• happybadger [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      I was so happy when I finished all of Andor and realized I hadn't heard a single lightsaber noise

        • CommunistBear [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          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 chefs-kiss

      • T34_69 [none/use name]
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        5 months ago

        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