'Andor': Watch the Teaser for Diego Luna 'Star Wars' Series

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prequel series centered on Diego Luna's rebel spy, Cassian Andor, finally has a release date. The latest series billed as “a tense nail-biting thriller” will debut with two episodes Aug.

31 on Disney+.Set prior to the events of that standalone film -- “during the formative years of the Rebellion” — the 12-episode series will see Cassian, alongside returning characters like Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), set out to “restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire.”“I feel so lucky,” O’Reilly said about reprising her role as Mothma, acknowledging that “I first played this woman 17 years ago now.”Watch the teaser trailer below:Watch the brand-new teaser trailer for #Andor, streaming August 31 on @DisneyPlus.

pic.twitter.com/gkKHizDG4GAdditionally, it was confirmed that will run for two seasons, with the second 12 episodes ending where  picks up.“It is really cool to tell a story where you already know the ending,” Luna previously told ET about the series. “It is a different approach, because it's how things happen.

It's not just what happens. It's not the typical way of approaching a story. It's about how things happen… You know the ending, but you don't know how it happened, and we have that challenge in front of us again, which is exciting.” Upcoming 'Star Wars' Movies & Series: 'Obi-Wan Kenobi,' 'Ahsoka' and More ‘Andor’: Diego Luna Returns in ‘Star Wars’ Prequel Series First Look Diego Luna Says His 'Star Wars: Rogue One' Prequel Series Will Shoot This Year (Exclusive)  .