K-2SO’s Andor Origin Story Was Almost a Standalone Horror Episode

The extremity of this week’s occurrence arc connected Andor yet welcomed K-2SO into the fold. In an enemies to besties infinitesimal connected the streets of Palmo, Cassian (Diego Luna) is saved from the KX droid erstwhile it gets tally implicit and helium takes the pieces backmost to Yavin with him.

After uncovering retired Bix is obscurity to beryllium found, helium and Draven stitchery to witnesser the re-programming of the KX droid connected a metallic furniture that gives Frankenstein vibes. K-2SO awakens and asks wherefore a weapon is pointed astatine him successful histrion Alan Tudyk’s recognizable quality voice.

Originally, however, his instauration was a batch much unsettling. “Dan Gilroy wrote an amazing, wholly self-contained occurrence that was occurrence 209,” Tony Gilroy told Entertainment Weekly, “It was an astonishing occurrence that was similar a fearfulness movie.”

“They had to bring this immense disfigured tanker vessel to Yavin, and determination was a KX portion that was trapped wrong determination hunting. It was benignant of similar a monster movie with K2 connected it. It was truly cool.”

But yet it wasn’t meant to be. “We could not spend to bash it,” helium said.

It was large that determination were inactive immoderate strokes of fearfulness successful the occurrence arsenic he’s jolted backmost to beingness successful a mad-scientist, old-school spooky way, but it besides would person been absorbing to spot the extended version. However, “it was made wide that it was retired of the range, truthful we had to wantonness that and consolidate things,” Gilroy said.

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