Some rumored new Andor details around a scrapper planet in the latest Barside Buzz from Bespin Bulletin. Their new report seeks to add some context from their sources. The first part of their report is on the inclusion of droids akin to K-S20, but NOT that droid, yet. However from set photos we shared from England we could see those droids already. Therefore I didn’t feel the need to cover that aspect as a Barside Buzz. Feel free to read the full report at the source in the link above.

However we do have some details on perhaps Stellan Skarsgård character and a scrapper planet. A planet the site think much of the story will take place.

Scrapper Planet

I was informed that the large set located in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the Coryton Oil Refinery, and various sets at Pinewood make up one singular planet in the series. Or, at least that was the belief of my sources. This planet has everything run through the scrappers, a job Cal Kestis was doing in Jedi: Fallen Order. I don’t know if he’s a scrapper, but supposedly Stellan Skarsgård’s character plays a role of importance on this planet.

At some point a funeral takes place on the scrapper planet, and I’m not as sure on this, but I think the funeral is for Rosalind Halstead’s character which we previously learned had the simple name of Sculden’s Wife. Supposedly the funeral has great attendance and she was clearly thought of fondly by the people located there. Due to the funeral turnout and the importance of Skarsgård’s character on the planet, I speculate (SPECULATE), that perhaps Skarsgård’s character is Sculdun and the funeral is for his fallen wife.

The Empire

Eventually the Empire will arrive on the scrapper planet, possibly to take over, and a large fight erupts with new characters, but our hero Cassian Andor eventually steps in to help the locals. I don’t know if this fight causes the death which ultimately leads to the aforementioned funeral or if it’s completely separate. In the recent Star Wars Vanity Fair cover story, showrunner Tony Gilroy mentioned that a planet in Andor will be ripped apart in a colonial way with the Empire expanding and wiping out those that stand in their path, a path Cassian intends to block…I wonder if this is the planet Gilroy was referring to.

Rumored New Andor Details – Characters/Casting

I mentioned new characters, and though I don’t expect her to be at the fight, I was told Adria Arjona’s character appeared as a hologram during scenes filmed at Little Marlow at some point and at that time it appeared she was a good guy. The reason I say at that time is because I’ve been told who you can trust will be questioned. That the series is quite “spy versus spy”, and I don’t know if that pertains to Arjona’s character.

At some point the Andor production was looking to cast two children, one male and one female, which I believe were young versions of Cassian and Arjona’s characters. I once offhandedly heard that Arjona plays Cassian’s sister, which could line-up with the supposed flashback casting. Though until more information becomes available we should take that as merely speculation (SPECULATION). However in the recent Vanity Fair article, Tony Gilroy did mention we’d see the destruction of Cassian’s birth world at the start of the series and confirmed we’d see flashbacks to said planet.

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On the topic of new characters, and the final part of this report. I was told that some of the new cast, meaning characters cast specifically for Andor, were told they could expect to go onto other Star Wars projects. We know that Saw Gerrera and his Partisans are featured in Andor. The Partisans are also supposedly in Obi-Wan Kenobi. I wonder if those characters will go on to star in the rumoured Partisans series?

Right now I feel good about the fact Andor is essentially unspoiled. Little unclear details, like this, don’t spoil things for me. However the leaks for Obi-Wan Kenobi that I’ve tried to stay away from, were annoying, to me anyway. Hopefully, if details remain slightly speculative like this, we should get a lot of surprises in Andor. It sounds like a dark and interesting show to me from the details we covered yesterday.

What do you think of these rumored new Andor details around a scrapper planet and some character speculation? Thoughts below, or over on Discord as always on the latest Barside Buzz.

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