Secrets from the Set of Andor Season 2: Week 4 Trivia

8. (Above) Cassian Andor, K-2SO, and Ruescott Melshi’s rescue of Kleya Marki was the final sequence shot on the safehouse set, 27 weeks after the first Cassian and Bix Caleen scenes shot there.

9. (Above) The hill town marketplace and Luthen and young Kleya’s subsequent departure along a castle wall was captured at Xàtiva Castle, a medieval stronghold located one hour south of Valencia, Spain, where the extensive Coruscant location shoot took place in the days prior.

10. For its Season 2 appearance, Andor production returned to a relatively-unknown Naboo shooting location, Hever Castle in the District of Kent, England. In 1997, George Lucas filmed an ultimately deleted scene there, where Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, with their Gungan companion Jar Jar Binks, enter the Theed Royal Palace grounds after escaping a dangerous waterfall.

11. (Above) ILM utilized the area around Lake Como, Italy, previously photographed in August of 2001 by George Lucas for Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, both for helicopter shots of Ghorman and background plates for Naboo.

12. (Above) The woodland flea market seen in Kleya Marki’s flashbacks saw Andor’s tandem unit returning to Black Park, the nature reserve adjacent to Pinewood Studio. It was last seen in Andor Season 1, doubling for the Kenari village.

13. Mudtrooper uniforms, last seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, were remade from scratch by Michael Wilkinson’s costume department for Andor Season 2’s flashback sequence.

14. (Above) For Star Wars: A New Hope and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Yavin 4’s airfield and hangar were shot in Cardington Airfield, a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England. But for the more extensive build needed for Andor Season 2, including the creation of an adjacent jungle village, the Rebel base was relocated to Longcross Studios’ Stage 1.

15. Cassian’s jungle home on Yavin, later revamped as Vel Sartha’s, was built at the same time and not far from the Yavin jungle clearing location at Longcross Studios, where Cassian encounters the Maya-Pei rebels.

16. ILM’s visual effects work on Season 2 totaled approximately 4,100 shots, up from the first season’s 3,800 shots. The final Andor visual effects shot was the long, uninterrupted “oner” in which Mon Mothma greets guests at her Chandrilan estate, completed in collaboration with Scanline VFX on August 5, 2024.

17. (Above) The game of rianza that we see Cassian Andor, Ruescott Melshi, and K-2SO play in Cassian’s home on Yavin was created by the Andor art/graphics department, with tiles designed by graphic designer Elle McKee, who also crafted a full set of rules to play. Rianza was inspired by both ancient Mahjong sets and dominoes.

18. (Above) The rig in the Yavin temple used to hold K-2SO was designed by Rebecca Alleway’s set decoration team to hold a prop ship engine and then worked backwards to restrain the towering droid.

19. (Above) Hundreds of Rebel costumes, based on the patterns and designs from Rogue One, were created for Andor Season 2’s Rebel base on Yavin 4.

20. (Above) For Andor Season 2, returning Rogue One character Pao (aka Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'NeSevef'Li'Kek) was once again performed by creature coordinator Derek Arnold.

21. (Above) Neal Scanlan’s Creature department completely rebuilt Admiral Raddus for Andor, based on the alien build first seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

22. (Above) The Yavin hangar set for Andor Season 2 was so massive that set decoration and props from both Andor Season 1 and Rogue One made up only around half of what was eventually needed.

23. (Above) The costume department was able to reuse the Rogue One General Draven costume, initially created in 2015, for returning actor Alistair Petrie.

24. (Above) Cassian Andor’s Ring of Kafrene costume from Rogue One was recreated by Michael Wilkinson’s costume department for the closing sequence of Andor Season 2.