ANDOR - Disney+ Series - A General Discussion Thread — Page 24

yoshif8tures said:

timdiggerm said:

yoshif8tures said:

oojason said:

 

The same critics also said TLJ was the best Star Wars movie ever too…

I can not find a review online of The Last Jedi by Nicholas Quah. Do you have a source you can cite?

Let me clarify. Movie critics in general said TLJ was the best Star Wars movie ever, which it was not.
Now the same people say andor is the best.
My point being that their word has absolutely no weight at all.

well mine does, & they’re right this time

a ‘behind the scenes’ look at Episodes 1-3 of Andor: Season 2 (warning: contains major spoilers)…
 

Andor Season 2 Declassified: Time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SdMzzmeNsY - 11 minute video from the official Star Wars youtube channel.
 

The blurb: ‘Content contains spoilers. The cast and crew of ANDOR take us behind the scenes of the first three episodes of Season 2. The second season of Andor is now streaming on ‪@disneyplus‬.’

Episode Guides for Eps 1-3 are now up on the official Star Wars site: www.starwars.com/series/andor#s2arc1

‘Andor Explained’ for Eps 1-3 are also there too: www.starwars.com/news/andor-explained-season-2-highlights-episodes-1-2-3

I loved the 3 epidode opener of season 2 and I think this show is ,indeed , some of the best Star Wars anything . For the most part , grounded and realistic , reflective of our own world and thought provoking ,at times uncomfortable ,but I think that is by design . My first thoughts after watching were…Ho Lee Shit ! They saw our future ,especially seeing as prduction of this season began in November of 2022 !

Awesome and on point review of the first 3 episodes of this season …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQh1tu-yHa0

Ice said:

I demand…

Spoiler

…an immediate cancelling of all other SW projects, and full funding for a Syril + Dedra + Eedy sitcom

Seconded 😃

The Star Wars sitcom we never knew we needed! I love their off-screen chemistry - a lot of content like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMlvrctBjY & www.youtube.com/shorts/wTlJPKjmB2Q & www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1n7gTCkBbU Throw in Mosk and K2SO as recurring guests too!

Skybatman said:

really liked this first 3 episodes and the format to release 3 eps for week too week, i think soo far it has a better beginning than the first season, more stuf happens and andor is in a very fucked situation but that aplly for any other character in the show hahaha, the cinematography and directing are really good and the acting is really great too 9/10 (for the 3 episodes)

and…

screams in the void said:

I loved the 3 epidode opener of season 2 and I think this show is ,indeed , some of the best Star Wars anything . For the most part , grounded and realistic , reflective of our own world and thought provoking ,at times uncomfortable ,but I think that is by design . My first thoughts after watching were…Ho Lee Shit ! They saw our future ,especially seeing as prduction of this season began in November of 2022 !

Pretty much sums up my thoughts too, mate.

It is really pleasing to see so much positivity online for Andor (from both critics and fans alike - which makes for a refreshing change; especially on the social media platforms - and also even the algorithm-promoted ‘/attention/hate-for-clicks’ content).

At the end of the third episode I just wanted to watch the next batch of episodes straight away - and I haven’t said or felt like that about Star Wars material in a long time. Kudos to everyone involved in this carefully crafted and beautifully executed series - and I hope the rest of the season is just as good and as compelling. 👍

A word of praise on the humour in this so far: it isn’t out of place or ‘too much’… nor did it break the tone or impact of the scenes before, during, or after it (unlike many previous Star Wars has featured over the years - all the way back to the Prequels).

Diego Luna, Adria Arjona and Tony Gilroy discuss ‘Andor’ season 2 - a 22 minute insightful youtube video from Associated Press

^ The blurb: ‘The “Star Wars” series created by Tony Gilroy and starring Diego Luna tells the story of a growing revolutionary resentment against the Galactic Empire and the birth of the Rebel Alliance, leading up to the events of 2016’s “Rogue One.” The AP’s Andrew Dalton sat down with Gilroy, Luna and co-star Adria Arjona to talk about surprising turns in the story, creative freedom and the many layers of rebellion. The second season began this week with the first three episodes.’

The cast of Andor season two passionately share what makes the series so special | BAFTA - 11 minute BAFTA youtube video
 

Anchorhead said:

Omni said:

Maybe Cassian should’ve spent more time in the main story as opposed to lost in a side quest on Yavin for a couple episodes…

Which is exactly why I have the same problem with this season as I had with season one. WAY too much time spent doing nothing. We spent two episodes in S1 building stick & mud models of the ship hanger and two more episodes building parts of the Death Star (come on, we all new immediately that’s what they were building).

I think the extended time on Narkina really built the feeling of oppressive atmosphere, just as the buildup to the heist built the tension.

This season we’ve already spent two episodes watching knuckleheads stranded in the jungle argue and play rock-paper-scissors.

My take-away from all that was how badly they need a military structure, chain of command, etc. I assume Cassian took this lesson as well and will be working on reforming the various cells.

And don’t get me started on the episode wasted on watching the young couple Baroque dancing for 20 minutes.

I did think that went on a little long

WTF? The saving grace is that many of those scenes had Genevieve O’Reilly, who I find gorgeous. That said, I could have done without 10 minutes of her at a rave.

I thought maybe there was a little too much rave, but overall it was about showing Mon totally losing it, unable to do anything but hide in drink & dance from the reality of what’s going on

I do appreciate what Gilroy has to say about it:

Ultimately, the only reason it would ever feel “edgy” is because it’s Star Wars, but being blunt about it is more tasteful, mature, and sensitizing than acting like you snuck in something ~naughty~ into a typically kids-friendly property. I respect it. Star Wars’ history with SA in that regard is far grosser than how it’s used here as a terrifying truth about Empire and what it can empower.

Vladius said:
NFB I don’t know what you mean by “Star Wars’ history with SA”.

just all the sex slavery. I think the biggest offenders are the cartoons playing it coy about that being what’s going on when women are bought and sold at auctions. It’s treated very callously, like a fact of the universe - but doesn’t even center on the ugly traumatic experience of the victims like it is here. It’s just always been there because it was there at Jabba’s Palace so it’s “Star Wars”-y enough to be included. Twilek women portrayal in general was in an odd, skeevy place pop culturally until the late 2010s, and it seeps into how they were portrayed throughout Star Wars media up to that point. But even Rebels falls into making comedic light of Hera being bought and sold for ~reasons~.

At least Jabba is only shown forcibly licking and killing a Twilek slave so that he can get comeuppance later (like the Imperial in Andor). Filoni still wants you to think Death Watch is an honorable and cool warrior culture after showing them take concubines post-village sacking.

there was a clone wars arc about sex slaves with anakin ashoka obi wan and rex so this isn’t new

For those that enjoyed the music in Season 2 of Andor so far…
 

Andor: Season 2 - Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-3) (Original Score) - 22 tracks by Brandon Roberts; 46 minutes in total.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1XlWQ3Nt6x7XlJis8t3EyW?nd=1&dlsi=ea435f49a04c4b7c

or www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mA-NDDaYXaR0cNoovXKNhjBfWLAGsVfko

Many re-mixes of the Niamos tune used at the Chandrila wedding are all over youtube…

NIAMOS | Season 2 Club MIX | Andor OST Cover | Mon Mothma Wedding Dance Music - 4 minute track from Jeremy Brauns
 

Finally watched Andor and it is sure the best Star Wars Disney has produced. It has the details and patience of better call Saul (although I suspect it will go total speed run now after ep 3) and the charm and grittiness of Empire Strikes Back.

I would never think that putting story and characters above anything else would bring out so much value for the audience. 😉

I hope the final scene of Andor ends just before the opening of Rogue one, but with The Emperor showing up, telling other Governors to leave the room, and frying the absolute shi* out of whomever will inevitably fail him (either the female or male antagonist for sure, or both). Watching it in the context of Andor where not a single force user is present would give so much earned shock value to what most people would find a cheap and predictable trope.

In other words, brilliant job, Disney, and keep hiring and focusing on Star Wars stories and character above anything else - and leave the real-life politics to the politicians. This is for the fans. ❤️

Omni said:

Anjohan said:

In other words, brilliant job, Disney, and keep hiring and focusing on Star Wars stories and character above anything else - and leave the real-life politics to the politicians. This is for the fans. ❤️

Hilarious comment considering that these three episodes are BY FAR the most political Disney Star Wars has ever been. It’s not very subtle, either.

1. I’m refering to season 1. Yet to start season 2.

2. You glossed over my key words: real-life politics - trying, at least, to refer to the current geopolitical climate at this current time, although i left room to misinterpret - whether you wanted to do that purposefully or not.

3. I shall rephrase: they are not announcing Andor as a gender empowerment or a geopolitical landscape on which actors can change the world on; they’re just trying to make a good story, and that is what the series is, has been presented as and has left the audience with.

you know the last star wars show was just star wars twilight right

Meanwhile Tony Gilroy is out here saying Andor is the “most important work he’s ever done”. dude made Michael Clayton