Andy Serkis Seemingly Confirmed To Be Returning for ‘Andor’ Season 2
One of the most beloved characters from the first season of Andor was Andy Serkis’ Kino Loy. The character’s fate was left open-ended in Chapter 10, when he revealed that he wouldn’t be able to leave the Narkina 5 prison so easily, as he couldn’t swim. After months of rumors about Serkis’ potential return in the second season, Lucasfilm has seemingly confirmed it is happening.
In a press release filling in all the details revealed over the weekend in London, Lucasfilm included Serkis’ name among the cast of the second and final season. Now, the sentence is quite clear and certainly seems to confirm that the actor is a part of the new episodes, but we also want to include the possibility that it may be a slip-up on Lucasfilm’s part, maybe copy-pasted from a season 1 cast list. In fact, the actors’ list seems to have been translated directly from another press release highlighting the Andor season 2 section from Lucasfilm’s Studio Showcase panel. Here is what it says specifically:
“Kathleen Kennedy, Tony Gilroy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna and Luke Hull are executive producing the upcoming season, which stars Luna, Adria Arjona, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, Genevieve O’Reilly, Andy Serkis, Muhannad Bahair and Joplin Sibtain.”
Kino Loy’s impact was felt throughout the entire convention in London, as (at least four or five times a day) a group of Narkina 5 prisoner cosplayers would start chanting “One Way Out” throughout the convention halls. They were also a part of the Andor season 1 panel, as during the warm-up, host DJ Elliot would yell “On Program” and they would all stand up, hands behind their head, and immediately start running around. Diego Luna had a great time with them as well.
Once again, while this was on an official Lucasfilm document that must have been approved by several people, we are still being slightly cautious about Serkis’ involvement in the new season. Multiple people claim to have spotted him on set or near it, but the fact that his name wasn’t brought up over the weekend makes us a little dubious that this is real. At the same time, Tony Gilroy was especially coy about confirming he’s dead during the press rounds for season 1, so maybe this is one of those “where there’s smoke, there is fire” situations.
We have reached out to Lucasfilm for comment, but as of the publication of this article, we haven’t received any. Andor season 2 is currently in production in the UK, and is targeting an August 2024 release date.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
