Andor is the first time the Star Wars universe has ever been interesting to me because it's the first series to actually frame it as the North Vietnamese versus the Americans and explore imperialism. They do a good job of making it not feel like Star Wars and avoiding all the tropes that make it so boring compared to Star Trek.
I should watch the rest of Andor.. the lightsaber Jedi stuff was never what it was about for me as a kid, I was all about the space battles, starfighters, and regular people fighting back against an evil empire. But I watched Return of the Jedi first in VHS so that might have something to do with it, lol
Andor is so far above even the OT in writing quality that I would hesitate to call it a Star Wars show, it's an excellent show that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe.
There's usually at least some neat idea in Star Wars stuff, it's just that the overall execution is usually lacking. The prequels are a classic example -- some decent bones in there, but a lot of recycled stuff (another big spaceship on guy can blow up on his own??) and some real goofy missteps.
Star Wars has been creatively bankrupt since 1983. I have not seen Andor though and I'm told that slaps.
Andor is the first time the Star Wars universe has ever been interesting to me because it's the first series to actually frame it as the North Vietnamese versus the Americans and explore imperialism. They do a good job of making it not feel like Star Wars and avoiding all the tropes that make it so boring compared to Star Trek.
I was so happy when I finished all of Andor and realized I hadn't heard a single lightsaber noise
When we saw stormtroopers for the first time and it actually felt like a threat I was so excited
Even now rewatching Maarva's speech hits hard. Watching Brasso kick some cop in the chest and hit another one with a brick is just
I should watch the rest of Andor.. the lightsaber Jedi stuff was never what it was about for me as a kid, I was all about the space battles, starfighters, and regular people fighting back against an evil empire. But I watched Return of the Jedi first in VHS so that might have something to do with it, lol
Andor is so far above even the OT in writing quality that I would hesitate to call it a Star Wars show, it's an excellent show that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe.
There's usually at least some neat idea in Star Wars stuff, it's just that the overall execution is usually lacking. The prequels are a classic example -- some decent bones in there, but a lot of recycled stuff (another big spaceship on guy can blow up on his own??) and some real goofy missteps.
Yeah, I had trouble getting into it first time around but it's great. Every IP should have a but what if we did heists to fund the revolution spinoff.
Andor slaps so fucking hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ke6UfrosT0 This fan trailer goes pretty hard
So does this one, but in a sillier way