Some fun synthwave and flashbacks to TV intros of old…
Andor 1999 TV Intro (Spoilers)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv73TRxbsb0 - a 2 minute video from the Craven In Outer Space youtube channel.
The blurb: 'If you were around back then - or had the VHS box set - you know the story. The primetime hit ANDOR (1975) ended on a nail biter that left fans hanging for almost a decade. Then, without warning, the network quietly greenlit a follow‑up and dropped it into the 1982 lineup.
It was ambitious. It was uncompromising. It was ANDOR 1999.
With visual effects that pushed the boundaries of early television and a continuation of Cassian’s story that kept fans talking for years after, ANDOR 1999 was the second life for a story we knew in our hearts wasn’t finished. Whether you watched it live or are just discovering it now, this is the season that dared to leap 20 years into the future and never look back.’
A bit like the 2 minute ‘Andor 1975 TV Intro (Spoilers)’ video from The Aurualnauts, back in 2022. 👍
From elsewhere online (credit to Tuskin #1)…
From elsewhere online (credit to Tuskin #2)…
JarJar and Spoilers for Episode 12:-
^ symbol of Revan Sith Empire / Star Forge logo on that Gungan skull = Darth JarJar was real - though has since died! 😉
Rogue One is currently Disney+'s top movie (in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland… and also a number of other countries around the world). Despite being nearly a decade old…
More info: https://flixpatrol.com/top10/disney (17th May; it also has worldwide ratings) - and is archived here.
Plus x.com/sw_holocron/status/1923800481568075827
How Andor’s Fight Scene Was Choreographed (Behind the Scenes Breakdown) - with major spoilers for S02xE08
www.youtube.com/watch?v=th60zxDg0So - a 10 minute video from the Project44Action youtube channel.
The blurb: 'Stunt Team Break Down the Syril vs. Cassian Fight Scene | Andor Season 2
Go behind the scenes with members of the stunt team from Andor Season 2 as they break down the intense fight between Syril and Cassian! Featuring insights from the fight coordinator, assistant fight coordinator, and Diego Luna’s stunt double, this deep dive reveals how the brutal sequence was choreographed and filmed.
Watch as the team shares exclusive rehearsal footage, discusses the real-time coordinating, and explains the creative choices that brought this clash to life. Whether you’re a Star Wars fan, a fight scene enthusiast, or just love filmmaking secrets, this is a must-watch!’
^ definitely some cool details mentioned in the video for background shots that many of us may have missed… 👍
Tony Gilroy talks ANDOR, STAR WARS, BOURNE, MICHAEL CLAYTON | Happy Sad Confused
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hk3w9W0ZjA - a 1 hour video from the Josh Horowitz / Happy Sad Confused youtube channel.
The blurb: ‘How do you make the most celebrated STAR WARS story in decades without so much as a jedi in sight? You hire Tony Gilroy. The filmmaker behind MICHAEL CLAYTON and THE BOURNE LEGACY joins Josh to talk about his unlikely journey to ANDOR. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y.’
^ a good insightful interview with Tony Gilroy - making light of the restrictions of ‘media training’ recently lifting (~48 minutes in)…
“Uh… I’ve been unleashed in the last two weeks to use the word ‘fascism’… I had ‘media training’ before that…” (continues in the video)
Tony Gilroy Says Including the Word ‘Genocide’ in ‘Andor’ Was ‘Pretty Effortless’
Speaking at the ATX Television Festival, the creator discussed how much freedom he had to acknowledge “grown-up” topics in his “Star Wars” story: “I’ve been allowed to start using the word ‘fascism’ the last couple weeks. That’s liberating.”
www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/andor-tony-gilroy-genocide-pretty-effortless-1235127755
PaleyLive: An Evening with Stephen Colbert and Tony Gilroy: Andor Season Two
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBnRz1WyemM - at The Paley Center for Media youtube channel.
The blurb: ‘Diego Luna and Tony Gilroy discuss Andor Season 2 with Stephen Colbert. They touch on what items they took from the show, how the sets are built to really work, the writing process and how long it takes to create a season of Andor, how they shot the season so that it would lead into Rogue One, and how all three of them first got hooked by Star Wars.’
^ For all those who couldn’t attend because tickets sold out immediately: ‘An Evening with Stephen Colbert and Tony Gilroy: Andor Season Two’ that happened at The Paley Museum last week is going live on YouTube tonight at 8pm ET!
Why “Andor” Hit Different: Exclusive with the Executive Producer Who Changed Star Wars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDs_nYTYMqg - a 1 hour video with Sanne Wohlenberg; at the Carolina Groppa youtube channel.
The blurb: 'A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting a panel at UTA for a screening of ANDOR - the Star Wars spinoff series from creator Tony Gilroy. It was there that I met today’s guest, executive producer, Sanne Wohlenberg.
Check that out here: • Why Andor Feels Nothing Like Other Star Wars (a 23 minute video)…
Sanne is a German-born television producer working primarily in the United Kingdom. After working on multiple episodes of the critically acclaimed series BLACK MIRROR, she went on to win an Emmy Award in 2019 for Outstanding Limited Series as the producer of CHERNOBYL, followed by a Producers Guild of America nomination for The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of a Limited Series the following year. In 2022, she was announced as a non-writing EP for ANDOR.
During our conversation, Sanne and I discussed pivoting from law to entertainment, choosing talent over credits, and why you don’t have to be a STAR WARS fanatic to fall into the target audience for ANDOR.’
Vladius said:
So I tried out watching Rogue One immediately after the show.
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The idea that Jyn steps up and becomes a leader figure right away looks even more absurd because we’ve just seen how paranoid and distrustful the rebel command is and how long it’s taken them to trust Cassian. There’s some of that discussion in the council with some of the worst senators ever but it’s still odd. Then they naturally defer to her to give an inspirational speech to the soldiers on the landing craft, when Melshi is clearly their real leader. The way she suddenly becomes the most important figure in the universe with the ability to single-handedly take out a dozen stormtroopers in melee comes across as more Mary Sue-ish next to the more grounded feeling of the show where everyone receives a lot more development.
Did you re-watch the actual theatrical film or revisit one of the many quality fan edits of Rogue One? The Rebel Council meeting resulted in them choosing NOT to go to Scarif - though a small squad of Rebel volunteers did join with Jyn and her 4-man team to go steal the Death Star plans there regardless. Why would Melshi, a Sgt - and one of those Rebel volunteers, give an inspirational speech to the other volunteers? It isn’t Melshi’s mission - it is Jyn’s; her plan, her knowledge, and her mission to go there. Melshi also doesn’t appear to be the Rebel volunteers’ leader - if anything Cassian has seniority and rank, and seemingly very likely pulled those group of Rebel volunteers together himself. Plus, it is indeed Cassian who gives tactical orders (to Melshi - among others), as well as ‘make 10 men feel like a 100’ talk, after the end of Jyn’s speech.
As the film illustrates, those Rebel volunteers know the odds and that they are likely to not make it - it sinks in for them as they approach Scarif… Melshi actually being shown to be one of them - and it is Jyn who gives the inspirational speech in response - to rally them shortly before the ship lands:-
at 90 seconds into this 3+ minute video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQySR7E14m4
‘The way she suddenly becomes the most important figure in the universe with the ability to single-handedly take out a dozen stormtroopers in melee comes across as more Mary Sue-ish’ - again, did you watch the actual theatrical film? Or is it mere hyperbole? As for Jyn’s ability for taking out a dozen stromtrooper in melee single-handedly… that didn’t happen. Jyn disables 3 stormtroopers in the melee at most, along with shooting an additional 2 stormtroopers in the distance, followed by her then quickly turning and mistakenly shooting the KX droid in the heat of the skirmish (with Jyn believing she actually shot K2… until K2 appears;) hardly ‘a Mary-Sue’, no?:-
or at 2 minutes in to this 3 minute video of the Jedha City Ambush Scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJT6t6tAmgo
or this 20 second clip of Jyn’s skimrish on Jedha: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-PzJEvVetY
This is also something not out of place for Jyn’s character… as Saw says of Jyn: “You were already the best soldier in my cadre” - back when she was 16. We also see Jyn overcome the two Rebel soldiers sent to rescue her from the Imperial prison facility at the start of the film. As also featured in the film… Jyn is used to being on her own - surviving on her own - and is also ‘not used to people sticking around when things go bad’.
Let me know which edit of Rogue One you watched - and please PM me the link - it seems an intriguing watch. 👍
MORE Andor Season 2 Easter Eggs We Missed - Full Season Breakdown!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Cb3L6FhVI - a 29 minute video from the ScreenCrush youtube channel.
