Andor is Surprisingly Great
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2022
- An overall season review of Andor and going into every aspect that made the show so great. Like the characters, actors, writing, and technical aspects. Stellan Skarsgard though is bae and you should watch the show just for him.
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Andor portrays the Empire like it should be. We see how brutal and evil it can be but at the same time it's humanized. We see that it's just not faceless Stormtroopers comitting atrocities. The Empire is driven by real humans, which makes it so much more scary and real
That scene where the doctor describes the torture Bix is about to go through truly made even me terrified. The fact we didn’t even hear the actual cries made it all the more terrifying.
I agree. The Narkina 5 scenes is so effective in terms of showing the empire for what it is. An authoritarian regime that abuses its citizens and curtail their freedom.
yh, Obi wan, and mando just made the empire comic bad, and me and my mates had a good chat about mando and we agreed its over rated af. The actual characters are good but the show just has too much stupid shit in it, Stormtroopers are dumb af, and ffs we have to get grogu in S3 So smooth brains can claps and laugh at funny baby.
That’s also why I liked Rogue One so much, they both add value to the rest of the movies/series by showing the humanity of it all.
Evil is frequently banal and kafkaesque.
100% agreement. This isn't just some of the best Star Wars we've ever had, it's some of the best sci-fi TV in general.
Can I watch it if I have watched only star wars part 4,5,6 and haven't watched others ?
@@sameeppoudel5305 yes
@@sameeppoudel5305 That should be fine, yes.
@@varyar77 arguably would be better for him considering he hasnt seen rouge one and wont know how it ends pre watching
Gonna take it a bit further and say: This isnt just one of the best sci-fi TV shows, it's one of the best pieces of media I've seen in the last couple of years.
This show is criminally good. Like where the hell has this level of quality been hiding for the past 10 years since Disney bought Star Wars.
Well past 40 years
Apparently the director doesn't even like Star Wars very much. He wrote Andor with a very general plot that could technically work in a lot of different settings and then left it to the nerds and prop masters to make it 🎆 Star Wars-ey 🎆. The end result is Star Wars as it should be
@@TheWhiteDragon3 In effect what you're saying (and I wholeheartedly agree) is that Star Wars is at its best when there are no Stars and no Wars.
@@TheWhiteDragon3that’s probably why it’s as good. The best cheesecake maker hates cheesecake. Not saying he hates Star Wars though heh.
Wherever Tony Gilroy went apparently 😝
What I love about this show is it takes a focus on the much darker, grittier side of the Star Wars universe. Better than the sequels.
I mean, better than the sequels isn't that high of a bar to pass.
bro, the shit i pooped today was better than the sequels
@@jakubpiatek8530 very true
Best of all star wars
There’s one sequel that’s on Andor’s level. The other two, sure.
It’s such a shame that people won’t even give Andor a chance because there’s no Jedi or constant action. I enjoyed each and every episode because of everything said in the video. It was such a breath of fresh air in Disney Star Wars.
Cough cough SWT cough cough
Their loss
Jedi storylines are boring, change my mind.
SWT is a 12yr old in a man's body who is finding this shows content a bit too mature, so he's bored
People wont give it a chance because Solo, the sequels, Obi-Wan and other trash exists. Star Wars is a franchise which has had fetid maggot-riddled sewerage regularly poured over it. Way less people truly care about the Jedi or constant action. And those that do (six year olds) are largely beholden to whatever their parents allow them to watch anyway.
Andor made me feel like the Star Wars universe is real and not just fictional, I connected with the characters at a level I never had in any Tv Show not just Star Wars. It deserves multiple Emmys.
Just like The Mandolorian, it won 14 Emmys
The sequels made me hate Star Wars. Andor made me love Star Wars. Now I realize that Star Wars has nothing to do with it--it's all about the people who tell the stories. Good storytellers can captivate an audience, no matter the setting.
LOL If you didn't personally connect with the star wars universe beforehand, that's your own problem, NOT Star Wars' issue or problem at all as Star Wars ALWAYS felt real within it's universe.
@@Gadget-Walkmen congratulations, you understood nothing of what I said
@@GenikaXVI oh I did perfectly and it still all on you for not getting connected with Star Wars’ lived in world before andor. If you got a better connection that’s even deeper FROM watching Andor, that’s fine. But acting like before andor you didn’t find the universe of star wars to be real is just ridiculously nonsensical to even say as star wars has ALWAYS felt lived in with its diverse settings.
I felt more terror in Andor when that single TIE fighter flew by, than in Rise of Skywalker when they revealed the 10 bazillion star destroyers
Same! I got chills
It is rare that revolutionaries are portrayed sympathetically in main stream media. Especially produced by Disney. I thought it was really beautiful how collective action and solidarity were shown.
I thought exactly the same thing.
Even more odd that they gave it so much compassion and quality.
Guess we’re just ‘lucky’ on this one.
But it also shows the dark stuff it does to the leaders who have to make the hard decisions (Luthen)
Yeah. And if they are it's only for the cheap big reveal that duh duh duuuuh, they were the big bad all along because revolution is evil and it leads to fascism. GoT also did this at the end.
"It is rare that revolutionaries are portrayed sympathetically in main stream media" LOL What? No it's not. Revolutionaries is EVERYTHING that which the mainline star wars movies are about. You're not making any sense as MOST revolutionaries are usually ALWAYS portrayed as the good guys going against and evil government in media. No idea on what you're saying here at all.
@@Gadget-Walkmen I mean a real revolution. Not the sanitized hollywood version where people peacefully March in designated areas but I’m talking about the messy reality of revolution that shows the pressures that are on people that makes revolution necessary. That it often requires violence and illegality and sacrifice.
So impressed by this show. I had low expectations going in, knowing we were getting ANOTHER Rebellion origin story, but it blew me away. So refreshing to see a take on the founding of the Rebellion that isn't based entirely in "haha Stormtroopers go brrrrrr," like Rebels was. The Empire was surprisingly competent for once, and not just one, lone genius (i.e. Thrawn) like they usually portray it. I loved seeing the inner workings of the Imperial system, particularly the prison sequence and the ISB.
"The axe forgets, but the tree remember" episode was definitely one of my favorite episodes despite no action
Andor is a masterpiece
It's a great show for sure!
I came in with such little expectations thinking how could such an obscure character who we know the fate of be a good series, yet it turned out to literally be the best thing on Disney+. Granted there’s not much to compete with, I think it’s even better than The Mandolorian
Hands down better than the Mandalorian. In this show I look forward to each episode whereas Mandalorian doesn’t give me that same level of excitement.
I think Clone Wars is better though it's mostly not Disney.
For me is Andor the best Star Wars Show. The reals sets instead of the volume is great. Therefore i think the wirting is really great in Andor. Thanks for your review!
I don't want you to think I'm dogging on you. But you are using "Therefor" incorrectly.
@@HeathGleasonNo Problem. Englisch isn't my mother language.
Best Live action show, yes. Best SW show overall, no. The Clone Wars take that place.
Best SW in 40 years…. I almost feel like the fandom doesn’t deserve a show of this quality. But I’ll take it. Jesus Christ will I take it.
40 years means going back into 1982 which was the same period ROTJ was the released i love the show but it's nowhere as good as ROTJ.
@@theexplainer2235 yes, it is. Only ESB and SW beat this. RoTJ was great but nowhere near the previous 2 or Andor. Objectively Andor is better then RoTJ in almost every aspect except nostalgia and paying off stuff set up in previous movies. Andor only has one season so we’ll see, it could still surpass the other two.
@@theexplainer2235 You’re absolutely correct.
It’s much better than ROTJ
@@L33Reacts ROTS beats it
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p LMAOOOO
The homie of the year 2022 award must go to Brasso. He's the broest bro to ever bro in star wars
Brasso is amazing, what an incredible friend.
Andor is by far my favorite live-action Disney+ show
The show is gorgeous and I loved every second of it. I wish, there was more with such clever writing.
Ironically, Andor slowly getting more popular due to word of mouth is same way Rebellions rise
Andor was bloody magnificent
Andor is a great show to binge.
if you play with the rule "with fanservice" you will remain sober
This is no joke the best Star Wars content we have had since the OT
old testament?
@@brandonborlaza9205 yes
PT is far better
@@pyropulseIXXI read the old testament youll see which one is better
@@pyropulseIXXI no, like absolutely not, in regards to the general feel, sure, but story? No lmao
You know this show is great when even secondary characters like Nemik and Kino that were in just three episodes each become so beloved by the viewers, much in part thanks to their great performances. I also love that despite the show having a darker and grittier tone, still maintains the core themes of star wars about hope, because the show makes us so used to being in this overwhelmingly dark, dangerous and oppressive environment through out most of the story, that makes the few hopeful and heroic moments being all the more powerful and special to the viewer, which creates a deeper contrast between light and dark due to the darkness being more explicit here, instead of remaining static in one of the two the whole story, it's a very effective, yet very underrated writing device that The Batman also used.
I love Andor, and I seriously think it's not only the Best Star Wars show, but basically to me it's almost on par to Black Sails, an underrated jewel of TV.
Well said sir. Hail captain flint. Truthful unknown shows thats beyond the general public who want cheesy dialogue and senseless cgi every 2 minutes. I swear the world has dumbed down over the past 40 years
Best Star Wars since the original film series, possibly even better than them. The other films and shows are about the Stars. Andor is about the War.
Original Trilogy is what put star Wars on the map no way this show is as good as that
@@theexplainer2235 Actually, it is. I think Empire Strikes Back is the only film that has aged well and Andor is about on par with it in tone. But Andor is definitely better in cinematography, set design, costumes and dialogue (Star Wars dialogue has never been the series strong suit. I find this to be a good sign of quality for the franchise when it comes to live action. The Originals are still good, but this matures and adds on to the idea George Lucas was going for originally. Edit: It respects the originals while adding more to them as well as trying something new, so congratulations on the writers and everyone else who worked on the show.
@@ominouspuppet4556 100%. Andor has the advantage of a longer TV format. Improvement takes time. Ex: Nobody would say a 1953 Corvette is better than a 2023 Corvette Z06 just because the ‘53 put it on the map.
@@JoJoJoker in his ‘defense’ the 53 corvette is worth way more $$ so ‘better’ is quite subjective here as is which show is better and not a linear scale in this context.
All that being said, Andor is clearly the best Star Wars EVER!
Clone Wars is better. Period. That Show makes Revenge of the Sith much much better and it also expands the Universe so much. It only got better and better and finally peaked with it's last Arc. It Has bad Arcs but we will remember it for all the amazing stuff rather than the bad stuff.
I don't get why people get surprised by Andor's quality. The first time I heard there was going to be a Rogue One spin-off I thought "Oh, more products like Rogue One, excellent!"
I wasn't surprised - this has been my most anticipated project since it was announced and an Andor solo movie or show was all I thought about after I saw Rogue One. I love this damn show.
I liked Mon Mothma family drama side story alone more than anything I saw in Kenobi or Boba Fett series
Andor was a an incredible series the whole way through
The promises of the trailers were quite outmatched by the show. Slow as you said, yet greatly done. The music and the ambientation are quite great also. So bad we have to wait for so long for the next season.
everything in andor is amazing, from the characters to the setting to the story. its all done to perfection
Having English actors described solely by their GoT characters is utterly hilarious
I appreciate the connection. Because it nagged at me the whole show where I'd seen The Waif before.
I see many people comparing Andor and The Mandalorian with them saying one is better than the other. But I really don't think this is the case. When you look at them you can see that they're pretty much different shows, The Mandalorian is more action oriented while Andor is more dialogue oriented. Like yes, some people will think Andor is boring because there isn't enough action, while others will think Mandalorian has too much action, but really both shows are amazing in their own way.
A comment I can get behind.
THANK YOU
Mando has been my favourite series in star wars so far but after Andor, they are side by side.
Both absolutely brilliant series
You're right
Exactly not every show has to be exactly the same when it comes to tone. They are both fantastic shows in their own right. I enjoy Andor more, but that’s purely personal preference. The enjoyment of one doesn’t have to detract from the other.
I love seeing Star Wars done in different genres. Andor is a BBC/HBO spy drama styled telling of part of the Star Wars Story. This would be a great show even if it wasn’t Star Wars.
Thank you for talking about Andor!! You can express yourself in words far better than I can, and now I have a logical set of reasons why people should watch Andor, and not just my hyperfixation squeals 😂
I don’t hear people praising Cassian’s childhood scenes-however these scenes were particularly well conceived, directed, filmed and acted. The language is so natural and authentic, the kid actors deliver their performances so believably. Kudos to the decision not to include subtitles, because doing so only highlighted the superb acting. Also-the inclusion of the Republic ship with a Separatist sigil reveals hints to a backstory that the writers have fleshed out but purposefully kept quiet. I think this was a good choice, the clone wars were a complex history, leaving our curiosity unsatisfied only adds to the realism while not distracting from the show’s narrative.
Perfect summary of why this show is so good.
thank you for doing it spoiler free. I am exactly in the camp of people who is getting interested in this show through the word of mouth and videos like yours. I didnt watch any of the disney's star wars shows except for several episodes of Mandalorian S1, but I might check Andor out, seems like its a proper drama series.
Its really good because you're truly in the moment while watching it. In contrast with other shows like Obi wan and boba Fett, your immersion is not constantly broken because something dumb has happened. Andor is really tight and feels like one really long movie. Can't recommend it enough. Just make sure you watch the first 3 episodes before you make a decision about continuing it.
Hope you chose to watch it.
@@matt9897 i will definitely watch it
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, Andor is my favorite project in the entire franchise. More than Empire. More than KOTOR 1 & 2. More than the Timothy Zahn novels. For all the mistakes that the franchise has made, especially under Disney, I am beyond thankful that we were able to get this show. And we're still getting another season.
Aight. You convinced me. I'll give it a watch.
I LOVED Andor
It's probably my favourite show of the year so far, followed really closely by House of the Dragon. It might actually be in my top 2 shows ever (1st one being Arcane, hopeully season 2 drops in 2023)
I've been a huge star wars fan since I was like, 5 or 6 years old, and this universe really has been a part of my childhood. Seeing Rogue ONe in theatres in 2016 really brought that sensor of realism that Star Wars always lacked (that was mostly filled in by comics and novels, but nothing as far as movies go), and I was eager to see more of that put on a screen. I had doubts at first (seeing Book of Boba Fett and Obi Wan... and the inability of Mando to really create hype for the viewer without a big cameo or name drop, especially in season 2), but then I was hooked in the first few minutes of the first episode, just by the visuals and the soundtrack, and then the overall tone of the show (Cassian actually kills two corpo cops in cold blood in the first 10 minutes). On that particular thing, it's very similar to Arcane that had huge boots to fill but managed to grab my attention in the first 3/5 minutes.
But when Arcane is a really fast paced show, Andor takes things a LOT slower and really that's for the best. I loved how well the dialogue were written, how immaculate the cinematography was and the themes that were put on the table thoughout the first season.
I can't wait for season two, and it seems that the time frame is going to be really close to HotD as well, so we're gonna have a lot of episodes to watch again at the end of 2024 :) (technically, I started HotD late August, then switched to Andor once the first season ended, giving me one episode per week to watch from late August to late November. Not bad lol)
If you enjoyed the slow pace with heavy character work, you've gotta watch Better Call Saul, and while I'm recommending shows, The Expanse is grounded sci-fi that is also very good. And yeah I really need more Arcane
I'm honestly just so happy to have great writing. I don't know how or why these million or even billion dollar productions manage to continuously fuck up the writing, but I'm so glad to see good writing again
Really it's because of the hunger for money despite being already rich. Andor is the only star wars show where the Writers had full creative control.
I'm almost done with my third watch through. I can't get enough of this show. Side note: go watch the CZcams video of all 12 intros played together. It is beautiful and a perfect metaphor for the rebellion. This show is a masterpiece.
Andor isn't Star Wars content, it's a fantastic TV Drama.
I loved Major Partagaz so much, Kino Loy was amazing and Luthen oof, he is the GOAT
The chilling professionalism of Major Partagaz is a rare sight to see in the Empire. I find myself repeating his lines just cause they're delivered so well. Also props to Dedra, Blevon, Syril and Lonni/Jung for giving more depth to the Empire and their amazing performances-among an already amazing cast of characters and actors.
I watched the first episode and has no motivation to keep watching it but then I forced myself to because I wanted to give it a shot and I was really impressed with how good the show was. We need more shows like this
this is what I always dreamed Star Wars could be.
After The Mandalorian, I can't take Star Wars fans seriously anymore when they claim anything is filler. Brief segments of world-building in Andor are filler but entire episodes of side quests in Mandalorian aren't filler? If Andor is only 6 episodes when we edit down to only the things that pertain to the main plot, a season of the Mandalorian given the same treatment would be like 3 episodes and a half. The fandom is devoid of logic.
And I don't even agree with 6 episodes being the runtime of only the Andor main plot. 10 episodes is my estimate, and that's allowing for subplots introduced last minute in the season finale that doesn't have immediate payoff like Perrin gambling. If we edit down further than this, the main plot will become incoherent.
So you don't like mandlorain?
@@jamesisaacson6379 Very much disappointed by it. I gave the first season the benefit of the doubt that some of its issues will be explained by season 2 but then S2 came out and it no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.
I would of taken 20 episodes of this show at an even slower pace thats how much i loved it. Anyone who thinks its too slow have goldfish attention spans. Forgetable? Goldfish brain
Yeah, I also want to know about each and every character, even that stormtorrper that defected, he is what Finn should have been, , any of the speaking characters feel like they have an interesting back story.
Couldn't agree more!!
Yes, it's a masterpiece
I’m not alone in my sentiment but i didn’t give a damn about Andor before release but since watching it, this has become my favorite live action show, dare I say better than Mandolorian
dare i say best since the original trilogy
So happy with the show and can't wait for next season.
That Tie fighter flyby scene on Aldhani is easily one of the best scenes I have seen ever
Very nice video. Watching it week after week and discussing with other people what we watched was great too.
Agreed 100%. After praising this show for the past few months, I’m finally get others around me to watch it. And yea, the music is fantastic!
Minor correction: Magnum Opus is defined as a "large and important work of art, music, or literature, especially one regarded as the most important work of an artist or writer".
The show is indeed a Magnum Opus, due to Tony Gilroy being involved in the creation of Rogue One (wrote the screen play), making it a rather "large" work (two seasons and a movie). He also set out with the intent of making this story a game changer, and succeeded, thus "important".
For better or worse, people have tried to 'wash their mouths' of House of Cards, not because it isn't brilliant, but due to Kevin Spacey; thus leaving Andor to take the mantle as Tony's most "important" work.
The story of a Magnum Opus needn't technically be grand in scope.
0:31 Andor IS a magnum opus that will blow your socks off: it's just that people are too accustomed to shows that have a flashy action sequence every episode. Andor takes the time necessary to build up the stakes so that when the action arrives, it truly means something.
Rogue One keeps it's streak.
Definitely a great watch. The care and dedication went into this by the whole team really shows. I hope more people watch it because this show definitely deserves it
Thank you for posting this video! I saw that Andor had come out a while ago, but, like the Book of Boba Fett, I decided not to watch it because I wasn't going to let Star Wars get me again. However, upon seeing that you posted this video, I decided to give it a watch. I was absolutely blown away.
My favorite part of this had to do with the details that went into the running of the Empire and the Rebellion. We get details on the bureaucratic structure of the Empire and it comes across as an actual state with all its complexities rather than a mob of blind guys in helmets. As for the rebellion, it's portrayed not as a mob of moral paragons who blow stuff up for a living but as a loose coalition of agents and warbands going up against a massive challenge.
Another thing you didn't mention is that in this show, the threat of the Empire is demonstrated by forcing the rebels to make tough, near amoral choices to live to fight another day. It adds a whole new layer of complexity to the conflict.
Oh it definitely blew my socks off. Blew my mind that from the darkness of Disney fatigue I finally found a tv show I want to geek out with my friends and new fans.
Agree! Andor is great! I think this show is much more important than people think. It shows us the horror of Totalitarianism and Imperialism. And how it operates. I am Ukrainian and watching the show at the moment really meant a lot to me, because I couldn't help, but compare it with what is going on in the world and Russian war and oppression against us. Before this war I thought that Star Wars is just a story, mainly about Jedi against Sith. But now I see all political patterns, fight against tyranny, fight for freedom. I understand it! I feel it! War is no longer something that I only saw in the movies, it's something that deeply traumatized me and now my biggest fear is Totalitarianism. It is really well shown in the show and made me very emotional. We all have to stand strong and united. Freedom is very fragile and we need not to be "asleep", as Maarva said on her funeral, because it may slip away, while we don't pay attention and close our eyes to certain things. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
Don’t skip the first 2 episodes they are important.
This series came out of left field and was one of the best I had ever watched. Part of it is that I loved its novel, down with the grunts approach to sci-fi, expanding what was typically associated only with cyberpunk, part of it is that I personally love stories of tyranny and revolution, part of it is that it just is a damn good production and part of it is how unexpected it was.
I am afraid about what its connection with star wars, a franchise I consider mediocre at best, will do to it in future, but for now colour me delighted.
Perfectly summed up! Love this show..hope we get more like this..
Nothing is perfect but there is one ANDOR
Ive loved diego luna since he played felix in narcos, man absolutely killed that role and this one now too
Oh my gosh. I can't believe I didn't put that together. I guess because he speaks almost exclusively en Español for that whole series and his hair is just different enough that I totally didn't put it together that he played Felix. He was absolutely outstanding in that series!
Another thing is how self-contained the show is. There’s no characters being brought in from other Star Wars spinoffs to crowd please. If a viewer had never watched the Star Wars movies but had an idea of Star Wars’ general premise, they could comfortably get by watching this movie, also because of the slower pace and the thorough world building.
And the themes of authority and rebellion are so well developed. I could seriously listen for days to Luthen talking about his plans to spark rebellion through oppression or to Karis talk about his manifesto detailing what fighting oppression really means. The Empire is also really well fleshed out by the crime management sectors and the more law-and-order mentality, as opposed to brutal violence and oppression for their own sake. And I was definitely not expecting the whole arc of the prison-industrial complex, but it was superb and a surprisingly relevant comment to today’s prisons.
I’m glad to be able to critically enjoy a Star Wars spinoff without merely seeing it as comfort food for a Star Wars nerd. Andor has really earned my respect as a show in its own right.
I prematurely gave up on this show because of the other disney plus shows so now I think i'll might watch it
It took me until Christmas Vacation when I had time to kill before I gave this series a chance, but now I'm working on my third viewing. It's like a precious thing to hold and cherish now. Because the show was so underappreciated and not really marketed well at all, all of us fans are having this same experience of 'discovering' it and thinking it's something special of our own, perhaps sort of underground, and we're acting like we're part of a growing movement behind it (sort of like being in the Rebellion itself, if you think about it!).
Thank you to Tony and his team for making me believe in Star Wars again.
This show pulled off the impossible and I for one cannot wait for second two.
Yes ! Yes ! After the catastrophic industrial accidents that were Boba Fett and Kenobi it was really hard to be hyped about anything Star Wars. But, as I loved Rogue One (the only valid SW film in the Disney era IMO), I knew an Andor project was underway and I latched onto this and hoped for something good. Man, I was not disappointed ! As I watch reviews and analysis my love for the show grows even more. This is a real work of televisual art, not some crappy commercial content devoid of meaning or even sense (like Kenobi). The only reproach I have is that it is over and we have to wait two years.
Stellan Skarsgard's monologue in the 2nd to last episode was EPIC. Wow. This series is outstanding. I hope Disney sees what's worked here (the realism, character building) and lets it percolate through the rest of the Star Wars franchise. Extremely unlikely, but one can still hope.
Andor being a spy thriller at the ground level, the human and day-to-day level, is exactly what Star Wars needed. Exploring the rest of the star wars universe like this is SO badly needed, because there's a lot of stuff that's cool besides just Jedi and Sith.
Every single scene is gripping and has meaning for the plot line even tho it might not seem like it at first, one of my favourite tv shows of all time
It took me until Christmas Vacation when I had time to kill before I gave this series a chance, but now I'm working on my third viewing. It's like a precious thing to hold and cherish now. Because the show was so underappreciated and not really marketed well at all, all of us fans are having this same experience of 'discovering' it and thinking it's something special of our own, perhaps sort of underground, and we're acting like we're part of a growing movement behind it (sort of like being in the Rebellion itself, if you think about it!).
Great review mate
I love this show, a bit slow to start but definitely the best star wars content since the last season of clone wars
Andor absolutely slaps. Great vid
Great analysis, and I agree on almost all your points, well done.
After watching the first episode I wasn't planning on finishing it, however, you've convinced me hahah, very surprised the show takes a turn for the better considering the state of the profit-driven cinema these days.
It's well worth it.
Its the SW series I always wanted.
I've never been a Star Wars guy. I'm old and saw this in it's second weekend in the theatre back in '77. My fave movie of that year was Close Encounters. I've seen all the movies and it just felt like they mostly leant into the 40's matinee serial stuff and didn't care about realism. Rogue One was the first blip on the EKG. They were trying to actually build a world beyond laser swords. And then there was this. You could have no idea who Mon Mothma was, or even know there were laser swords, and this would still be compelling TV. The prison stuff with Serkis I'd put up with any prison break movie. Everybody seemed to have been told that they were the lead because all the characters felt like they had lives outside of the frame. This was a very good show. To think I was gonna skip this like the other SW shows, until harassed to watch it by a co worker.
Who woulda thought. Get a quality showrunner and cast with solid backgrounds and what do we get? No injecting their self-image, no squandering of the budget, no forced exposition with boring flashbacks.
What made me really appreciate this who was as I was watching, at times, I got lumps in my throat, I had that "just one more episode" feeling, I was having...feels...FOR A STAR WARS SHOW.
For example, and there are many, when Andor gets arrested and sent to a prison, I was like oh here we go, we're gonna be in here until the end of the season, but the pacing was "chef's kiss." Just long enough so that the new characters we were introduced to have enough time to bond with the audience, and the inevitable escape was done with such an unexpectedly powerful payoff. It was practically a Shawshank Redemption on a mass scale in such a tight amount of time. How hard would that be to pull off, and it worked.
One other thing, this show actually has a lesbian couple. You know why it's not mentioned by anyone? Because the story's vision, writing, acting are the focus, and it shows.
I can understand this take on Star Wars might not be for everyone, but for those who look for the meat and potatoes to be in character development, this has to strike a chord.
Tony Gilroy is behind this show. So I’d hardly say it is ‘surprisingly great’. That said, your breakdown is first class. 👌🏼
It's surprisingly great for a star wars show.
It's surprising from Disney.
Great show, cannot wait for the second season!
i absolutely loved this show.
Every episode had me on the edge of my seat. I went in with 0 expectations for it and was blown away with what I received. I can't wait for the next season and I hope it won't drop in quality like Mando did.
The last episodes where one of my faves... Fiona Shaw as Maarva was amazing and her speech gave me goosebumps. ,,There is a darkness like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's not visiting. It wants to stay''
2:10 He's not the only person from chernobyl in this show. there's like 5 or 6 actors from it
Why haven't you done individual episode breakdowns for this? I truly believe this is the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy. It's what I have longed for since the 80s.
I really like that Andor show the underlying detailed work needed to both a make rebelation and run the empire
This show blew me away. After all the new star wars content I didn't think they were capable of producing something like this. Everyone is praising House of the Dragon. But I felt more passage of time and growth in this than I did with HotD skipping literal decades. Andor was subtle with its growth while HotD shoves it down your throat. It's a shame it's not getting the reception it deserves. But to those of us who have watched I think we all can agree this is one of the best shows in the last decade and honestly maybe ever.
This is my favourite Star Wars production since Rogue One and the Rebels animated series.
By far the best Star Wars live action we've gotten since episode 5. Best of the Disney era, and probably the best written of them all.
This show is completely unlike the rest of Star Wars, and that's what makes it so good. The format of a simple, fantasy-like space adventure only works for so long, and desperately clutching to what is known to work is the major flaw of the new era of Star Wars. I would honestly be so happy if they focused more on these types of stories that places a greater role on character development and expands upon the worlds politics and society. It would rekindle the Star Wars fan in me that hasn't been around since I was a kid
I would kill for Disney to just be patient and allows Star Wars to evolve into this. This is what Star Wars fans crave. Slow but beautiful detailed and passionate story and world building. Please God make Disney see the light side
Every scene with Skarsgard was ❤️🔥
This series was perfect, I always like to see good architecture and fantasy environments on screen something I also found on Rings of power but once I realize that mon mothma was as appealing as coruscant, Dedra as exquisite as the ISB infrastructure and also the people from Ferrix as incredible as the culture that was being displayed.. there's no doubt I got the type of content that I was hoping fo so long
Andor to me, is like discovering a fine Cabernet, after a lineup of subpar Merlot.
1977 Star Wars memories, my brother and some of our friends bussing it to Montréal release week, so exciting. Nothing in the Star Wars universe, since the original three, has come close to satisfying a more evolved me, except for "Rogue One".
The writing direction and especially the acting in the new Andor series, reminds me more of the drama, intrigue and action in "The Wire," than any pandering Star Wars series of late.
I didn't think Andor was slow paced at all, drama is necessary to build up the plot, you just cant' have constant action without the reasons to drive it and that means character development and speaking parts without constant killing and mayhem. Star Wars has always been a action drama.
Beyond this the story, like most Science Fiction is the political awareness and it definitely delivers what fascism looks through connected organizations. That's often what draws people towards science fiction. People fighting oppression which can be traced back to many science fiction stories with certainty as far back as 1950s.
Origin stories are often a hit or miss, but this one does well with taking enough time to plant many seeds with characters we know and where they are headed in Rouge One and beyond. The scene where Luthen is in his haulcraft and gets stopped by the Empire's Arrestor Cruiser and the use of the tractor beam was so excellent to watch I have to admit I rewatched it several times because it was so good. I could be wrong but it seems like there are many signs in these episodes where Luthen is actually going to become a Sith. Luthen's whole explanation to Lonni about what he's given up for the rebellion is the ingredients for turning a rebel fighter into a Sith. I'll have to rewatch it again to see what I missed but I don't remember any mentions about "the force." With Andor being filmed back to back with season 2 and 3 I hope they keep the same writers and directors as they did an knockout job.
Awesome show
Also the fact there are no jokes every 5 seconds is so refreshing
its really really really good