Star Wars: Andor (Disney+)

[spike]

watched R1 after wrapping the Andor series last night.

Andor is better than R1, even after enhancing it.

[E.H. Ruddock]

watched R1 after wrapping the Andor series last night.

Andor is better than R1, even after enhancing it.

I would agree with this. And R1 is the best thing they had done since the OT. Just a great run all around of Andor into R1.

[dimejinky99]

That’s Naboo right? When she’s a kid and sets the bomb off?

[@SkitchP]

That’s Naboo right? When she’s a kid and sets the bomb off?

Yes

[dimejinky99]

Thought so. Thanks Skitch.

I had an actual nightmare last night about K2 in That hallway and using that body as a shield. That was a lot that scene.

[epilogue]

So ....

Spoiler: show

That baby IS Poe Dameron, right?

1000% is not. Absolutely.

[epilogue]

I'm gonna be real here... That was not my favor arc. Feels like they fumbled the ball at the goal line.

Also, and this is picking nits, but... Are we sure the timeline adds up? I'd there really an entire year between Rogue One and A New Hope?

[Simple Torture]

There’s like an hour between Rogue One and A New Hope.

[@SkitchP]

I'm gonna be real here... That was not my favor arc. Feels like they fumbled the ball at the goal line.

Also, and this is picking nits, but... Are we sure the timeline adds up? I'd there really an entire year between Rogue One and A New Hope?

As for the timeline concern, I had the same thought. But after thinking about it a bit, in real life terms, BBY1 Started on New Year's Day, and ends when they blow up the Death Star, so these episodes and Rogue One and a New Hope starting all take place over Star Wars Hanukkah

[epilogue]

I'm gonna be real here... That was not my favor arc. Feels like they fumbled the ball at the goal line.

Also, and this is picking nits, but... Are we sure the timeline adds up? I'd there really an entire year between Rogue One and A New Hope?

As for the timeline concern, I had the same thought. But after thinking about it a bit, in real life terms, BBY1 Started on New Year's Day, and ends when they blow up the Death Star, so these episodes and Rogue One and a New Hope starting all take place over Star Wars Hanukkah

Yeah, that works as well as anything I guess. Best not to get hung up on it.

[Simple Torture]

Skitch is right, I’ve never thought about that before, but just like there’s no Year Zero, if our Star Wars calendar is like our real calendar, then the ball drops in Times Square (i.e., the Death Star Explodes) at 11:59:59 PM on December 31, 1 BBY, and when Luke lands back on moon ten minutes later, it’s 12:10 AM on January 1, 1 ABY. So the events of Episodes 10-12 all take place during 1 BBY, and so does Rogue One.

[epilogue]

Solved!

Thanks team.

[B]

I guess I'm alright with it ending a little more quietly. I would have liked to spend a little more time with the ISB.

But really, Rogue One starts with the Rebellion having nothing. Having no major victories. That's how this HAD to end.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Wait, that mission he is leaving for at the end is the meeting he is having at the beginning of R1, right?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Edit, yes, that's it:

When we catch back up with Andor in Rogue One, he's on the Ring of Kafrene, a trading outpost. Andor meets with Tivik, and the informant reveals to him that an Imperial pilot (Riz Ahmed) defected to the Rebels because he learned that the Empire is building a weapon that can destroy planets.

That is where he was being sent in the last episode

[epilogue]

I guess I'm terms of "events" or plot momentum. But spending an entire episode on Luthen and Kleya flashbacks was a misstep. That didn't HAVE to happen. These three episodes, like the first arc of S2, could have been one.

Maybe it'll grow in me on rewatch. But it just felt like homework. It's all well made and well executed, to be sure. Nothing is ruined. The show is still great.

[Simple Torture]

Wait, that mission he is leaving for at the end is the meeting he is having at the beginning of R1, right?

Yeah when he fucking ices that guy. Bro probably regrets that he called Cassian that one last time.

[epilogue]

Edit, yes, that's it:

When we catch back up with Andor in Rogue One, he's on the Ring of Kafrene, a trading outpost. Andor meets with Tivik, and the informant reveals to him that an Imperial pilot (Riz Ahmed) defected to the Rebels because he learned that the Empire is building a weapon that can destroy planets.

That is where he was being sent in the last episode

Duh, Ruddo. I mean do you even Star Wars??!!!

[dimejinky99]

I guess I'm terms of "events" or plot momentum. But spending an entire episode on Luthen and Kleya flashbacks was a misstep. That didn't HAVE to happen. These three episodes, like the first arc of S2, could have been one.

Maybe it'll grow in me on rewatch. But it just felt like homework. It's all well made and well executed, to be sure. Nothing is ruined. The show is still great.

Upon mature reflection I think you might be right. The episode focusing on them and the flashbacks would have worked better and made more sense much much earlier in the season.

[@SkitchP]

I think that's honestly the most telling praise of the show... Nearly all complaints essentially circle back to "I wish there was more"