The first trailer forAndor season two dropped today, giving us a long-awaited look at Cassians returnand a rebellion coalescing into full, explosive effect. Its full of tiny little glimpses of what we know are going to to be four distinct chapters setting the year-by-year stage for the Cassian we met inRogue One, familiar faces from the first season, and even a few intriguingStar Wars Easter eggs. Heres everything we spotted. The Many Lives of Cassian Andor Lucasfilm The clever opening cuts between several shots of Cassians back, and individual acts of rebellion, that seem to presumably pull on the broader structure of season two. We now know that the 12-episode season will be split up into four chapters of three episodes each, with each tale jumping by around a year between 4BBY and 0BBYending Andor just days before the beginning ofRogue One. Those four distinct eras are marked here: Cassian in a slick, fancy disguise on a planet of white structures and what appears to be a busy transport hub (that descends into chaos rather rapidly, more on that later); Cassian in a more Andor-esque leather jacket in a moody interior (that cuts to him disabling some kind of large cargo transport sled); an even moodier interior of a more claustrophobic, dingy corridor that seems to match up with some the shots we see later with Saw Gerrera (which cuts to Cassian, seemingly again, as he casually executes an Imperial guard in a spartan facility). That all then cuts to The Eve ofRogue One Lucasfilm Cassian, at the Massassi Temple, an agent of the unified Rebel Alliance on the precipice of an all-out galactic civil war. This is, presumably, the final arc of the show, the one we know that will culminate just days before Rogue One andA New Hope are set to begin. How do we know that, beyond the fact that Cassians clearly on Yavin IV? Well, hes wearing part of hisRogue One costume: the jacket is the one we see Cassian wear in the opening of the movie where he meets his contract at a station in the Rings of Kafrene, and the undershirt is one he wears throughout the film until his very end. Fight or Win Lucasfilm Were in a war, Cassian growls to someone over a series of shots. You wanna fight, or win? He seems to be doing a bit of boththese all appear to come from the same arc, and are all built around elements wed seen previously teased: theres an agri-world, covered in oceans of crops that we see Stormtroopers blasting at an unknown figure running through. We see whoever Cassians talking to, as he himself is dressed in an Imperial disguise wed seen in previous promo images of him stealing the final element of this brief montage: a prototype TIE Fighter, from which we see Cassian unload a salvo of rockets to blow a vehicle up in those aforementioned crop fields. That prototype TIE, while still unofficially named, canonizes the overall design of what was formerly known as the TIE Avenger. Introduced in the classic simulation gameTIE Fighter in 1994, the ship was the EUs iteration on Darth Vaders TIE Advance, an experimental prototype that represented the potential future of space superiority fighter craft in the Imperial Navy: a capable ship-to-ship dogfighter that married high speed, an improved arsenal of blaster and heavy payload armaments, and deflector shielding, all in one package.Three Faces of Rebellion Lucasfilm The next trio of shots are very interesting. We get a quick glimpse of Saw, looking much more like he does inRogue One than he did inAndors first season, suggesting well meet him again a little later in season twos chronology after some crucial events (more on that later). The next is of Mon Mothma, wearing an elegant gown as shes surrounded by crowds of similarly elegantly dressed dancers at a party (more on that later). The last is of Luthen Rael, seemingly back in his foppish disguise as an antiquities dealer and more on thatright now, because this is the only shot we actually get of him in the entire trailer. This is very interesting, not just because Luthen was such a major character in season one. But because hes also the character we largely know the least about, here. We know where Mon Mothma ends up by the original trilogy. We know where Saw ends up, too, for better or worsesame for Cassian. Luthen is a free radical in many ways, but its especially going to be intriguing to see what he ultimately contributes to the formation of the broader Alliance as we come to know it, as a revolutionary and political entity. For now, Andor is giving us very few clues.The Revolution Starts Now Lucasfilm Cool insurrectionists dont look at explosions. But tropes aside, the intriguing confirmation here is that Cassians rebellious actions will, at some point, see Bix directly partner with him. Season one ended with him saving her from Imperial interrogation and getting her (alongside Brasso, who we also see in this trailer later) whisked away from Ferrixbut it looks like season two is going to give us a look at how she herself is forged into an agent of rebellion. We Stand Here Amidst His Achievement Lucasfilm As if to remind us where this is all ultimately heading again, we get some satisfyingly smug shots ofAndors biggest cameo yet: the return of Ben Mendelsohn as Orson Krennic. We already know from previous teases that Krennic and Dedra are going to butt heads this season, but were also clearly going to see some of the earlier stages of Krennics work on developing the Death Star, now in much closer-to-operational state than when we saw it at the end of season one. The Partisan Front Lucasfilm The next shot features a grim perspective: a corpse in the foreground as X-Wings and another ship are seen in the background. We see that ship a little later in another shot entering hyperspace, and while its hard to tell specifics, it has a lot of design similarities to the Aurore-class freighter, a class of ship that first appeared in Clone Wars as a ship in regular use by the Zygerrian empire.But the thing to note here is that the X-Wings carry the distinctive black-and-white livery of the Partisans, Saw Gerreras guerrilla faction. Given that when we met Saw inAndors first season, he was struggling to acquire material and needed convincing to work on operations with other disparate rebel cells, it seems like that when we meet him in season two, the Partisan front is going to be much more readily establishedand, presumably at this point, already largely distanced from the broader Rebel Alliance as it pushed its own, more aggressive path to resistance against the Empire. Prelude to a Massacre Lucasfilm The port city Cassian is seen at throughout this trailer is also shown repeatedly to eventually devolve into absolute chaos. Theres bodies everywhere, Stormtroopers firing indiscriminately, complete carnage. The timing of Andors second season, and even a few potential teases from the first, could indicate that this will be our first on-screen look at a fundamental moment in the Rebellions history: the Ghorman Massacre.Taking place in 2BBY, the Ghorman Massacre saw Imperial forces slaughter crowds of civilians engaging in peaceful protest on the planet Ghorman, after years of crisis over Imperial control of shipping lanes around the world. The massacre sparked Mon Mothmas public withdrawal from the Imperial Senate, and the formal declaration of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, openly uniting a series of rebel cells across the galaxy into the organized rebellion against the Empire as seen inRebels third season. Kleyas Rage Lucasfilm Luthen might not be in this trailer much, but thisvery intriguing shot of his assistant and fellow operative Kleya might give us a better picture of his final fateconsidering she looks incredibly upset and absolutely furious to see Cassian, its clear something very bad has happened. Brasso! Lucasfilm Sadly hes got no brick to beat them up with this time, but four Stormtroopers vs. one Brasso is a fight were itching to see, even if hes getting pretty manhandled here. Interesting to note that the agricultural environment here seems to place Brasso on whatever world Cassian uses the TIE Avenger on. Is this the world Cassian got him and Bix sent to after the riots on Ferrix? Does that mean the young person being chased by troopers earlier in the trailer might be Wilmon Paak, the kid of the salvage shop owner on Ferrix?Not Quite a Soldier, Not Quite a Trooper Lucasfilm This very interesting moment matches up with that tight corridor we saw Cassian roaming through in that opening montage of shots, but from an altogether more antagonistic perspective: Imperial soldiers, who are wearing a fascinating mishmash of Imperial army gear (as seen on the many soldiers we saw inAndorseason one, like those stationed on Aldhani and the riot officers sent to Ferrix) and the white plastoid armor plating of Stormtroopers. This doesnt appear to be an impromptu get-up out of necessity, as we also see similarly dressed troopers in the background of another shot shortlyare they a sort of stepping stone between the regular forces of the Imperial ground army and the Stormtrooper Corps? Its interesting to note that while Stormtroopers themselves were pretty spartan in Andor season one, theyre much more prevalent in all this footage, showing just how Imperial response to insurgency is going to escalate over this period of time. Dedras Back, and Very Annoyed Lucasfilm Speaking of that other shot! We see another one of these hybrid-troopers milling around in the background of another familiar face only given single glimpse here: the return of Dedra Meero. In true Dedra style, shes clearly ticked off about something. Cassian slipping out of her fingers? Krennic getting under her skin. Syril being well, Syril? Well have to wait and see. Krennics Intriguing Orbit Lucasfilm Speaking of the good director, this next glimpse of him in a slightly swankier get-up is interesting less for him, and more for whos in the blurry fringes. Well get a much better, and equally brief, look later on in the trailer, but this certainly appears to be Davos Sculden in the blue robes, the seedy Chandrilan mobster Mon Mothma is forced to deal with to secure clandestine ways to funnel money to the Rebellion. And seemingly Mon herself on the left of the shot, looking a little more like her appearances in Rogue One andReturn of the Jedi.Welcome to Chandrila? Lucasfilm After a brief glimpse of the TIE Avenger causing chaos in an Imperial facility (no doubt at Cassians hands) as it guns down a bunch of Stormtroopers, we get a few shots of Mon Mothma furiously dancing at that party we saw her at early on in the trailer. Thismight be our very first look at her homeworld, Chandrila, on-screenthe attire certainly matches the aesthetic we regularly saw Mon and Perrin enrobe themselves in in season one. Might we visit the world to see the traditional customs that will see Mons daughter Lieda wedded to Sculdens son? The Revolution Will Be Televised Lucasfilm Speaking of Sculden and Mon though, were seemingly back on Coruscant here, and that event we see Krennic attendingwe get a clearer shot of Sculden welcoming Mon and Perrin, and its clearer too that Mon has had a bit of a trim compared to what we just saw on her homeworld. Yes, the pixie cut from Rogue One that Mon will seemingly wear for the entirety of the Galactic Civil War is making its debut here. Style icon!Hello, K2 Lucasfilm We knew he was coming this season, and wed got to see him briefly in our first public look at season two a few months ago, but yes, Cassians ex-Imperial droid bestie is back! Presumably were going to see just how Cassian and K-2SO teamed up this seasonIm sure no trauma around Cassians brutal arrest on Niamos at the hands of another KX security droid will be involved. and Syril, We Guess Lucasfilm Another one-shot wonder in this trailer, our first and only look at Syril Karn is suitably dweeby, as he haughtily scampers through a group of Imperial technicians. Clearly hes gone up in the world since saving Dedra on Ferrix but will he have really wanted to, we wonder, considering his formal attire and the environment suggest that hes in that port city that could potentially be Ghorman based on the other shots in the trailer. Will everyones least-favorite little freak meet his untimely end there?The Making of Melshi Lucasfilm Another brief glimpse, another familiar face: this time itsRogue Ones Ruescott Melshi, who we saw liberated from Narkina Five thanks to Cassians help last season. Although we last saw him and Cassian parting ways on Niamos after theyd managed to flee the Imperial prison, it seems Melshis still going to be caught up in chaos heremakes sense, considering that, like Cassian, we know hes going to be signing up for the Rebellion. Clarity of Purpose Lucasfilm The trailer climaxes with another fast montage of action shots: more of the TIE Avenger going crazy, more of the carnage on maybe-Ghorman, Cassian being blasted around as hes smacked up against walls and careening over surfaces, Bix fighting an Imperial officer hand-to-hand. Theres even a shot of the most chaotic force of all, Syrils mother Eedy, for good measure! But the trailer ends with a moment of dialogue from Saw, as he shakes inspirational sense what appears to be one of his own partisans. Youre here, right here, and youre ready tofight! We already have a lot of evidence in this trailer that whatever arc we get with Saw in this season is going to be after hes largely cut ties with the broader Rebel Alliancea moment we got to see coalesce in Rebels. But its going to be interesting to see just how Saw makes his case to his forces that his way is the right way, especially knowing how it all tragically plays out for the partisans byRogue One. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.