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Disney Just Cancelled the Coolest Star Wars Episode You’ll Never See — And Fans Are Fuming

Tony Gilroy just revealed Disney cancelled a terrifying Andor episode.

Jarrod SaundersbyJarrod Saunders
May 9, 2025
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Andor isn’t just a “good Star Wars show.” It’s straight-up brilliant and probably one of the best. It’s what happens when someone says, “Let’s actually write a good story with great characters that fans love,” and Disney shockingly lets them do it. Even still, not everything makes it out alive. Case in point: a cancelled Andor episode that sounds so good, it hurts.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Tony Gilroy dropped a surprising reveal. “Dan Gilroy [Tony’s brother and Andor writer] wrote an amazing, entirely self-contained episode that was episode 209. It was an amazing episode that was like a horror movie. It was the K2 story. They had to bring this huge ugly tanker ship to Yavin, and there was a KX unit that was trapped inside there hunting. It was sort of like a monster movie with K2 on it. It was really cool.”

Yes, it would have been a Star Wars horror episode. Rogue One’s sassiest droid turned into a terrifying killer bot in deep space. Think Alien, but instead of a Xenomorph, it’s a KX unit stalking poor rebels in dark corridors. This could’ve been the kind of episode that keeps fans talking for years—if it hadn’t been scrapped for budget reasons.

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“We could not afford to do it,” Gilroy admitted. “It was made clear that it was out of the range, so we had to abandon that and consolidate things.”

Wait—this gets canned, but The Acolyte somehow gets greenlit?

Unsurprisingly, Reddit’s r/StarWars lit up with disappointment. “Brutal. I’d 100% watch a Star Wars short of a small crew trying to outmaneuver one of these things in a tight space (Alien style). They’re so haunting,” wrote DentalWashingtn. Another fan, SoulxxBondz, chimed in: “Would have been crazy, especially given how menacing the KX droids were in the actual episode!”

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And fans aren’t the only ones begging for horror-flavoured Star Wars. Osgood Perkins, the director behind Longlegs, recently went viral for wanting to do a Darth Vader horror film, exploring his nightmares and inner trauma. One fan said it best: “If the movie is made correctly, this could be ELITE!!”

So what’s the hold-up, Disney? Horror and Star Wars don’t just mix—they might be the key to reviving the galaxy far, far away. With Disney’s Predator and Alien films and TV shows finally exciting fans again, perhaps it’s time for Star Wars to do the same.

RELATED: Andor Was Cool — But What If Darth Vader Got the Spin-Off He Deserves?

What are your thoughts on the cancelled Andor episode?

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About the Author: Jarrod Saunders

Jarrod Saunders is a Cape Town-based creative and founder of Fortress of Solitude, with over 20 years in film, gaming, and pop culture. He’s directed award-winning movies, built entertainment sites, and somehow still finds time to watch 500 films a year. Also: sneakerhead and part-time superhero.

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