony Gilroy | September 21, 2022 |
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Timm, still suspicious of Bix and Cassian, reports Cassian to Pre-Mor Security, who issue a warrant for his arrest. Karn partners with Mosk, an equally ambitious and aggressive Pre-Mor officer, to arrest Cassian. B2EMO informs Cassian and Maarva of the warrant, sending Maarva into a panic. Cassian prepares flee the planet. Meanwhile, Bix's buyer, Luthen Rael, travels to Ferrix to obtain the Starpath Unit. In a flashback, Kassa and his cohorts locate and investigate the crashed ship, but are attacked by a survivor. The tribe successfully kill the attacker, but leave the crash when one of their own is killed. Kassa stays behind to explore the ship. | |||||
| 03 | 03 | "Reckoning" | Toby Haynes | Tony Gilroy | September 21, 2022 |
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Rael arrives on Ferrix, where he is informed by Bix as to Cassian's arrest warrant. Rael remains undeterred, and expresses particular interest in meeting Cassian in person. Karn and Mosk also arrive on Ferrix, accompanied by twelve additional security officers. They raid Maarva's home and question her as to Cassian's location, but she refuses to cooperate. However, Karn intercepts a transmission from Cassian to B2EMO, allowing the security officers to pinpoint Cassian's position. The townsfolk, having witnessed the raid, go into lockdown, ringing bells across the city to signal other workers to follow suit and intimidate the officers. Cassian and Rael meet in an abandoned factory. Despite Cassian's desire to quickly sell the Starpath Unit and leave Ferrix, Rael tries to persuade him to join the Rebel Alliance, citing Cassian's repeated success at stealing from and sabotaging Imperial ships. However, the factory is surrounded by security officers before Cassian can consider Rael's offer. The two successfully escape back to Maarva's house, where they corner Karn and assess the situation. Meanwhile, Timm inadvertently reveals to Bix that he was the one that informed on Cassian, causing her to rush to aid him, only to be stopped by officers. Timm attempts to protect Bix, only to be killed by a trigger-happy officer. The officer is sent back to the shuttle to await punishment, unaware that it has been sabotaged by Brasso. Rael creates a diversion to distract the officers as he and Cassian escape, also rigging it to explode and kill some of the officers. Rael and Cassian successfully flee the planet, leaving a stranded Karn and Mosk behind. In a flashback, Maarva and her husband, Clem (revealed to be scavengers), discover Kassa on the crashed ship. Against Clem's wishes, Maarva sedates Kassa and brings him with them, fearing repercussions from the Republic should they find him at the crash site. | |||||
| 04 | 04 | "Aldhani" | Susanna White | Dan Gilroy | September 28, 2022 |
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Rael takes Cassian to the planet Aldhani, asking him to join a sabotage mission there to provide backup. Cassian is reluctant but eventually agrees; Rael asks him to use a pseudonym among the rebels, and Cassian chooses 'Clem'. Vel, the rebel group's leader, introduces him to the rest of the group but keeps Rael's involvement a secret. They explain to Cassian that they plan on destroying an imperial garrison, a key supply hub for the Empire, by taking advantage of a rare natural phenomenon in Aldhani's sky. Meanwhile on Coruscant, Rael, posing as an art dealer, meets with Senator Mon Mothma, and they discuss challenges in keeping their opposition to the Empire hidden. Karn visits his mother after being castigated and placed on leave. | |||||
| 05 | 05 | "The Axe Forgets" | Susanna White | Dan Gilroy | October 5, 2022 |
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On Aldhani, 'Clem' hides his past from his fellow rebels, distrust from most of them, particularly Arvel Skeen. Taramyn Barcona trains Cassian and the other rebels for the planned heist. While traveling to the Aldhani Imperial garrison, Cassian reveals that he is a mercenary. The team leader Vel decides to continue with the mission and hold off dealing with 'Clems past until they have achieved their objectives. Meanwhile, the Imperial officer and rebel double agent Lieutenant Gorn secretly aids Vel's team. On Coruscant, Syril Karn explores new career prospects with Eedy's help. Mon Mothma also establishes a new charitable foundation while managing increasingly tense relations with her husband and daughter. Elsewhere, ISB supervisor Blevin acquires a hotel as the new ISB headquarters on Ferrix. Meanwhile, his rival Meero and her assistant Heert discovers evidence that the rebels are conducting a series of coordinated heists of Imperial weapons and technology. Rael anxiously waits for a transmission from Cassian's rebel team. | |||||
| 06 | 06 | "The Eye" | Susanna White | Dan Gilroy | October 12, 2022 |
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Aided by Gorn, the rebels successfully infiltrate the garrison by posing as an escort squad for Commandant Jayhold Beehaz, Gorn's superior. They take Beehaz's family as hostages and force him to give them access to the garrison's payroll vault. While loading the credits onto an Imperial freighter, they are caught by Imperial forces and Taramyn and Gorn are killed in the ensuing firefight. Cinta is unable to make it onto the ship, so only Cassian, Skeen, Vel, and Nemik escape from Aldhani. During takeoff, Nemik suffers a severe spinal injury when he is crushed by an unsecured load of the stolen credits. They land on another planet to treat Nemik's injuries but he quickly succumbs. With Vel occupied looking after Nemik, Skeen proposes to Cassian that they leave Vel behind and split the payroll between them. Cassian kills Skeen, fearing for his life and disgusted by Skeen's selfishness. He tells Vel about the conversation and informs her that he plans to take a small portion of the payroll - the amount Rael had promised to him as payment - and leave everything else to her. Vel gives Cassian Nemik's manifesto, in accordance with his dying wishes. Back on Coruscant, the ISB agents are gathered to formulate reprisals to the heist, while Rael hears news of the theft and quietly celebrates. | |||||
| 07 | 07 | "Announcement" | Benjamin Caron | Stephen Schiff | October 19, 2022 |
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On Coruscant, Karn starts a new job at the Bureau of Standards. As the ISB gains more draconian surveillance and punitive authority, Meero is challenged by Blevin for breaking protocol around accessing data about thefts from Imperial installations. She persuades her superiors of her work's value and is assigned oversight of Ferrix. Rael's assistant Kleya Marki meets with Vel on Coruscant and instructs her to find and kill Cassian to prevent him from revealing Rael's identity. Mon Mothma meets Kolma, an old friend and banker, at a dinner party and asks him to help her access family funds. Cassian returns to Ferrix to settle old debts and learns from Bix that the community blames him for the fallout from the Corporate Security crackdown. The presence of Stormtroopers on Ferrix reminds Cassian of how the original Clem, his adopted father and Maarva's husband, was murdered by Imperial Clonetroopers years ago. Cassian attempts to get Maarva to leave Ferrix with him, but she decides to stay and covertly oppose the increased Imperial presence. Cassian travels alone to the tropical tourist paradise of Niamos. On a trip to a shop, he is confronted by Shoretroopers and a KX Unit, arrested for perceived minor offenses, and sentenced to six years imprisonment. | |||||
| 08 | 08 | "Narkina 5" | Toby Haynes | Beau Willimon | October 26, 2022 |
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Cassian is brought to a prison on Narkina 5, where he spends every day working in monotonous heavy industry with hundreds of other prisoners. Vel and Cinta travel to Ferrix to search for him. When Maarva falls ill, Bix attempts to contact Luthen to ask about Cassian's whereabouts, but Luthen, worried about being exposed to anyone monitoring communications, does not answer. He then leaves Coruscant to meet with Saw Gerrera. Meero questions Karn about his experiences on Ferrix, but declines his offer to help with her investigation. She leads a unit to Ferrix herself, where she apprehends Bix. | |||||
| 09 | 09 | "Nobody's Listening!" | Toby Haynes | Beau Willimon | November 2, 2022 |
| Meero tortures Bix for information and realizes that Cassian may have been involved in the Aldhani attack, but she fails to learn anything about Luthen. The ISB capture a Rebel pilot who reveals a power station on Spellhaus is set to be raided. Mon reunites with Vel, revealed as her cousin, and encourages her to keep a low profile while maintaining the facade of a rich and politically uninvolved young woman. Mon and Kolma continue working to covertly gather funds for rebel activities. Meanwhile, an older member of Cassian's prison work crew named Ulaf is euthanized by a prison medic named Dr. Rhasiv when he suffers a stroke and can no longer work effectively. Dr. Rhasiv confirms to Cassian and floor manager Kino a disturbing rumor: a prisoner set to be released was instead sent to a work crew on a different level, forcing the prison to kill all the prisoners on that level to cover up the mistake. Cassian and Kino realize that the prison may never let them go, convincing Kino to join Cassian's scheme to escape. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "One Way Out" | Toby Haynes | Beau Willimon | November 9, 2022 |
| By breaking a water pipe and flooding his work floor, Cassian disables the floor's security system, allowing work crews there to overpower the few guards and escape. Kino uses the prison's intercom system to encourage other floors to escape and the rebellion sweeps through the entire prison. Despite his role in the escape, Kino reveals that he can't swim and must remain in the prison surrounded by water. Cassian swims with the other escapees and reaches land. Mon meets with Davo Sculdun, a shady businessman who offers to help finance her projects, but Mon refuses after Davo requests that Mon arrange a meeting between her daughter and his son, an initial step towards marriage in Mon and Davo's Chandrilan culture. Lonni, secretly an informant within the ISB, meets Luthen and updates him on the ISB's activities. The two men reflect on how they are both trapped in their roles. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Daughter of Ferrix" | Benjamin Caron | Tony Gilroy | November 16, 2022 |
| Maarva dies, prompting a funeral ceremony on Ferrix, which Meero encourages in the hopes of rooting out rebel activity in the area. Vel informs Kleya about Maarva, and learns of Mon's reluctant plan to marry her daughter to secure funding through Sculdun. Karn also learns about the funeral from Mosk, and makes plans to find Andor himself. Gerrera decides to assist Kreegyr on attacking Spellhaus, but is advised against it by Luthen, citing that the ISB know about the impending assault. On the return to Coruscant, Luthen escapes from an Imperial patrol, destroying several TIE fighters. Cassian and prisoner Ruescott Melshi manage to hitch a ride off of Narkina 5, travelling to Niamos to recover Cassian's belongings. After Cassian discovers Maarva has passed, the pair part ways, intending to expose the unjust prison system of the Empire. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Rix Road" | Benjamin Caron | Tony Gilroy | November 23, 2022 |
| Cassian returns to Ferrix for Maarva's funeral and learns of Bix's imprisonment from Brasso. Meero and the local Imperial garrison prepare to use the funeral to take in Andor alive for questioning regarding Luthen, whilst Luthen plans to kill Cassian using the Imperial ambush, with Vel and Cinta's assistance. Mon continues being surveilled by the ISB, who succeed in stopping Kreegyr's attack but leave no prisoners, angering Meero. Mothma's 13-year-old daughter Leida is introduced to Davo Sculdun's 14-year-old son. During the funeral, B2EMO displays a recording of Maarva, who rallies the populace to attack the Empire, creating a riot in the main quarter. During the confusion, Cassian rescues Bix, whilst Karn saves Meero from being attacked. Meeting with B2EMO, Brasso and several others in a shipyard, Cassian has them take Bix somewhere safe off of Ferrix. Moved by the rebellion on Ferrix, Luthen returns to his ship where Cassian is waiting. Knowing that Luthen was there to assassinate him, Cassian offers Luthen to either kill him or take him in, to which Luthen smiles. In a post-credit scene, droids assemble the machinery produced by the Narkina 5 prisoners on the firing section of an Imperial superweapon. | |||||
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