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2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is full of fan-favorite characters, but K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk, won a special place in fans' hearts. I mean, where else had we seen a sassy, tall, murder droid in official Star Wars canon up until that point? With only his shifting eyes and body language to emote with, Tudyk's portrayal of K-2SO still brought an unexpected human feel to the role. 

It's not a surprise, then, that fans were eagerly awaiting the arrival of K-2SO into Cassian Andor's life in season 2 of Andor. And while we eventually got him in the last third of season 2, showrunner Tony Gilroy explained the logistical reasons for why K-2 couldn't have a bigger role in Andor. 

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Gilroy explained, "[Limiting] K-2SO came from the experience of making Rogue, to be honest with you. From the very beginning, that was one of the most difficult parts of the original conversation — how long I was going to have to delay [K-2SO]? Because what can you do with him? I don’t want people to go back and diagram Rogue, but just within that movie, there are two or three or four places where we are hiding him — where he has to stay on the ship or can’t go somewhere. He’s a really, really difficult piece of equipment to carry through a story. The limitations on him are huge. He’s a very visible, troublesome piece of story gear. So I knew intuitively how long I would have to wait to do it."

Unlike Anthony Daniels's C-3PO, you can't exactly stick person inside and have them play the character (unless they're Reed Richards). K2's long, skinny legs, tiny midsection, and almost ape-length arms aren't built to average human proportions. So it would make sense that Gilroy would want to not overextend himself and production by featuring K-2SO too heavily in early episodes of the season. As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. 

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