Star Wars Confirms Death Star Was Overdue, Galaxy Would Have Been Doomed If Finished Early
In the initial three episodes of Andor’s second season, the story unfolds four years prior to the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of the Death Star as depicted in A New Hope. Here, Ben Mendelsohn’s character, Director Krennic, orchestrates a clandestine gathering of select Imperial officials for a meeting with the Emperor’s agenda – the Empire aiming for self-reliant, boundless power. In reality, the hunt for new energy resources serves Krennic’s Project Stardust, and Krennic himself hints that the Star Wars galaxy would have been significantly altered had he managed to keep the Death Star construction on schedule.