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[Editor’s note: The pursuing question and reply contains spoilers for “Andor” Season 2.]

As a longtime Star Wars fan, Adria Arjona is still successful awe of her domiciled successful “Andor.”

The “Rogue One” prequel bid whitethorn beryllium named for Diego Luna’s rebellion leader, but aft 2 seasons, it’s undeniable that he wouldn’t go who he did without Arjona’s Bix Caleen.

“When [showrunner Tony Gilroy] told maine really I was going to portion ways pinch this character, I did not return it lightly,” Arjona told IndieWire. “It really shook my heart, nan truth that I was gonna nonstop disconnected connected this travel 1 of my favourite characters and past person an effect successful ‘A New Hope.’ I conscionable couldn’t judge that I was going to shape a portion of that, that I was going to person specified an effect successful nan rebellion.”

The sendoff successful mobility is her character’s last speaking segment of nan series, successful Season 2, Episode 9. After lying debased and staying together for years, Bix and Cassian (Luna) yet consciousness safe connected nan rebellion location guidelines of Yavin 4 — truthful overmuch truthful that he seems astatine consequence of giving up nan conflict conscionable to protect and enactment pinch her. At 1 point, different characteristic tells Bix, “Maybe you’re nan spot he needs to be.” With that realization, Cassian wakes up 1 time to find Bix gone and a video connection she near for him — ne'er saying goodbye, but pushing him to proceed nan conflict truthful they tin meet again.

“All Bix says is, ‘Cassian will beryllium back, Cassian will beryllium back, Cassian will find me’ — she has nary doubt,” Arjona said. “In nan backmost of her mind, she’s like, ‘Wherever he is, he’s OK, and he’ll beryllium back.’ There’s a batch of dream successful that, which is heartbreaking because you cognize nan ending — but she doesn’t.”

The segment was a unsocial opportunity not only for Bix to opportunity goodbye to Cassian, but for Arjona to do nan aforesaid for nan assemblage — straight into camera.

“The first 3 takes that I did were unusable. I could not extremity crying,” she recalled. “You tin understand conceptually what nan arc is going to beryllium like, but reference it and past having to execute was thing else.”

“I get paid to woody pinch my emotions. I get paid to beryllium capable to power nan measurement that I feel,” she added. “I sewage successful nan measurement of my ain occupation for nan first clip astatine work, because I cared truthful overmuch astir Bix and because I attraction truthful overmuch astir nan travel that Cassian has to spell on. I wanted to do specified a bully job, and I wanted to nail it, not only for me, but besides for nan fans, because it really takes disconnected onto thing else.”

But moreover those first takes strengthened Arjona’s relationship to nan segment and nan character, who she said astir apt besides cried done and deleted a fewer takes earlier finalizing nan footage for Cassian. After that, and arsenic nan work of what she was doing began to fade, Arjona said she tapped into “a infinitesimal of tranquility.”

Muhannad Bhaier, Adria Arjona, and Diego Luna successful ‘Andor’ Season 2Lucasfilm Ltd.

“Star Wars” projects travel pinch dense security, but Adrona said Gilroy was “gracious enough” to fto her publication 3 episodes erstwhile she sewage cast. “I conscionable decided to spot Tony, and I’m truthful happy I did, because everything he promised is location connected nan page,” she said. “I for illustration nan truth that she had a immense arc to spell through. I emotion her strength. I emotion that she’s not a victim. She holds herself really precocious up and believes successful dignity. She’s 1 reliable cookie.”

Season 2 of “Andor” picks up 1 twelvemonth aft nan extremity of Season 1, pinch Bix and Cassian separated arsenic they debar discovery from nan Empire. The latter’s visible certainty and intent juxtapose Bix and nan nightmares of her torture, her regular conflict to ward disconnected a predator connected nan satellite Mina-Rau, and nan trauma that she collects moreover arsenic nan rebellion grows stronger.

“I cannot judge what these characters spell done this season,” Arjona said, noting really immense it is that aft her battle successful Episode 3, Bix explicitly says, “He tried to rape me.” She said pinch survivors to hole for nan segment and its effects connected nan characteristic — “I held them pinch maine that day,” she said of nan shoot.

“You cannot show a quality communicative without rubbing connected abuse,” Arjona said. “Abuse has existed successful our history forever. The maltreatment of powerfulness is conscionable a portion of us, unfortunately. To show a communicative astir a rebellion, a communicative astir group coming together and nan complexities of that — maltreatment is simply a portion of that, and to not touch it would person been not telling nan full scope of it truthfully.”

In nan years that follow, Bix struggles pinch constituent maltreatment and pinch her ain domiciled successful nan rebellion, moreover arsenic Cassian grows stronger successful his. “Even from nan extremity of Season 1, each she really wants to do is beryllium a portion of nan rebellion,” Arjona said. “All she wants to do is beryllium amended truthful she could thief and beryllium a portion of this awesome cause, but she can’t. And there’s a batch of shame successful that.”

With accumulation and nan merchandise successful her rearview, Arjona still looks backmost astatine Bix and “Andor” pinch thing but admiration. She remains successful awe of nan character’s “courage, bravery, selflessness,” and capacity for sacrifice. She has ideas astir wherever nan characteristic goes aft “Andor” — Cassian’s destiny is known, but Bix could beryllium retired location fighting during nan events of “A New Hope,” “Empire Strikes Back,” “Return of nan Jedi,” and beyond — but thing she wants to opportunity retired large and put successful nan universe. “Andor” is each we person of her, moreover arsenic her bequest ripples done nan galaxy.

“When group travel together and they spot and everyone has their lane and thumps astatine their ain drum wrong their lane, it fucking works,” Arjona said. “That’s what making nan show is, and it’s what nan show is about. It’s astir group coming together — and it’s beautiful erstwhile creation mimics life successful that way.”

“Andor” is now streaming connected Disney+.