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‘Andor’: Ben Mendehlson Will Reprise His Orson Krennic Role In Season Two

Earlier this year, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Star Wars: Andor” fans received some unfortunate news. Ben Mendelson said, or at least suggested, that he would not be returning as the Imperial Director Orson Krennic in Tony Gilroy’s “Andor,” the architect of the Death Star.

Late last week, we talked to Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios(“ A Cop Movie, ” “ Museum ”) for his excellent and upcoming kitchen drama “ La Cocina ” which stars Raúl Briones and Rooney Mara, and a very eclectic cast of newcomers ( read our review). Already revealed as one of the directors of season two—along with Ariel Kleiman and Janus Metz —while Ruizpalacios was paranoid about saying anything about “Andor” given how secretive Lucasfilm is, he did seem to slip up on some details inadvertently. Who else might we see, given the last three episodes of “Andor” are likely set just days and then hours before “Rogue One,” well, Alan Tudyk as the voice and motion capture of reprogrammed Imperial Droid K-2SO seems like a sure bet.

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