First footage from Andor season 2 teases a story that's a little more interwoven into the timeline, and it's left many viewers eagerly wishing the show would have more than two seasons.

Speaking in the latest issue of Empire Magazine, creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy confirms his original grand concept for Andor was sold to Disney as "five sprawling seasons, each consisting of 12 episodes." He realized these dreams were unrealistic during production, though; "Oh my God, we are going to have to come up with another 12 hours of story?" he explained. "So I was already panicked. We already said we were going to do five years [of timeline], that was the concept. How do you get out of that?"

The solution came when he shared a drink of Scotch with star Diego Luna. "We were figuring out how ****ed we were with the concept that we'd ever be able to do this for five years," Gilroy explained. "Out of that desperation came... it's a life raft, right?" Andor season 2 is split up into four three-episode "blocks," each covering a concentrated period of Cassian Andor's life and the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Each block is set roughly a year after the last, until the show ends as a direct prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

What Andor's Time Compression Means For Star Wars

A smart way of getting out of the problem... and it creates so many opportunities

It's clearly disappointing that we're not going to get more than two seasons of Andor; this really is Star Wars' best live-action TV show, and the characters are so wonderfully rich they could easily be explored for decades to come. That said, Gilroy is probably right that an ongoing, multi-season TV show was almost impossible. Andor is Star Wars' most expensive TV show, and its lavish beauty is a direct result of intense care and concern over production. The entire team would burn out.

Gilroy's approach may mean the story wraps up in Andor season 2, but it actually has a huge advantage for Lucasfilm; it means there will be so many other potential stories that can be told. Star Wars is well known for hopping around the timeline, and bringing back some of the best characters time and again; Andor season 2 features Ben Mendelsohn reprising his popular role from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, for example. There's absolutely no reason Andor should be the last we've seen of the show's characters.

Our Take On Andor Season 2

Easily Star Wars' most exciting TV show

We all know of TV shows that have outstayed their welcome, starting off strong but losing momentum and burning out. Andor season 1 launched viewers on an intense journey, one that simply can't be sustained forever. As good as Andor is, it's better that the show ends when its team feel they've told their story, rather than simply carrying on for five seasons. It means we're in for a second season that should be just as good as the first - if not better - and that we'll end on a high note, not a disappointment.

Source: Empire Magazine