Adria Arjonawill soon head to a galaxy far, far away. The actress, who has starred in6 Underground,Pacific Rim: UprisingandTriple Frontier(she’ll also appear in the upcomingJared Letovampire movieMorbius), has been cast as one of the leads in the forthcoming Disney+ original series that serves as a spin-off/prequel toRogue One: A Star Wars Story(according to Deadline).
Diego Luna has been confirmed to be returning to the role of Cassian Andor, the hardened Rebel spy we were introduced to inRogue One, as hasAlan Tudyk, who will perform motion-capture duties as Andor’s reprogrammed Imperial droid sidekick K-2SO. The series has been described as a “spy thriller” detailing Andor’s early days in the Rebellion.
Arjona will join an impressive supporting cast for the new Disney+ series that includesDenise Gough,Genevieve O’Reilly,Stellan SkarsgardandKyle Soller. As with most thingsStar Wars-related, it’s unclear who Arjona is playing and whether she will be Andor’s ally or enemy.
The new, untitled Cassian Andor show will be overseen byTony Gilroy, who wrote the pilot for the show and will direct multiple episodes, in addition to co-showrunning withStephen Schiff. Gilroy was one of several Hollywood heavyweights who rallied in the eleventh hour to drastically reworkRogue Oneand get it ready for release. (It was Gilroy who supposedly reshot large swaths of the film while original directorGareth Edwardssupervised the visual effects work being done.) Gilroy’s hard worked paid off and Rogue One made more than $1 billion at the global box office.
This Rogue One-inspired show is one of a handful ofStar Warsprojects in development at Disney+ following the successful launch ofThe Mandalorian, the first live-actionStar Warsseries, and the resurrection of the beloved animated seriesThe Clone Wars. Among the projects in development are a limited series focused onEwan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was quietly suspended earlier this year to be reworked; aClone Warsspin-off series calledThe Bad Batch; and, of course, the eagerly anticipated second season ofThe Mandalorian. In other words: the Force is strong with Disney+.
