CASSIAN ANDOR Casting Breakdowns Point To The Disney+ Series Being An Origin Story

The Star Wars Galaxy will expand in a big way thanks to Disney+, and a casting breakdown for Cassian Andor may confirm recent rumours that the show will delve into the title character's origin story...

By JoshWilding - Jan 02, 2020 06:01 AM EST

Filed Under: Cassian Andor

Cassian Andor died at the end of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story so his Disney+ series is obviously going to have to take place before the events of that movie. Now, some casting descriptions for the show may point to us getting to follow the Rebel's story right from childhood.

These reveal that Lucasfilm are looking to cast "Mundo" and "Cinta," two children whose identities are more than likely being concealed with codenames. The former, however, is going to appear as both a nine-year old and a thirteen-year old, and it definitely sounds like a young Cassian.

Mundo is a thirteen-year old, Hispanic male. The young teen has a head full of brown hair and big, passionate eyes. Needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.

Mundo is a nine-year old, Hispanic male. A wild and unruly kid with a head full of brown hair and big, passionate eyes. Also needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.

Cinta is 5-7 year old Hispanic female. Cinta has a head full of brown hair and big eyes. A wild and unruly kid who, what do you know, needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.

It makes sense for Cassian Andor to delve into the character's youth because we'll likely get to see what led to him deciding to become a Rebel and fight back against the Galactic Empire. Key moments like him meeting K-2SO and possibly learning about Jyn Erso's existence are also highly likely, especially as the show will serve as a prequel to what we saw in Rogue One back in 2016.

Shooting is expected to begin this June for a premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2021.

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regularmovieguy - 1/2/2020, 7:08 AM

CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 1/2/2020, 7:10 AM

I loved Rogue One, so I'm all for this. I remember walking out of that movie more impressed than I thought I'd be.

thewanderer - 1/2/2020, 11:24 AM

@CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - I’m even more excited after seeing what they did with the Mandalorian.

CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 1/2/2020, 11:30 AM

@thewanderer - I just got Disney+ yesterday....so I will be watching that SOON!

WakandanQueen - 1/2/2020, 7:14 AM

I love Rogue One and Diego Luna so I'll watch the [frick] out of this.

HeavyMetal4Life - 1/2/2020, 7:15 AM

Of the 3 Disney+ Star Wars shows so far, this is the least intriguing but still interested in seeing it since Rogue One was overall quite good.

CurlyBill - 1/2/2020, 7:24 AM

I am really surprised that after Rogue Ones success that Garth Edwards sing doing more Star Wars films. They should give him a trilogy of films.

regularmovieguy - 1/2/2020, 7:26 AM

@CurlyBill

Gareth Edwards may as well have been blacklisted. He also didn’t complete the film.

Tony Gilroy rewrote much of the script and directed the reshoots.

WakandanQueen - 1/2/2020, 7:28 AM

@CurlyBill - Tony Gilroy is actually the reason Rogue One turned out as well as it did. He's directing some episodes of this show.

JaKBaLLTV - 1/2/2020, 7:58 AM

@CurlyBill -

MrDandy - 1/2/2020, 7:30 AM

Is Filoni involved in this? Because if not I have no interest in this. Couldn’t care less about the oh-so-memorable character Cassian Andor.

Repian - 1/2/2020, 7:32 AM

I also want to see Saw Gerrera heroic and younger

Winston Duke

GhostDog - 1/2/2020, 7:35 AM

Dude is a great actor but he was far from the most interesting thing about Rogue One.

If anything I would rather get a show about the Guardians of the Whills. Maybe include a young Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus

JaKBaLLTV - 1/2/2020, 7:45 AM

@BlackBeltJones - church yo!

MrDandy - 1/2/2020, 7:58 AM

@BlackBeltJones - I would have much preferred this as a force sensitive blind man in the Star Wars universe who isn’t a Jedi is really interesting

Chewtoy - 1/2/2020, 7:38 AM

I’d be curious to see a Star Wars show set around whatever passes for law enforcement in the New Republic in the same time frame as the Mandalorian. There are no Jedi to serve as peace keepers, but Kuiil talks about salvaging in accordance to the New Republic’s charter, so there seems to be some interplanetary law. So who is keeping the peace?

Goldboink - 1/2/2020, 7:43 AM

Now would be a good time to post a Snyder Cut article.

Just sayin'

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CASSIAN ANDOR Casting Breakdowns Point To The Disney+ Series Being An Origin Story

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