Just finished "Andor" and I would have to agree with everyone else here who said its the best Star Wars show since the Mandaorian.
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Just finished "Andor" and I would have to agree with everyone else here who said its the best Star Wars show since the Mandaorian.
Great show
Tonight’s episode tho…
Rar! Empire bad and mean.
Roll credits.
Looks like a new cartoon just dropped a la Rebels, "Tales of the Jedi".
It's a collection of short stories, with some nice depth and backstory to certain characters. Great complement to the Clone Wars series, as well as Rebels.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
Was reading an article that pointed it out, but one of Andor's teammates at the Narkina 5 prison is Melshi (the one who remembers and addresses Andor by his bogus name of 'Keef'), who ended up as one of the squad leaders in the Rebel attack on Scarif in Rogue One. Same actor. Nice touch, having future prominent rebels meet each other in prison, kind of like Heat or whatever. Speaks to the direction of upcoming episodes too.
Really enjoying this show.
awesome show
A little more dry, sardonic humor would be nice.
I have a feeling next episode is gonna be a wild one
ONE. WAY. OUT!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownski
Fucking awesome episode! Squeezed out two bitchin monologues, too!
I really enjoyed this latest episode. Very well done, IMO.
But I'm easily amused.
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+4 excellent episode. I have to admit I’m losing track of all the whispering on Coruscant. Might have to go back and watch again from the beginningQuote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
The dialogue is really good and fast in that scene. Not quite Shoresy fast but a big improvement over the hokey George Lucas prequels. Mon Mothma is a badass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownski
Tractor beams!
I'll spin, that's a good move
spin with fuckin lightsabers...
Is Luthen an undercover Jedi? Was it a light saber that the dude found when he got patted down before meeting Saw?
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Woah. Andor is the best thing that came out of Star wars since episode V and/or Rogue one. And the story is much better than mandalorian. Maybe not as cool / epic, highly stylized and no jedi stuff, but gritty, well written and top notch Performances. And blasser fire has consequences. And storm Troopers are actually capable.
I didn't like the tractor beam counter measures and on ship light sabers because it screws up tech Canon in episode 4-6 and further down the timeline.
It restored my faith since the mediocre boba vespa Gang nonsense and the dumpster fire that was obi wan.
I had to change my clothes after the season closer
Definitely some of the best Star Wars stuff since Rogue One. Slow spy thriller but I think they nailed it.
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Andor was fucking great. More writing like this, please.
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I heard somewhere that Andor is supposed to only get two seasons. I’m hoping for more than that now. Considering the pacing of the first season, they should be able to stretch it out.
In the mean time, let’s get back to Mando. Season 3 can’t come soon enough at this point.
That's definitely a rumor that's going around based on the staff and his little speech in the basement about using the techniques of his enemy. I kind of like Star Wars without the force for a minute, it feels like a real nice break. At least at this moment in SW timeline BBY there actually aren't too many Jedi running around the galaxy, either. Which is great because I'm pretty sure not every freaking thing in the galaxy needs Obi Wan (or Vader) to personally attend to.Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
I like all these Star Wars things, (except for the cartoons), and I like Andor a lot, but part of why I like Star Wars is the goofy robots and Muppets and also sometimes there’s humor. At least some background humor, or inside jokes, and Andor basically had none of it. Nobody smiled. Ever.
If you smile, you collaborate with the empire!
Just finished Episode 7 of Andor and holy crap is the music in this show BANGING!
https://youtu.be/b0eRDJOMk-I
Seriously tho. This is the best the SW IP has come up with in a long, long time. It's basically Game of Thrones meets Star Wars. Sure, it doesn't have the gratuitous T&A, but whatever... Well done.
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The cartoons are the best part of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
All the backstory the trilogies were built on
Like Droids and Ewoks? My kids LOVE those old shows. Haha. More recently though, the Clone Wars series that used to air on Cartoon Network ended up being surprisingly enjoyable and it helped the "prequel" trilogy make SO much more sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
When the prequels came out, I didn't like them all that much. Except Revenge of the Sith. That one was rad from the get go. THEN earlier this year, I revisited the series with my kids, watching them from Eps 4 to 5 to 6, then 1 and 2 to Clone Wars. Haven't done 3 yet as I want to wait until they're older for that one. Either way, I had a WAY better time with Episodes 1 and 2 this time around. It makes far more sense now that the SW franchise has fleshed out so much more of the story, and now I can appreciate more about it. Jar Jar Binks still sucks, and even my kids found him annoying, but I just give it a pass and ignore it, and focus on what's actually good about it. That said, of course the creature CG has aged REALLY poorly compared to the practical effects of the earlier ones. Real puppets FTW!!! You just can't beat that for longevity.
As said many times before, seasons 3.5-7 of the Clone Wars is peak Star Wars.
Fight me.
I haven't seen them yet, but looking forward to it. Still trying to finish up Andor. Just watched Ep 8. Been wild watching the creators flesh out the inner workings of the Empire. No wonder the rebels got so pissed. Those guys went next level with the whole Prison Industrial Complex idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not DJSapp
Andor does a great job of filling out what I call the normal, everyday evil of the empire. Sure, they blew up Alderrann and glassed a portion of Scarriff, which makes for movie stuff, but every single day you were one parking ticket away from being shipped off to a forced labor camp for years. Nothing else in the normal SW canon really touches this and it's great.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
Have seen all the live action stuff and I'm sorta kinda curious about the associated cartoon material some of ya'll hype up.
What's the advised/chronological order to watch things in if you're trying to follow the live action timeline?
Or in Cassian's case just walking alone and appearing a bit nervous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not DJSapp
We tried doing a generally chronological order with the kids, but I think ep 4, 5 and 6 should go first. It plays very well in this kind of order:Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleT
ep4, ep5, ep6, ep1, ep2, Clone Wars animated movie*, Clone Wars animated seasons 1-7, ep3 (holy crap ep3 hits so much harder right after clone wars season 7), Andor, Solo*, Rebels, Kenobi*, Rogue One
[timeline skip]
Mando season 1-2, Book of Boba Fett, Mando season 3, Ahsoka, 7*, 8*, 9*
*optional series/movie
EXACTLY! Well said. They even show the more bureaucratic side of their operations in that giant "office" facility that Syril Karn ended up having to work in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not DJSapp
Yeah, that was wild. That arbiter chick was like "This WAS a 6 month sentence. Now it's gonna be 6 years. NEXT!!!" And off Cassian went. Wonder how long his woman back at the pad was waiting for him to come back before wondering where he went. Poor guy. And then you learn that they're upping everybody's sentences for that whole Public Order Resentencing Directive (P.O.R.D.) thing. What a bunch of assholes, the Empire.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
I mean, sure. We always knew they were dicks and all, but somehow this show gave the whole "teh Empire is ee-vil" idea a lot more dimension and gravitas.
I’m in total agreement with you guys. It’s striking how much more interesting thie Andor version of Star Wars is than the magic clone in the back bath robe of episode 9. A giant smothering bureaucracy full of mundane, indifferent bad guys is somehow more scary than finger lightning- maybe because it’s more realistic.
Andor’s absolute banger of a club track is a gift to all of us - Nicholas Britell, you magnificent bastard
https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/23...holas-brittell
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The Darth Jar Jar show is coming
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Just finished episode 10 of Andor. Just wanted to say that after seeing him in this, but before, Dune as the Baron Harkonnen (pure perfection), and COUNTLESS other films, Stellan Skarsgård is quite the badass actor. Killer voice. He reminds me a bit of Marlon Brando in his delivery and I am loving it. What do you all think?
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He won the fields medal. How do you like dem apples?
Stellan truly is one of the all time greats, and he's been age its for over 50 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried