In Defense of the AK-47 Blaster in Andor
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- A lot of fans point out that the Ak blaster in Andor is a very lazy design choice... I actually agree, but that's classic star wars blaster design and it fits in the universe quite well.
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One can also make the argument that the AK is so iconic and ingraved in pop culture its instantly recognisable.
That’s a good point
Not necessarily. They could have easily kept the body while changing the mag and barrel shape and made a decent Star Wars blaster
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@@thefriendlygrenade7277 Exactly. Would’ve been so easy to just do what they always do and smash some incongruent bits and pieces together to make it look unique
That's the point, the AK is iconic to revolution.
Andor is the best piece of Star Wars media in decades, the AK as the weapon of choice for a group of rebels working with a shoestring budget is straight up perfect
I feel like if they shifted all the work they put into the receiver to the front end it would've gone over better, the front end and the magazine is the most iconic part to me. But I suppose the dust cover was easier to swap out
I think they should lean into it and just make it a slug thrower. It would fit well with the concept that the rebel guys on some random planet are just using whatever they can get their hands on.
Yeah a hundred percent I was a little disappointed when it went pew instead of bang.
Huh! Yup!! I had the same idea with perhaps crudely made early type of blaster where there are spent shells firing lil balls of laser.
My question is what is the designation of this new blaster gonna be? Hopefully something with AK in it
But it doesn't shoot slugs, it shoots Blaster bolts, already established. It's stupid.
This just speaks to the larger problem of what's wrong with Disney and star wars, they don't know how to do it right. Even with Blaster rifles, they don't get that while you can base it on something from the real world, even use actual parts from Real World guns, it's not supposed to look like something of this world. Obviously. It's supposed to have happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, so why in the fuck would they have anything even remotely resembling an ak-47, and why would they be using it in a setting that looks a hell of a lot like russia?
I was about to comment on han solo mauser in defence of the guns but you covered it, andor to me is the best thing star wars has done since rogue one
Aside from all the other examples, something I noticed in the first ep is that the blaster Andor shoots the security guy with is a highly modified Luger P08, I'm fairly certain you can even see the hammer fly up when it's fired in one shot as well
In Battlefront 2 it’s also a weapon for Jin Erso and the Rebel Sniper has one with Stock and Scope
I think a simple fix would be just remove the magazine. Seriously, remove it but still show the weapon firing. In the finale of Book of Boba they did the same thing with an MP41 and managed to pass it off as a sniper rifle because of that, and a lot of the SW weapons that do have their magazines still inserted already have magazine "styles" you don't see much of anymore (the C96 and Sterling are both good examples) so they keep that sort of fantasy aspect despite it.
The main reason the E-11 kept the magazine is that in the OT, they're firing blanks to give the rotoscope artists a vidual reference. If you frame-by-frame certain scenes off the Blu-Ray release, you can catch spent casings being ejected.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Also that, yeah. If the E-11 was designed now it probably wouldn't be there.
About the scopes on the storm trooper blasters: they have a helmet HUD that connects to the blaster's scope.
Just like Master Chief.
Edit/Note: That means they should be able to aim around corners.
At the meantime, the Rebel Marines in Rogue One had the state of the art M4 Carbines that can even punch throught Death Trooper's armour.
In fairness, the whole dust cover area has been replaced by an MP 40 rear, whoch ties it back into Star Wars' connection to using mostly german firearms from around WW2. My only problem with it is they should have put a cone on the barrel to make it look a little more Star Wars. I love that they are using the folding stock, really wish they would unfold the E-11 stock at some point.
The biggest reason it fails for andor is that the AK is the most recognizable gun in the world next to an AR platform.
Exactly!
For me, it's not just that it looks too much like an AK but that the barrel looks so thin compared to other blasters.
I also like the theory that they don't look like the same blasters we see in the Original Trilogy, Rouge One, or even Rebels is because they don't have the resources to be able to get those blasters yet. These might blasters they were able to get under the radar because of how simple it is. This might be a blaster farmers can get for self defense from pirates or wild predators hence the minimalistic design and the lack of any long range attachments.
People think the AK47 blaster is lazy? Have you never seen the T-21 or DLT-19??
I got an action figure of boba fett and realized his gun is a pistol with a wood stock and a bunch of machining on the front. It's always happened. Obi wan's original lightsaber had a piece of a British grenade on it.
It's a British flare gun, the Webley mk1
Doesn't Luke/Anakin's lightsaber literally have rubber window wipers on the lower half of the hilt for the grip
Scopes on the Stormtrooper blaster can be explained by saying the scope houses a targeting camera that beams a live-stream feed to the trooper’s helmet, allowing them to use a scope/iron sights while firing from the hip.
Brandon Herrera (the AK guy) does a breakdown of how much they did change to the rifle for these episodes. The reaction most people had would probably have been the same as a WW2 vet had watching the original.
Yes! The Stormtroopers' modified Sterling SMGs. I recall instantly recognizing it in 1977 when I saw Episode IV: A New Hope. They were standard issue in many Commonwealth countries into the 70s. I did not think it a lazy design choice. It made me smile to myself because I knew something most of my friends did not. 😁
Why did they chose such an iconic and recognisable gun then?
Personally I think it would’ve been way less controversial if they did the normal starwars thing and added a scope and a barrel shroud, it’s just keeping the whole front the same and not changing anything substantial with the silhouette sorta ruined it
That's been my opinion since I first saw it. They'd added a fair few greeblies to the gun, but they didn't change the silhouette like so many other distinct Star Wars guns were.
At least try to make it unrecognizable
Idk these weapons were designed by bipedal sentient beings the odds of a weapon looking like an earth weapon is extremely high
I tend think it's the magazine that's the biggest issue for me. If they had used a straight mag rather than a curved one, or better still no mag at all just a small box with a couple of LEDs to imply that it's some sort of power supply (and also covered up the ejection port) it wouldn't have been anywhere near as noticeable.
I suspect the prop guys were told they needed a space ak
Which means they had to sonehow make it clearly starwars while still clearly ak
It really just comes down to the front sight and that magazine. If you put something bell-shaped at the end of the barrel and replaced the magazine with something else, it would instantly look more Star Wars.
The problem isnt "lazy" design. Making the AK look less real world is incredibly simple. This was intentional.
Once upon a time, Star Wars relied on old school regular items repurposed into futuristic props. Today's generation; weaned on CGI don't understand this.
Same goes for the space battles, they were all modeled after old naval battles, and in that regard there was an underlying logic to it all.
@@NeedsContent loathe as I am to say it, that justifies the lumbering bombers in Last Jedi.
@@NeedsContent the OT had Fighters spinning, not naval tactics... More based on dodgefighting than naval
Every Andor comment section turns into Rick and Morty high IQ meme
@@MaxRamos8 Fighter planes were part of the Navy though, especially aircraft carriers.
They could have done it a lil bit more modified to not look that hard like an ak, but i like it. New weapons are always nice to see
Honestly when i watched andor and noticed the gun i was like " lets go star wars ak"
Another thing is that they did make a distinct change to it when you get a closer and clearer look at it. Where the dust cover would normally go on the AK, you can see that it has a tube similar to that of the receiver on the MP-40.
I still think a little bit of effort to make it look unique could have gone a long way covering or modifying the barrel, sight housing, handguard, or jacket would have gone a long way to make them distinct a good fit with the other guns in the series.
That plus in comics at one point Obi fr fought and tried to deflect against a group of people with “Real” guns & bullets💀💀( Look up Obiwan Vs Bullets)
In Book of Boba Fett, the Pykes have blasters made from russian AS Wal. In my opinion if they change in the show the guns, so they do not look like the original - it's ok. If not- they are just lazy... Overall, they could stick with the A280 blaster, not make AK based weapon, and Pykes could have more alien looking weapon
I'm so glad I don't care about guns. I didn't know it was an AK, so I was able to focus more on the rebellion, the deception, etc. I get that people would have preferred some doodads glued on the side, which fair enough, but very happy to have missed out on the drama while I was still watching the series.
I'd have gone the additional step to shorten the magazine even further, make it little more than an inch long block mag and ditch the obvious ironsight on the barrel in exchange for something more blocky. Less is more and the details make the world feel real and alive.
Wanted to note how they made the ejection port much thinner than the real world AK, which would make sense if blasters shoot caseless ammo. Also did anyone here as a kid have an Admiral Ackbar figure that came with a straight-up SPAS-12? I wanna say it was from the 2002 line but I could be wrong.
THANK-YOU SO MUCH for this video.
As a designer who works behind the scenes, I can’t tell you how disheartening it is when all the discussion, work, collaboration, risk-taking we do for storytelling is reduced to single words like “lazy” or “inaccurate”. Every production has a vision and concept, every choice has a reason. We know taste is subjective; opinions are expected but accusations are hurtful. Sadly, in this age of Internet, everyone knows best.
Face the facts it looks lazy
Yes, to lazy audiences.
Just take the mag off and it would be far better, maybe put it ontop instead
I’d like to reiterate why I so appreciate when Allen said this AK was intentional because that artistic choice makes sense in the overall world building of ANDOR.
For a show about Star Wars, it is understandable that weapons are usually the one component that gets most scrutinized and discussed, however, prop designs are intrinsically tied to other production elements. The familiarity of this particular style of firearm is also reflected in the way the costumes are designed: the apparel aesthetics of Ferrix is full of familiar, albeit slightly modified, pieces such as hoodies, cargo pants, sweatshirts and coats (Bix’s could have been a straight off-the-rack Uniqlo’s puffer jacket), as well as the set pieces: those Brutalist architecture that we have all seen before. This use of real-life recognizable elements is an undercurrent theme throughout the show’s production value. We don’t expect viewers to pick up on these concept cohesion because they seep through our minds subconsciously and, when done well, there’s a natural logic in how this fictional world manifest visually. ANDOR is not a show for passive viewers and our attention is often rewarded. And for that I appreciate the hell out of this show.
@@multipass113 But the issue is making it a simple AK but a blaster is sort of toeing the ground. Either double all the way down and have it fire bullets, or at least try to modify it further- remove the magazine, chop off the sight in the front, anything that shifts up it's apperance. Just because it's an easy to acquire weapon in our world does not justify it popping up with little to no modification at all, save for a "pew pew" noise.
To be honest, after I noticed it in the 1st scene it appeared (and also the immediate shot continuity error the next instant when Skeen wakes up Nemik, his gun is seen on his lap, then on the close up by his side, then on his lap again) ...I really didn't care and didn't really notice it because I was immersed in the story and tension.
I recognized that Han's blaster was a Mauser from when i watched ANH. I came into SW after my WW2 phase 😁
My only issue is the mag. Usually the real weapon used as the base for a Star Wars blaster would have no mag or a very short one for its size. The banana mag throws it off slightly for me while the body of it looks cleaner and sharper than the standard AK
I understand your defense... but the problem with them going this way and choosing the AK is that it is SUCH an iconic weapon for this. Most of the other guns you mentioned, your average person wouldn't really recognize them from their real world counter parts, much less know the name. Yet almost everybody and their grandma knows what an AK47 is. The weapon is so distinctive that it takes you out of the show, rather than helping with the emersion like the other weapons did.
Still all other star wars weapons are more modified then the AK blaster like the main difference to me is the stock looking like cooling tubes and the Crome on the mag being a piece of bling.
The Marshall's gun was clearly an AK platform but was modified enough to fit in universe these are not modified enough in my opinion. It wasn't the most distracting and all the other weapons look good but it was kind of annoying.
I think the AK in star wars shows that its a platform that will always exist in all galaxies and universes for how simple and effective it is
Exactly, there's a certain level of undeniable practicality and utilitarianism in that weapon which believably could be universal
I’m not even bothered by it considering there are tons of real guns that were slightly altered to look like Star Wars guns.
Most are heavily modified, not "slightly" my dude....that's what they did in Andor and it's why people hate it.
@@hotshotx1598 they really aren't heavily modified, the dl-44 is a c96 with a scope and flash hider, e11 a sterling with a scope and cooling fins, one of the heavy blasters is just a Lewis gun without a mag, Mando has a completely stock liberator pistol, Jyns blaster is a luger with a cooling jacket on the barrel. I'd have to go back through to list more. The issue with this is that they used one of the most recognizable gun in the world.
@@hotshotx1598 I think the issue is that these 70's to WWII weapons like the Mauser (Han Solo), Sterling Mk. 4 (empire blasters), MG-34 (empire), StG-44 (rebel alliance) or Lewis machine gun (Tatooine stormtroopers, A new hope), were more known back then than they are now. So they are not as noticeable nowadays as an AK-47. But they are really not heavily modified.
@@ahalfsesameseedbun7472 His main sidearm is also a mostly unaltered Bergmann 1896 with some kind of nozzle on the barrel.
@@Knight-Bishop oh yeah that's right
OMG, I actually wrote this same thing as a Facebook post! Thank you for this!!
Nic Cage called, he wants his fun facts about AK-47s back
The AK, has more modifications done to them than several of the main line guns in star wars. People are salty because its a clear recognizable weapon.
My favorite looking gun from Battlefront 2, the Clone trooper's stock sniper rifle is basically a WW2 FG42 and MG42 fused together without any subtlety, lol.
The main issue is how iconic it is
I feel like they could have used a few doohickeys and greebles.
But that's kinda my issue with the entire 6 episodes, there were moments when it took a lot of suspension of disbelief to believe they were on a different planet then just somewhere on earth.
Perhaps a little well placed alien plant life or some weird slightly out of place star wars tech on the mountains could have helped.
Perhaps because I majored in sequential arts and think about visual storytelling a lot, that's why this stands out to me.
However, since I can say for sure most of the budget for this arc probably went to the VFX for the eye, I understand they may have not had the resources to VFX in some alien plant life or something to make it "vaguely not earth" (my favorite examples are from clone wars and rebels where they put "plants that definitely shouldn't be that large or that small" and "plants that definitely don't belong in that environment" in the set design)
Nothing a CZcamsr could make ten obsessive videos over, just little things that have probably been seen in star wars before, just not in this context.
That way it remains understated as the show runners intended, but visually doesn't strain suspension of disbelief.
Which now that I think of it, may have had something to do with why the guns pulled so many people out- there wasn't enough in the environment to keep them dialed into the Star Wars vibe.
O my god, I just realized, this is the first time in canon that somebody unfolded the folding stock on a blaster
Remember the Rebel rifle introduced in ESB? That was a StG-44, the base design for Mikhail Kalashnikov to create the AK-series rifles around. The way they made the distinctive look of AK-series disappear was to simply remove the iconic curved magazine.
The MP44 is and was entirely distinct from the AK platform, had entirely different ideologies behind them and function in completely different ways.
@@flyingrat492 MP44? What is this fictional gun that I have never heard of? Is MP44 a Star Wars name?
@@aquapendulum the MP44 was the name of the STG 44 before final production and was the model first captured by the Russians, it was never shown to the design group that made the AK 47 and had little influence on the production direction of Soviet weapon development
Brandon "The AK Guy" Herrera did a video on this. The changes are pretty subtle, its not just a plane AK-47 underfolder.
I’m a sucker for the AK platform. I’m really happy too see it
I suppose I felt the same when Leia clearly had a Beretta 92 with some thingies and a longer barrel on it, very obvious in closeup but still cool. :)
Basically, BlasTech Industries were high as a kite when they introduced these blasters into the Star Wars universe. XD
I remember I was really upset initially when I saw that Battlestar Galactica had humvees. Not modified humvees to look sci-fi, just the straight up trucks. But after a while, I came to the same realization as this video does.
For a moment there I thought I was watching forgotten weapons lol
I think they should have put more effort into it. The stormtroopers rifles look different enough. The AK rifle does not. Maybe remove the magazine and replace the barrel with something a bit larger.
I totally agree that it was intentional and totally Star Wars..... but I would have been cool if it was a lead thrower
I did notice this, but analyzed it closely. It appears to me that the dust cover on these blasters/rifles has been somehow modified to look different. Admittedly though, that is all that appeared different from a run of the mill AK.
It goes for the ships as well. The design philosophy of star wars can be condensed to one word: Kitbashing
lmao people nowadays can only recognise the ar 15 / ak 47. Little did they know most star wars guns are based off of REAL GUNS.
Imo the difference between AK platform and the Sterling SMG is that nobody in the general public recognizes the Sterling. But everyone knows what an AK is. That's why Sterling-based blasters worked.
you don't hear anyone complain that the E11 is just a Sterling SMG with a scope, or for a more modern example that Fennic Shand's blaster rifle is a Dragunov with a chopped barrel and some greebles stuck to it. Starwars has a long history of just taking contemporary firearms, slapping a few greebles on, then calling them a blaster. I would actually argue that the space AK from Andor was one of the more modified weapons of the series. They basically kludged together an AKM and an MP40 to make it.
Edit: by the way it's hard to tell if this is an AKMS or a Type 3 underfolder AK-47. The gas tube lacks the vent holes typically present on an AK-47 but I can't see enough of the receiver (they covered up the front portion of the receiver over the mag well) to see if it has the stamped mag well dimple of the AKM or the lightening cut of the AK-47. I also can't seem to find a reference picture that clearly shows the back of the receiver to see if there are rivets which would be present on a stamped AKM rather than on a milled type 3 AK. The handguards lack the palm swell that would be present on a Russian AKM but admittedly many countries that made AKM's omitted the palm swell on their own versions in favor of the smooth side type seen on the AK-47.
About the E-11s having scopes: the stormtrooper helmets is linked to the gun, so it would be like Halo series Spartans on how they use scopes. Also it can zoom in the video games, with the exception of “Dark Forces”.
I'm not against it at all i just wish there was a bit more to break up the silhouette at the front of the gun. Change up the barrel a bit (maybe some kind of flanged muzzle or something), add a weird scope thing to it, tweak the mag thing a bit (maybe making it angled forward instead of curved forward so it reminds you less directly?) and i think it would fit right in.
At the very least, they could’ve removed the banana mag and front site. Just wrapping an old looking rag around the selector would’ve hidden one of the most recognizable parts of the gun, while keeping with the rugged rebel aesthetic.
Maybe the designers could’ve work in power packs somehow, connecting a sci-fi looking hose from the mag well to a generator on the hip. It just feels like I’ve seen cosplayers on TikTok with more creativity.
Kobb Vance had an AK,
The Pikes used VSS rifles
Fennec’s rifle is an SVD with some plastic grips
I think personally you could slap like a scope and a smaller monocular scope on the side of that scope, and like... maybe one little metal square or something on the side of the receiver, and that would be good enough to look like a Star Wars rifle. As is, it looks like they hadn't put in enough to make it look" Starwarsy".
The AK was seen in Ep6, the character Bane Malar used it in Jabbas palace
I dont mind personally. The writing blows all that extra stuff out the park
I barely even noticed the AK in the show itself even after noticing it in the previews, for the same reason I don't notice the Sterling, Mauser or the others in use in the movies and shows themselves - in context they just *work*. It's when they're taken out of context that we spot them of course.
The biggest thing is that the AK Pattern Blasters don't look changed enough to feel like a new weapon, most other weapons at least tried to look a bit more different or break some of the original's silhouette to make less easily identifiable, I feel like they should have changed the Handguard, gotten rid of the underfolding stocks, hide the gas block because that silhouette is AK to the core, change the way the charging handle looks, maybe turn it into a knob or something, give it some sort of new sights to make it look less AK.
The biggest problem is that the AK is such a deeply ingrained gun in pop culture you can't fool someone easily to think it is a fake gun, I think a tinier magazine with no curve would have helped.
2004 Star Wars battlefront, the Rebel alliance standard solider. That's the gun
I wish that they would have modified it a little bit more, like gotten fully rid of the magazine or gotten rid of the front iron sight
I went to Disney and in galaxy’s edge there is a prop weapon cage and they legit had the body of an M4 with a stub of a barrel
It just feels weird how much time they spend modifying it, yet did not even try to alter the (very famous) silouette or handling of it. Rebel blasters in Hoth were STG:s just without the magazine but with different stock and handguard it has completely different look to it.
It looks too similar to a very popular weapon where the other blasters were not super recognizable and did look much different from their irl counterparts
To bring the icon #AK47 or other famous guns and weapons in the Star Wars is very important and cool. Because it minimalize the costs and make more attention to the movie.
I think that if they just changed the direction of the magazine backwards it would be a nice touch and change the look of the gun better
I recomend watching Brandon herreras video on this, this AK is very different and in my opinion is very fitting
I’m gonna be honest, I’ve heard a lot of arguments as to why this gun design works and honestly none of them are convincing to me. I haven’t heard a good argument for this design if I’m being honest. Yes, Star Wars guns have always been based on real guns. It’s something I love about the franchise. The reason that this gun in particular is such a hot issue is because it literally just looks like a real gun, it barely looks modified. At first glance one might not even know they modified it at all, in fact even if you look at it for a while it still looks like they barely changed it. The problem is that they did next to nothing to make it look like a laser gun, which is why it sticks out so much
i always called the rebel AR blaster the space K especially playing battlefront so i didn’t mind
Those Stormtrooper helmets have a HUD inside them that connects to the scope I learned that from you guys lol.
1:40 you leave my gucci glock out of this.
I disagree with the theory that these weapons reflect the Rebel character. This actually misses a key point.
The AK series were not designed for Rebels or guerilla but for cheap mass production that would be easy to use in rough conditions by low trained troops.
This is the weapon for the Imperial Army soldiers which reflects this philosophy.
Proof that this was not a Rebel exclusive weapon is the fact that strange soldiers rock up with non-standard weapons?
No the rest of the Imperial Army troops have the same weapon.
The back of the blaster where the dust cover should be looks more like an mp40
It's not a switched out stock. It's a standard underfolder that came on many ak variants over the years
Take the end of the barrel off a Sterling and stick a rude object on the end you get a rebel blaster.
I i with the Space AK is that it still looks too similar to an AK. I'm a gun but, but I placed importance on making the gun look different, not practical, compared to its original firearm.
I think what threw me off is the magazine. I don't think it served a purpose. Like any weapons you mentioned it doesn't have any
They did a good job on the receiver. They just didn't get creative enough with everything up front. Plus, most actors leave the stock folded for no reason. They should have covered up the gas tube with something that resembles a heat sink, they should have made the magazine look like a power cell, and every actor should have unfolded the stock. Never mind what Billy Bob Thornton's hapless henchman character from 'On Deadly Ground' would have us believe. The joke there is that he's incompetent (the character, not the actor), therefore, we should do the opposite of what he says.
0:22 Kudos, at least, for her having the stock unfolded. Most actors leave it folded up in its storage position for no reason.
1:42 And why do they have scopes but no stocks? The Sterling has a stock, but with the adornments, it no longer functions as one.
1:48 Hence the expression "Stormtrooper aim."
2:17 The irony being that it was intended for the exact opposite of that. Also, during the Cold War, pro-Western insurgency movements were often supplied with Western weapons and materiel. As a counterpoint, the Baader-Meinhoff gang was backed by the Stasi under the supervision of the KGB, and were supplied with Eastern weapons and materiel.
Andor Vs Original Star Wars
Sums up the difference.
Still... it's fun to watch.
I think they should have covered the ejection port with something. a blaster wouldn't have need of an ejection port.
What the hell someone correctly identifying the difference between the AK-47 and other AK varients. Impossible.
A weapon had to be also threathening, looking in the WRONG part of a barrel often is sufficient to scary a less determined foe, and this is also one of the reasons SW's weapons are VERY similar to ours, contrary to Star Trek 's "remote" style phasers (from TNG onwards). Plus rifles' ergonomy didn't changed a lot in centuries, you need a stock for the barrel, a magazine for the rounds/Energy and something to grip for firing it.
I wonder how long it will take for people to realize that in A New Hope most blasters were slightly modified real life weapons. The DLT-19 is an MG-34 with almost no modifications at all.
I think it's moreso disappointing than other star wars guns because AKs have a history of being used as cheap prop guns for uninspired scifi projects, the most recent example in my head being the Halo show
Honestly with only the trailer, I thought it was lazy but now you can assume everything was done on purpose with consideration unlike the other shows.
1:12 best line in the video 🤣
You do have noticed the cylinder on top of the reciever? There are much more detail, if you'd look close enough..
Looking at them again in still frames, these AKs are actually altered from the real thing, but in such a small way that really only someone that owns the firearm would know. I don't really care that they're almost just straight up AKMs, it's just kinda funny when you notice it for a sec while watching. I love my AKM so I'm sure these folks love it too.
Imho they just didn't modify it enough. Other rebel and resistance guns put VERY short magazines into the real world assault rifles they were build from. Actually magazines barely or not at all longer than the magazine well are a staple in Star Wars blasters. A few more bibs and bobs like the Grill and circular disks on the DL-44 could've helped too.
The principle is absolutely right though!
Points well taken. Been a gun guy for a while, thought it would have been cooler if they were slug throwers I think.
Total disagree. I was a gun dealer for 18 years, and I bought several guns because they were in Star Wars. However unlike the rest this is just lazy in my opinion. Tbh I thought because of this Andor was going to be another Disney peace of crap, however I am glad I was wrong. The show is surprisingly great.
my only problem with it, is that they kept the Magazines, if they removed it would be more astetic pleasing for Star Wars, imho :V
i think they could’ve done a bit more. entirely take the stock off. add some heatsink fins at least