At least the showrunner made an effort to include more aliens in Season 2, and when Jeff McCobb pointed out that the fewer amount of them helped make the series feel more “grounded and real,” which is why he liked Rogue One, Gilroy said:

"The history of civilization is rape." It could possibly be the most shocking Andor scene ever, made all the more shocking by the fact that it was happening in a Star Wars show, of all places. In the just-released episode 3 of Andor’s second season,

Tony Gilroy on why that sexual assault attempt against an "undocumented" fugitive in the show's season two premiere block was necessary to tell an accurate tale of revolution — even within the Star Wars universe.