Cassian begins Season 2 of “Andor” with a bang, blasting his way out of an Imperial facility with a stolen ship. He’s out on assignment for the shadowy rebel leader Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgard), while his comrades, including Bix (Adria Arjona), anxiously await word.

The ragtag, starving bunch of Rebels who captured him, thinking he’s an Imperial test pilot for real instead of just as a cover, continue to war with one another. They shout taunts at each other from their respective positions on opposite sides of a mist-covered forest clearing,