Andor' showrunner Tony Gilroy talks about the thinking behind the series finale's surprise and more in our new interview — spoilers ahead!

Note: This story contains spoilers from "Andor" Season 2, Episode 12. Everyone knew "Rogue One" was the finish line for Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in "Andor," but the question was how close Season 2 of the Disney+ show would put him to the beginning of his end.

The final three episodes include major deaths, callbacks and one last swashbuckling adventure rooted in the idea that every soldier counts in a fight for freedom.

Note: This article contains major spoilers from "Andor" Season 2, Episode 12. Throughout its entire second season, "Andor" viewers have worried about Bix (Adria Arjona). The Ferrix mechanic was tortured by the Empire in "Andor" Season 1,

Andor season 2 has come to an emotional end on Disney Plus, but fans with a keen ear have noticed an audio Easter egg that makes the series finale even more of a tearjerker. As the credits for season 2 episode 12 come to an end, a familiar piece of music starts to play: John Williams' Star Wars theme, first used in A New Hope back in the '70s.

How come Andor Season 2 just elevated the level of sadness of the end of Rogue One in galactic notches? In the lift, Cassian's last words in Rogue One are a gentle, eerie whisper:

So while this villain doesn't die at the end of the series, she does end up in one terrifying prisons that we saw in Andor season 1. While it's not specified that the prison is on Narkina 5, the moon where Cassian helped stage a breakout years ago, it sure looks a lot like it.

For months, the actress “couldn’t bring” herself to watch the series’s closing scene. Now, she’s ready to talk about it.