Andor Season 2 Ending Explained

The satisfying conclusion of Andor season 2 ties the plot to Rogue One by resolving the final mysteries surrounding the Death Star and the Rebel Alliance. Thus far, Andor season 2's timeline has been rather unusual, with each episode leaping ahead a year. Because of this, the last three occur just before Rogue One's events and a year after the Ghorman Massacre and the chaos that followed, which are featured in Andor season 2, episodes 7-9.

Episodes 10–12 of Andor season 2 were so close to Rogue One that they closed off any lingering plot points and left others open to directly contribute to the former's narrative. The final three episodes offer answers and flow smoothly into the next chronological chapter of the Star Wars saga, whether it is by revealing the fates of the cast members of Andor season 2 who do not appear in Rogue One, such as Luthen, Kleya, and Dedra, or by hinting at the future of those who do. Naturally, the conclusion of Andor season 2 offers a significant response regarding the Death Star.

We now know how the Rebels discovered the Death Star in the first place.

How the Rebel Alliance discovered the Death Star has always been a mystery to us. Although the Emperor's superweapon was being built in secret, the Rebellion had already heard rumors about it at the start of Rogue One. Cassian even acknowledges that he has heard of Galen Erso and is aware of his connections to a classified Imperial weapon in his opening scene in Rogue One, where he meets an informant named Tivik. The Rebels' discovery of the Death Star is finally revealed in Andor season 2, episodes 10–12.

Luthen Rael meets with Lonni Jung, his longtime Imperial contact, in the opening scene of the last arc of Andor season 2. After looking through Dedra Meero's files and discovering the Death Star, Lonni is extremely anxious and wants to leave Coruscant. Lonni learns that the construction of a massive weapon, headed by Galen Erso and modeled after the planet of Scarif, is actually connected to the mining of kyber on Jedha, the Ghorman Massacre in Andor episode 8, and a number of other events that have been characterized as a clean energy project.

When Lonni tells Luthen a loose thread, he kills him because he believes he is too dangerous. After telling Kleya this, Luthen is apprehended by Dedra Meero. Following a sequence of events in which Kleya kills Luthen with tears in order to prevent the Empire from discovering his secrets, Cassian saves her, discovers the weapon himself, and transfers it to Rebel command. With Cassian's first Rogue One scene, in which he latches onto Galen Erso's name, now making much more sense because he heard it from Kleya, it clarifies how the Rebel Alliance even learned about the Death Star.

"I Have Friends Everywhere" turns into Luthen's life's greatest irony.

One of Luthen's most famous catchphrases is "I have friends everywhere." But from Luthen's point of view, this statement is extremely ironic given the conclusion of Andor season 2. In the last three episodes of Andor season 2, Luthen's reputation—or, more accurately, his destruction of it—is a major theme. Bail and Draven, for example, had already lost faith in Luthen because he remained on Coruscant and refused to join the other rebels.

Luthen destroyed relationships and bridges around him because he was so dedicated to his interpretation of the cause. The galaxy nearly fell because of the lack of friends, which turned into a great irony. Although Luthen was the first person outside the ISB to discover the Death Star, the Rebel Alliance nearly did not believe him because of his strained relationships. Luthen's unyielding dedication to the Rebellion might have actually made it falter before defeating the Empire in the absence of Cassian and Kleya.

Bail Organa Receives a Strong Tribute

At first, there was some controversy surrounding Bail Organa's appearance in Andor because Benjamin Bratt, rather than the typical Jimmy Smits, played the role. Nevertheless, following the justification that Smits was unavailable and the former's outstanding performance, the majority of viewers came to accept Bratt's casting. However, one of the storylines in the universe that depicts Bail prior to his untimely death on Alderaan due to the Death Star is Andor.

Fortunately, Bail's final line in the conclusion of Andor season 2 serves as a potent homage before he passes away. Bail tells Andor that he wants to fight to the end if he is going to die fighting the Empire. This is, in a sense, what Bail's future shows. As Alderaan is destroyed, he and the rest of his people perish, but Princess Leia, his legacy, lives on and plays a crucial role in the fall of the Empire.

Dedra Meero's curiosity costs her dear life.

Dedra Meero is another character who receives a resolution in the conclusion of Andor season 2. Following the Ghorman incident, Dedra is depicted becoming fixated on locating Axis, also known as Luthen, once more. Since she was not authorized to work on the Axis file, she eventually does, but is arrested for it. Director Orson Krennic then conducts an intriguing interrogation with her.

Given that Dedra Meero had access to files pertaining to Death Star, Krennic's interrogation is connected to Lonni's findings. Due to Krennic's suspicion that Dedra is a Rebel spy, Lonni, Luthen, and Kleya are able to learn the truth about the Death Star. Dedra maintains that she was not aware that Lonni had her code clearance to access her files, and that she only had to scrounge for files to obtain leads on Axis. In any case, Dedra's story is somewhat poetically completed when her negligence lands her in a prison cell in Narkina.

The decisions made by Mon Mothma must be accepted by her family.

It's interesting to note that the final three episodes of Andor season 2 do not really discuss the ramifications of this choice, even though Mon Mothma's speech and her escape from Coruscant and the Senate are covered in episodes 7-9. Only one single shot that does address this is found in a final montage, showing Perrin, Mon's ex-husband, drinking in the back of a cab with a woman, the wife of Davo Sculdun, passed out next to him. The fact that Perrin is obviously unhappy and drinking away his problems with whoever he can shows how Mon's decision to join the Rebellion has an impact on her family.

Despite Rogue One, Cassian Andor Has A Tragic New Legacy

Finally, the last element worth addressing about Andor season 2's ending is the final shot. Following the embedding of the Rogue One teases, Andor turns black before revealing Mina-Rau's grain fields. Before Bix stalks out into the fields with a baby in her arms, B2EMO is seen playing with another droid. The scene in Andor season 2, episode 12, is entirely dialogue-free and does not specify the exact time it occurs, but the message is clear: Bix was pregnant when she left Cassian, and even though he died after Andor in Rogue One, Cassian's legacy endures.

After the tragic sequence in Andor season 2, episode 9, where Bix explains that she will find Cassian after the war is over, this scene is extremely heartbreaking. As viewers, we are aware that Bix and his child were waiting for Cassian, which makes Rogue One even more depressing. The revelation does, however, have a bittersweet quality. Both Bix, who many predicted would die, and Cassian's legacy endure beyond Andor. This marks the end of one Andor's journey and the start of another, making it a fitting conclusion for the character.