K-2SO's backstory in Andor was initially planned as a separate, horror-themed episode.
In this week's episode of Andor, K-2SO makes his debut, and let me tell ya, it's a game-changer. Cassian, our favorite rebel, finds himself in a bind on the sketchy streets of Palmo, only to be saved by K-2SO after the KX droid gets run over. He carts the pieces back to Yavin, setting the stage for K-2SO's grand entrance.
His introduction, though, was supposed to be way more bone-chilling. Originally, it was all set for a tipsy horror flick vibe, according to creator Tony Gilroy. "Dan Gilroy wrote an amazing, entirely self-contained episode that was episode 209," Gilroy told Entertainment Weekly, "It was an amazing episode that was like a horror movie."
Gilroy described it as "like a monster movie" and drew inspiration from classic horror films like Ridley Scott's Alien. The storyline revolved around a crew attempting to retrieve a gigantic, dilapidated tanker ship towering near Yavin. On board, a vicious KX security droid, reminiscent of K-2SO, went on a rampage, hunting down anyone it came across[1][3][4][5].
Sadly, this terrifying introduction never made it past the planning stages due to budget and scheduling constraints. "We could not afford to do it," Gilroy ruefully admitted.
While it's a bummer we didn't get to witness this horrifying extravaganza, we did get a taste of the horror genre with K-2SO's jolting reboot in a mad-scientist, old-school spookshow setup[4][5]. It's a shame we didn't get the extended version, but the show must go on, and the narrative needed to stay on track.
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In the initial plans for 'Andor,' K-2SO's introduction was intended to be akin to a horror movie, not unlike Ridley Scott's 'Alien,' with a storyline involving a giant, deteriorating tanker ship near Yavin and a vicious KX droid on a rampage. However, budget and scheduling issues prevented this terrifying introduction from coming to fruition. Despite this, viewers can still enjoy fragments of the horror genre incorporated into K-2SO's intriguing debut. For more updates on the future of science fiction, including 'Marvel,' 'Star Wars,' 'Star Trek,' 'Doctor Who,' and the 'DC Universe' on film and TV, stay tuned with us here.
