Kerri

This article is about the sister of Cassian Andor. You may be looking for Kerri Lessev.

"What are you? Seriously. Boyfriend? Husband?"
"I'm looking for my sister."

―A hostess and Cassian Andor^[1]

Kerri was a human female who lived on the planet Kenari with her brother Kassa. At a young age, Kerri was separated from her brother, who was taken offworld and later became known as Cassian Andor. Many years later, Andor still searched for his long-lost sister.

Biography

Kerri was a human female who lived with her brother Kassa in a village on the planet Kenari.^[1] When she was six years old,^[3] Kassa joined a party of villagers going to investigate the crash site of a transpo corsair, while Kerri was left behind.^[1] Kassa did not return from the mission^[3] as he became separated from the group and was taken offworld by Maarva and Clem Andor, who wanted to rescue him from danger.^[4] From Kerri's perspective, her brother had vanished after the mission, leaving her behind.^[3]

Years later, Kassa, now known as Cassian Andor, lived with Maarva on the planet Ferrix. However, he still searched for his sister and eventually traveled to a brothel on Morlana One in 5 BBY, having heard there was a girl from Kenari working there. However, after consulting one of the hostesses, he learned that the girl from Kenari had left months before.^[1]

After taking part in the heist at Aldhani, Andor returned to Ferrix, where he was told by Maarva to stop searching for his sister, saying that everyone had been killed on Kenari and reminding him that what had happened to his home and to Kerri was not his fault.^[5] Andor's partner Bix Caleen was aware of Kerri's existence.^[6]

While living at the Rebel Alliance's base on the moon Yavin 4 in 1 BBY, Andor had a dream of his sister that was interrupted when his droid companion K-2SO woke him from his slumber.^[7]

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Behind the scenes

"[Kerri] also motivates a lot of future behavior when we really get into it. The idea of leaving people behind and what it costs him to leave things behind. That's gonna become a big issue as we move to the second half, the fear of being someone who leaves someone behind and what that costs him."

―Tony Gilroy^[8]

Kerri first appeared in the first episode of the live-action Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor. She was portrayed by Belle Swarc.^[1] Interviewed for The Empire Film Podcast episode 555, Tony Gilroy—when asked if the search for Kerri was a seed for the future or a red herring—stated that the answer was complicated. He did state that Kerri set up the fear of losing something or someone, and everything that entails, which he said was a concept explored in Andor Season 2.^[8] Gilroy had originally intended to resolve the plot thread around Kerri either himself or by allowing another writer to tackle it, but he found himself unsure of how to continue the search storyline when he thought on it. Indeed, he later reflected he had "some melodramatic version" of its resolution that he scrapped from season 2. Instead, he came to believe that not addressing what happened to Kerri left a hole in Cassian Andor's life that he was never able to fill, thereby helping to establish Cassian as someone who would always try to go back and find people. To Gilroy, using Kerri's absence as the catalyst of Cassian's savior complex was more interesting than any resolution.^[9]

Kerri ultimately did not appear in Season 2, a choice that Gilroy felt was appropriate for Cassian's character. Although he acknowledged that people wanted the sibling storyline to be resolved, Gilroy maintained that Kerri served Cassian's character better by being absent. He said that such a deficit created a void for Cassian that was the reason he chose to be heroic and selfless to others.^[10]