After four intense weeks, the series finale of Andor, which as promised leads right into the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is upon us. In the final three episodes, we learned more about Luther’s relationship with his assistant Kleya after they learned what the Empire has really been up to and she fled to a safe house to pass on the message. It’s all been leading to this, truly. Here's everything you need to know about the season 2 finale of Andor.
Do Cassian, Melshi, and Kleya escape the safe house?
At the end of the They sure do, thanks to a big assist from K-2SO and Kleya's preparation. She planted a radio in a different part of the housing complex to throw the ISB troops off of their scent. However, Kleya is not too keen on going to Yavin with the rest of the rebellion. When they do finally make it there, we see why. The council of leaders, including Mon Mothma and Bail Organa, didn't trust Luthen and aren't receptive to the information he died to pass on: that the Empire is using kyber from Jedha, minerals from Ghorman, and an engineer named Galen Erso to construct some kind of weapon. (Spoiler alert: they're talking about the Death Star.) Cassian spends the rest of the episode trying to convince anyone to act on this intel, and is ultimately successful.
Why is Dedra Meero in jail?
Everyone's favorite Imperial girlboss' ending was satisfying and ironic. She went to such extreme lengths to try and prove that Luthen is the terrorist "Axis" she was assigned to find that her superiors became suspicious she was working with the rebellion. They're not willing to believe that Lonnie hacked into her files. It's very much the Empire's version of "but her emails," you know? (Or, perhaps, they were just using her as a scapegoat.)
So while this villain doesn't die at the end of the series, she does end up in one terrifying prisons that we saw in Andor season 1. While it's not specified that the prison is on Narkina 5, the moon where Cassian helped stage a breakout years ago, it sure looks a lot like it.
Where is Cassian going in his last scene?
At the very end of the series, Cassian leaves Yavin once again to meet an informant working with both him and Saw Guererra named Tivik, at a place called the Ring of Kafrene. To see what information about the Death Star he provides, what happens when Cassian finds him, and why the Force healer gave him such an ominous look, please watch Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Who didn't make it out of Andor Season 2 alive?
Earlier in the season we lost Cassian's friend Brasso, Mon Mothma's childhood sweetheart Tay Kolma, Vel's girlfriend Cinta, and the ambitious Imperial middle manager Syril Karn. But the biggest casualty of the season is Luthen Rael, who died passing on crucial information about the Death Star to the rebellion.
There's also Major Partagaz, Dedra's commanding officer at the ISB, who died by suicide in the finale after his department failed to capture Luthen or Kleya alive. Before he pulled the trigger, he listened to a bit of Nemik's manifesto–a recording Cassian obtained in season 1. This means that, at some point, Cassian leaked the message and spread the revolutionary words of inspiration throughout the galaxy.
Wait, where is Bix and since when was she PREGNANT?!
Surprise! At the very end of the series, we see Bix on a Mina-Rau a.k.a. the wheat planet holding a baby that we can only assume is hers and Cassian's. The two of them are safe with the adorable droid B2-EMO. Now we know that there was an additional reason why she left Cassian on Yavin so definitively in episode 9. Bix knew that he was ready to quit the rebellion for her, and he absolutely would have quit for the baby. (I'm so, so happy that the reason Cassian is so cynical in Rogue One isn't that Bix died. Can you imagine?!)
Does this mean that we could follow Bix and this kid in further Andor storylines, either in movies or a surprise Season 3? The Cassian-centric show was only meant to be two seasons, but this changes things a bit. The "Skywalker Saga" (a.k.a. movies about Anakin, Luke, and by some flimsy logic Rey) is yesterday's news. I'm all about the "Andor Saga" now! Let's get generational! Looking at the Star Wars timeline, Baby Andor would have been a kid during The Mandalorian and in their 30s during The Force Awakens. Something to think about now that Andor is over...
