Cyberpunk: Edgerunners showrunner Bartosz Sztybor says Season 2 deliberately mirrors Season 1.
He explained that the new season retells how David acted and the forces that pushed him into the path he took.
That same relationship is being echoed through other characters, not only D and Capri but also Weak and Avida.
Sztybor said Weak stands in for what would have happened to David if he had survived.
He noted that Weak and Avida are no longer together.
Sztybor has ideas for a possible Season 3 but considers Seasons 1 and 2 a complete package.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners creator Bartosz Sztybor says Season 1 actually had a “happy ending”, at least from his perspective.
The finale is obviously bruta, but Sztybor says things could have ended much worse for David, he could have survived only to become an unwilling tool of Arasaka.
“I mean, in a way, because it could end so much worse,”
He also believes some of the characters were simply too tragic for their stories to end differently.
Edgerunners Season 1 broke everyone’s hearts,
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 will have a completely new cast and story, but it will still connect closely to Season 1.
Creator Bartosz Sztybor says the idea for one of the new characters, Weak Kingsley, came from a “what if?” thought he had while writing Season 1:
“What if David made it? What if he didn’t die?”
Sztybor imagined David becoming a famous Edgerunner, but felt that his tragic personality would eventually lead to his downfall.
That idea helped inspire Weak, a veteran Edgerunner who was once at the top but now lives in the shadow of his past success.
“Season 1 is zero to hero. Season 2 is hero to zero.”
The new season won’t continue David’s story directly and will explore new characters and more stories from Night City.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners almost featured a different and "even worse" ending than the one it got, according to writer Bartosz Sztybor.
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