Andor is such a great show, even if it wasn't taking place in the Star Wars universe it would stand on its own.
So many wonderful details visually throughout the show. It really feels like each scene is truly crafted carefully, physical props and the actors.
InTheArena · 1h ago
Fantastic. Andor recently passed Expanse,Galactica and Babylon 5 as my favorite SF series. The way I describe it is what we should have gotten in the prequels. As a kid I always imagined that the prequels would be the fall of Rome. What we got instead was a reflection of George Lucas’s monetization of Star Wars - purple lightsabers, yippee and Jar Jar.
There was no way to “earn” the payoff with Vader so they masked it over with massacring children and one of the worst romance screen in (then nascent) digital film history.
At the end of Andor, nothing felt unearned. For film folks there were jaw dropping moments, and for history geeks, gasp out loud moments (my favorite being half-track and Wannasee callbacks in not so subtle Star Wars allegory).
Andor is good enough that it makes its sequels better:
I haven't seen it yet, but better than Babylon 5? Then it has to better than DS9, I feel that that seems really difficult, considering that DS9 has episodes like In the Pale Moonlight.
karlshea · 16m ago
I agree with them, it is stunningly good. And it’s over so you can watch it all in one shot.
So many wonderful details visually throughout the show. It really feels like each scene is truly crafted carefully, physical props and the actors.
There was no way to “earn” the payoff with Vader so they masked it over with massacring children and one of the worst romance screen in (then nascent) digital film history.
At the end of Andor, nothing felt unearned. For film folks there were jaw dropping moments, and for history geeks, gasp out loud moments (my favorite being half-track and Wannasee callbacks in not so subtle Star Wars allegory).
Andor is good enough that it makes its sequels better:
https://youtu.be/qzny45Zk05c?si=0fMi8YKgHOPfKV62