Andor Season 2 Premiere: “One Year Later”

Fast, pointed, and irresistibly astute: Andor’s Season 2 premiere, “One Year Later,” isn’t holding any punches.

In our recap this week, we discuss Andor’s magical ability to pull on both historic and modern-day threads. The super-secret Imperial summit, for instance, calls back to the World War II Wannsee Conference and its “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” But it’s also a dead ringer for conversations about energy independence happening in the White House today.

In its zippy season premiere, Andor manages to mock leftist infighting (again), stage a gloriously tense TIE Avenger heist, and throw open the Mothma estate for a splashy pre-nuptial bash. We knew Season 2 wasn’t going to disappoint—but even we weren’t expecting it to look this good while doing it.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:03:27 Andor S1 Plot Recap

00:08:28 One Year Later Plot Overview

00:18:53 First Impressions: Fast, Pointed, On The Nose

00:40:19 Character Deep Dives: Vel and Dedra

00:54:23 Bae Watch

00:59:26 Closing Thoughts