Andor Season 2 recast this Star Wars character and everyone’s confused
Andor Season 2has recast a character first introduced in Star Wars over 20 years ago, and nobody knows exactly why.
This week, the revolution will be televised whenAndor– the bestStar WarsTV show – finally returns with its long-anticipated second (and final) season.
Unlike the first season, Season 2 will take place over four years, with each block of three episodes chronicling one year’s worth of action-packed, sneaky, and galaxy-altering events. Eventually, the show will find its way to the start of Rogue One – which is handy, as you can stream it on Disney Plus straight after.
This time, there are a few more familiar faces in theAndor cast– but one character will be played by someone different.
Andor Season 2 recasts Bail Organa
Bail Organa will be played by Benjamin Bratt in Andor Season 2, replacing Jimmy Smits.
Smits made his debut as Organa in 2002’s Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, also appearing in Revenge of the Sith before reprising his role over 10 years later in Rogue One. Interestingly, he also showed up in 2022’s Obi-Wan Kenobi.
It’s unclear why Bratt was cast as Organa instead of Smits. While there may be unreported projects in development, he’s only attached to one upcoming title – Dexter: Resurrection, where he’s returning as Miguel Prado. It’s possible that he turned the project down, or there may be other scheduling issues (work or personal-wise) that got in the way.
🚨 Andor spoilers 🚨Bail Organa is confirmed to be in Andor season 2 and has been recast. The role of Bail will be played by Benjamin Pratt rather than be reprised by Jimmy Smitspic.twitter.com/TI2OSWEIPO
This was revealed inThe Mary Sue’s review, which reads: “We get to have glimpses of [Mon’s] and Bail Organa’s (this time played by Benjamin Pratt) relationship and how it changes.”
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While most fans agree Bratt is a great choice for the role, they’re still sad (and confused) by Smits not coming back. “What I find insane is that he came back for Kenobi but not Andor. But I’m sure Benjamin Bratt will do great, Tony and team wouldn’t have recast if he wasn’t essential to the story. Better than a deepfake,” one userwrote.
“It’s a little sad that we got Jimmy Smits back as Bail Organa delivering a fantastic performance in Kenobi, instead of getting to see him do fantastic monologues in Andor in a series with actual competent writing,” anothercommented.
This is gonna make Jimmy Smits’ dramatic reveal from the shadows in Rogue One unintentionally funny nowpic.twitter.com/5UBfwQ2d94
“If you face this dilemma as a studio it’s a great alt actor choice but otherwise… WTF? Smits owns that role,” a thirdposted.
Speaking toThe Hollywood Reporter, Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy didn’t specifically address the recasting of Smits’ character, but he said: “Legacy characters are really tricky to bring back.
“They’re very, very expensive. A lot of times, their schedules don’t work out. There’s probably a couple people that we wanted to have in Yavin at the end, who are in the beginning of Rogue, but we just couldn’t get them because they were busy.”
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