Star Wars: Andor (D+) - Rogue One Prequel Series - 2022

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The episode 4-6 arc might as well be referred to as the Nazi occupied France arc lol there was zero subtlety but I dug it

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the lesbians can never be happy because one has to die trope strikes again
Bail Organa recast booooooo we stan Jimmy Smits in this house
I guess this is why Saw Gerrara is all fucked by with breathing tubes and machines by the time Rogue One rolls around

[Athas]

Well, the message "don't be like the Nazis you stupid, stupid fucks" is one that certain audiences still haven't properly internalized in this modern age, apparently. So fuck it.

[Andalusian girls]

in keeping with the proud tradition of Return of the Jedi clearly being a Vietnam analogue as the evil empire meets its defeat facing a technologically inferior indigenous foe using guerilla tactics in the jungle

[Andalusian girls]

on god bruh Andor show of the year this arc had no right Star Wars has never turned in something better

[Anoat]

They managed to keep the tension up from the very start of episode 8 right up to the end, all gas no brakes.

I honestly no nothing of Genevieve O’Reilly outside of her performance as Mon Mothma but she has absolutely killed it.

[Andalusian girls]

she's been incredible. 8 was a tension mastapiece and 9 was so fuckin sad bruh

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Mothma name-dropping Palpatine genocide speech absolute peak Star Wars

Bix choosing the Rebellion over them being together and saying she'll find him afterwards knowing he dies on that beach hugging Jyn killed me

Syril's arc culminating in him lashing out at Andor one last time before lowering the blaster just before he was killed, finally letting go of the Empire's law and order lie he believed his entire life, was as bold a route as they could've gone with it. showing the cost of fascism to its enablers and supporters after an episode spent focused on its victims, ending the ep with "the price we pay for our safety" as we focus on a single tear rolling down his mother's cheek, her reason for being dead amidst the crimes of the regime they supported. mwah, magnificent storytelling.

[Anoat]

Also I appreciated how ep 9 had a certain big moment shine in Andor but also didn’t take away from previous canon

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Mothma gives her speech in the senate for Andor but then they also say how Gold Squadron will escort her to Yavin as we saw in Rebels

[Anoat]

Really interested to see if they drag Mary Elizabeth Winstead in her green make up for a live action Hera cameo for the finale. At least Chopper.

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Dammit this show is soo good.

Yes, parallels between happenings in the show and current U.S. makes everything hit a little different.

[Andalusian girls]

Mothma's speech hittin too close to home for comfort

[Anoat]

The best meta part about Andor is how butthurt the Star Wars Theory grifter dude got because people overwhelmingly told him his take on the attempted rape in episode 3 was stupid and he couldn’t handle the fact that people are enjoying a Star Wars show without lightsabers and member berries so he has sworn off the rest of the series saying he doesn’t even *want* to watch it which everyone knows is a fucking lie, get fucked chud

[Anoat]

Welp. Kind of anticlimactic final episode tbh. Ep 10 and 11 were great but the finale really felt like a dud. I suppose, if you look at the finale as the actual act 1 of Rogue One, it feels a bit more fitting.

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Kleya the absolute MVP of this arc. Luthen and Dedra having one scene together after all this time felt like such a tease and Luthen going out so unceremoniously felt…right. Like, that’s how shit goes sometime. Not everyone gets to go out like a hero in a blaze of glory. Dedra ending up in an Imperial prison just like the one Cassian escaped from seems a cruel fate for her worse than death, and I dug that she didn’t get any kind of redemption at all. She got what she deserved. Krennec was a great addition to the final arc and he really felt like a very imposing villain. Wish we got more of him. Wasn’t a fan of Bix and baby Andor at the end, just because I know they are gonna try to make Andor Junior somebody special in the future and that would feel way contrived.

Anyways, ep 8 & 9 remain the best parts of Star Wars media out there imo, finale stumbled a bit but still a banging show. The highest highs outweighs the lows by a lot.

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I thought the last episode was pulled off well. Where everyone winded up, and how they're managing through it made sense.

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Welp. Kind of anticlimactic final episode tbh. Ep 10 and 11 were great but the finale really felt like a dud. I suppose, if you look at the finale as the actual act 1 of Rogue One, it feels a bit more fitting.

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Kleya the absolute MVP of this arc. Luthen and Dedra having one scene together after all this time felt like such a tease and Luthen going out so unceremoniously felt…right. Like, that’s how shit goes sometime. Not everyone gets to go out like a hero in a blaze of glory. Dedra ending up in an Imperial prison just like the one Cassian escaped from seems a cruel fate for her worse than death, and I dug that she didn’t get any kind of redemption at all. She got what she deserved. Krennec was a great addition to the final arc and he really felt like a very imposing villain. Wish we got more of him. Wasn’t a fan of Bix and baby Andor at the end, just because I know they are gonna try to make Andor Junior somebody special in the future and that would feel way contrived.

Anyways, ep 8 & 9 remain the best parts of Star Wars media out there imo, finale stumbled a bit but still a banging show. The highest highs outweighs the lows by a lot.

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Baby Andor on the surface can seem like a forced attempt at future content (probably true TBH), but realistically it's also not hard to believe the whole time she was with Cassian she could wind up pregnant at some point. Whether it was planned or not.

[Andalusian girls]

beautiful series, beautiful ending.

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i thought Andor kid was totally earned and if Bix knew at the time also reinforces her leaving, as she knew Andor would 1000% abandon the rebellion and never look at it again if he knew he had a son.

series highwater mark was def that 8-9-10 sequence of the Ghorman Massacre + Luthen getting burned and the aftermath of both, best Star Wars media ever done i'd say. but get them shortening up the narrative climax to set-up Rogue One directly through 11+12. part of me wishes Andor could've been a more holistic whole and gotten a series climax in the last episodes, but his death hanging over everything in the series gave it so much dramatic punch it's assuredly the right move.

gotta watch Rogue One now show really isn't complete without it

[kisada]

on god bruh Andor show of the year this arc had no right Star Wars has never turned in something better

a while back i threw andor on top of my imdb watchlist because star wars. honestly as much as i loved the original trilogy when i was younger and various games here and there, i was never invested much outside of that. literally only saw episodes 2, 3, 7, 8 and skipped 1 and the very last one.

but my feeds the last few weeks were straight up obsessed with andor and i had nothing else to watch. and wow, what a ride.

hard for me to disagree with you. i'm still kind of in complete awe at what this show set out to do, that nobody would have expected or asked for it, and the fact that it accomplished it - creating something truly special. sadly, the family i have that are star wars fans wouldn't like it/don't like it. one of them just can't stand too bad of things happening to innocent people (don't get me started). the other thought andor was too slow. and here i'm thinking, yo this tony gilroy guy hits fast forward a lot and i keep feeling like i'm missing shit

all the same, sad it's over, glad i got to see it, and at some point i'll have to go back and watch it with a really keen eye on the details. and i don't know if it was for better or for worse that i hadn't seen it yet, but i'm going straight into rogue one now right off the heels of finishing the series last night lol.

[Anoat]

We did it fam, we found someone who watched Andor before Rogue One. Have fun!

[kisada]

hahaha i knew it, i was actually gonna ask, am i that dude who's in for something really special?

[Andalusian girls]

the show was def built with an underlying creative premise that the fanbase has knowledge of Rogue One / a lot of these characters' fates in the wider Star Wars universe, report back Kisada would be real interested to see what a newcomer thinks

i haven't watched Rogue One since its release 9 years ago so am lookin forward to seeing how Andor recontextualizes and elevates it, as great prequels do

[kisada]

sadly i know who got got already but i will absolutely respond with my thoughts

i read a couple great ringer articles today on it and it sounded like most people told gilroy that it's kinda mandatory to go back and watch it after finishing andor.