In the aforementioned comic (written by Duane Swierczynski and penciled by Fernando Blanco, with a canopy drawn by Julian Totino Tedesco), Cassian is on a mission to the planet Wecacoe when he runs into K2, deactivates him, after which reprograms him. Within the final web page of the comedian, they’re flying within the getaway ship to their future collectively.
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Perhaps one other showrunner would’ve used this comedian as the idea for an “Andor” episode, maybe even the pilot, however not Gilroy. In “Andor” season 2, episode 8, “Who Are You,” the Empire rolls out KX mannequin droids within the Ghorman bloodbath. One in every of them silently assaults Cassian earlier than the Insurgent Samm (Abraham Walper) rams and bisects it with a transport. Cassian, considering the droid might be helpful, brings it again to the Insurgent Alliance base on Yavin 4.
Not like the comedian, Cassian would not personally reprogram the droid, however the subsequent episode, “Welcome to the Insurrection,” ends with K2 awakening. Whereas Swierczynski depicted K2 as already having his humorousness whereas serving the Empire (like telling Cassian that he appears “very wanting to be arrested”), within the present he has no dialogue till the Rebels reprogram him.
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The “Andor” model of occasions is superior, however that is not the one purpose why Gilroy was proper to vary it. As a lot as followers wish to consider “it is all linked,” in a multimedia franchise like “Star Wars,” there must be layers of canon in order that storytellers aren’t too tripped up by minor tie-in comics or video video games. Movies and TV reveals ought to take priority right here as a result of that is what most individuals see. Few individuals who watched “Andor” ever learn the “Cassian & Ok-2SO” comedian, and fewer nonetheless cared that the sequence did not recreate its occasions.
From his feedback on “Blissful Unhappy Confused,” it seems like Gilroy felt some possession over the “Rogue One” characters, too, and needed to inform their story his means. However on the identical time, it is clear he is not purposefully out to explode “Star Wars” canon.
Gilroy has admitted he isn’t a “Star Wars” fan — in that aforementioned Deadline interview, when requested in regards to the likelihood to “increase on the canon,” he replied, “It could be disingenuous for me to say that there was some burning want or some concern that I needed to rectify within the ‘Star Wars’ canon.”
However Gilroy additionally mentioned that he noticed “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope” when it first got here out in 1977, and it looks like he appreciates what a cultural touchstone the property is. His means of doing it justice wasn’t to easily recreate or homage components of different “Star Wars” initiatives however by making “Andor” the most effective present it might be.
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