Did you know Andor Season 2 might just be the most expensive Star Wars project ever?
I had no idea until I came across the numbers—$250 million for Season 1 alone. That’s more than double the budget of The Mandalorian’s first season, which already felt groundbreaking.
When I first heard about Andor Season 2’s production, I couldn’t help but wonder—how does it stack up against other Star Wars projects in terms of scale and budget?
Turns out, this series is on track to become the most expensive Star Wars project ever created, and honestly, the numbers are jaw-dropping.
According to Forbes, Disney has revealed that the budget for Andor has reached an eye-popping $645 million, making it one of the most expensive projects in Star Wars history.
In 2023 alone, the production spent a record $290.9 million on the second season—more than any single year of spending on previous Star Wars projects, including blockbuster films like The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens.
Andor’s second season has already surpassed those numbers—and this is only part of the story.
The $290.9 million spent so far doesn’t even account for the entirety of the second season’s filming. Production began in late 2022, faced delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike in the summer of 2023, and only wrapped filming in early 2024.
With such massive investments, it’s clear that Disney is betting big on Andor, not just as a series, but as a flagship Star Wars project meant to leave a lasting impact.