Star Wars: Alan Tudyk starring in Disney Plus’ Cassian Andor TV series
Alan Tudyk will reprise his role of snarky droid K-2SO in the upcoming Star Wars “Rogue One” prequel TV series on Disney Plus.
Alan Tudyk is back in a galaxy far, far away, as he will reprise his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story role of snarky reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO in the Rogue One prequel TV series for Disney Plus.
This news was one of many Disney Plus announcements released Thursday, April 11 about the upcoming streaming service, which will launch in November.
Tudyk’s casting was previously reported by various media outlets, including Screen Rant.
The currently-untitled Star Wars series will also star Diego Luna as Cassian Andor, a Rebel operative, and will debut sometime in 2021.
The chronological setting will place the series within the 15 to 20-year gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
Kaytoo was a fan favorite from the first Star Wars spinoff film, which was mostly due thanks to his snarky, pessimistic attitude and “me first” survival policy. Eventually, however, he became friends with Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and her crew, perishing in the assault on Scarif to obtain the Death Star plans.
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Tudyk is best known for his role as Wash the pilot in the Joss Whedon sci-fi Western series Firefly and its 2004 film sequel Serenity, as well as other well-known roles including Wat the squire in 2001’s A Knight’s Tale, the recurring role of Alpha in Whedon’s 2009 series Dollhouse, and Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42. (Incidentally, the latter three projects involve actors who have roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
Tudyk has done a lot of voiceover work for Disney animated films over the past decade, with roles in Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet since 2012.
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