The year 2025 already promises to be rich with new series and especially new seasons for programs that are very popular and fans are looking forward to. This is the case with this series of Star Wars, the second season of which has been waiting for three years!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers, this fantasy is considered one of the best series in the science fiction saga. Created by Tony Gilroy, Star Wars: Andor is a prequel to the feature film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which tells the story of how Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) joins the rebellion against the Galactic Empire.
After a long wait, Disney has finally announced the release date of season 2: fans will be able to discover it from April 22, 2025 on the Disney+ platform. Lucasfilm has already released some of the first images in a trailer that includes upcoming Disney+ releases.
Record budget for “Star Wars: Andor” season 2!
Expected to arrive in April, Disney+ and Lucasfilm should gradually reveal information about this second season of Andor, which will also be its last. This will take place over 4 years, with one year of Cassian’s life every three episodes.
The stakes are ambitious, and that’s why Andor’s budget for this second and final season is significant. Disney has indeed revealed that the firm has spent a record $290.9 million on these new episodes in 2023. Forbes.
This is the highest annual cost ever recorded for a Star Wars production! This record is surpassed by the previous film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which cost $280.7 million to produce in 2019.
But this figure will still increase
As indicated by Forbes, which examined publicly released filings by Disney, $290.9 million will certainly not be the final cost of Season 2 of the series, as it “only” covers costs through the end of 2023.
Production on Andor Season 2 was effectively halted until the second half of 2023 due to a double strike by writers and actors in Hollywood that year. It will only be renewed in January 2024 and will end the following month. The rest of the year was then spent adding post-production and special effects.
Post-production for the first season cost tens of millions of dollars, and the second round of episodes is expected to do the same. But this shooting is the most expensive, especially since the series is mostly shot in built-up and natural environments.
The final production bill for Andor Season 2 is expected to be more than $290.9 million, despite the series enjoying a $129.3 million payout for filming on British soil from the UK.
So far, the production cost of two seasons of Andor is $645 million, but we’ll have to wait for Disney’s 2024 financial reports to know the exact cost of Star Wars Season 2 production. , which is now titled Andor: A Star Wars Story The Official Star Wars Site.
The first season of Andor is available on Disney+.
Source: Allocine
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