Search for Kerri

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"And just one more thing… Just… Stop searching for your sister. It's a fantasy. There were no survivors on Kenari. What happened there was not your responsibility, you were a child. Let it go."
―Maarva consoles Cassian[1]

By the year 5 BBY, the human Cassian Jeron Andor had embarked on a search[2] for his long lost sister Kerri,[4] whom he had not seen since she was six years old on their homeworld Kenari. When the young Andor, at that time known as "Kassa," had joined an expedition to a[5] crashed Galactic Republic[3] transpo corsair, he was separated from his group and taken off-world by Maarva and Clem Andor to protect him from an incoming Republic force,[6] which led to his adoption into the Andor family and new life on the planet Ferrix. However, Cassian felt like he had abandoned his sister and was filled with guilt,[3] particularly after[1] a mining disaster[7] was said to have wiped out all life on Kenari[1] during the Imperial Era.[7]

Andor crossed the galaxy, back and forth, in search of Kerri.[3] In 5 BBY, Cassian, having discovered a lead on a Kenari girl working at the Leisure Zone brothel on[2] the planet[8] Morlana One, traveled to the brothel but discovered from a hostess that the woman in question had departed months earlier. Cassian's mission also brought him into conflict with[2] Preox-Morlana sentry guards[3] Kravas Drezzer and Verlo Skiff, who both ended up dead at his hands.[2] The incident caused a knock on effect that brought Cassian into the crosshairs of the Galactic Empire[3] and early rebel movement.[9] Following the Aldhani heist, Maarva advised her adoptive son to stop his search for Kerri, reminding him nothing was his fault and noting that his sister had more-than-likely died. Cassian, however, refused to respond.[1] After losing Maarva to her old age and following the uprising on Ferrix, Cassian would join Luthen Rael's cell of the early rebel movement.[9] In 1 BBY,[10] before embarking on a mission[11] that would ultimately lead to his own death,[12] but which would also create a major victory over the Empire,[13] Andor dreamed about Kerri, much to his surprise.[11]

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[14]

Tony Gilroy stated that Kerri's disappearance serves to set up the idea of Cassian Andor losing people and leaving them behind, which was particularly important to season two.[14]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "Announcement"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "Kassa"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 SWInsider "On Program" — Star Wars Insider 220
  4. ↑ SWInsider "Star Wars: Andor Season One Companion" — Star Wars Insider 217
  5. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Kerri in the Databank (backup link)
  6. ↑ Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "Reckoning"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "That Would Be Me"
  8. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Morlana One in the Databank (backup link)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "Rix Road"
  10. ↑ StarWars.com Behind the Seams: The Costumes of Andor Season 2 - Updated on StarWars.com (backup link) dates "Jedha, Kyber, Erso" to 1 BBY.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Andor logo new Star Wars: Andor — "Jedha, Kyber, Erso"
  12. ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Premium-Era-real The Empire Film Podcast 555 on podfollow.com (backup link archived on November 28, 2023)
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