Andor (Star Wars)

b0rn2sk8 · 11 Oct 2022 at 11:24

chroniclard said:
what story.....

You are clearly watching a different show to me.

Not everything needs to be an attention grabbing tik tok, there is absolutely a place for long form story telling which is what this is.

The episodes are only 30 mins or so once you cut the intro sequence and the credits.

SixTwoSix · 11 Oct 2022 at 11:39

b0rn2sk8 said:
You are clearly watching a different show to me.

Not everything needs to be an attention grabbing tik tok, there is absolutely a place for long form story telling which is what this is.

The episodes are only 30 mins or so once you cut the intro sequence and the credits.

Spot on - this is Star Wars for folks with an attention span.

chroniclard · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:06

Not like story is particularly interesting or clever, what there is of it, its not tense or thrilling. I expect it will pick up a bit, but its mostly filler so far. Its barely starwars at all.

Hopefully will improve.

Relentless81 · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:14

I'm enjoying it I think its leagues better than Obi Wan and Boba, as soon as this season finishes I'm jumping straight into Rogue One

Then I'm cancelling my Disney+ subscription because cost of living.

chroniclard · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:17

Relentless81 said:
I'm enjoying it I think its leagues better than Obi Wan and Boba, as soon as this season finishes I'm jumping straight into Rogue One

Then I'm cancelling my Disney+ subscription because cost of living.

You can get it now and again on offer. Think I paid £22 for a years sub. (Though I barely watch it outside of the Starwars shows/Marvel/the odd new movie)

Mr Jack · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:22

Relentless81 said:
Then I'm cancelling my Disney+ subscription because cost of living.

Pick up for a month when the series has finished, watch the lot, cancel again.

Greebo · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:32

chroniclard said:
You can get it now and again on offer. Think I paid £22 for a years sub. (Though I barely watch it outside of the Starwars shows/Marvel/the odd new movie)

This. I bought one of those Samsung vouchers, before that I would dip in for a month at a time. This way is much better and worth the less than £2 per month.

[HB]Rugrat · 12 Oct 2022 at 18:22

I'm enjoying this. Feels a bit stretched out but even the filler episodes are stlll quite entertaining. I wish the sequel trilogy had adopted a similar tone.

Rroff · 12 Oct 2022 at 18:29

[HB]Rugrat said:
I'm enjoying this. Feels a bit stretched out but even the filler episodes are stlll quite entertaining. I wish the sequel trilogy had adopted a similar tone.

A little bit too drawn out but this kind of approach to Star Wars is vastly better than the likes of recent sequels. From what I can gather Andor seems to draw heavily from the original material for Rogue One which got reshot for being too "war documentary".

Buddy · 12 Oct 2022 at 20:14

Decent episode. Finally pulled their finger out.

Efour · 12 Oct 2022 at 20:26

Yes a bit formuleric but dang.... Good.

Kyo · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:22

Thought the latest episode was brilliant. Had goosebumps just seeing

tie fighters lift off with the pilots

gettothechopper · 12 Oct 2022 at 22:12

lovely stuff

LiE · 12 Oct 2022 at 22:14

Finally we got the pay off. Good episode and:

glad they weren’t afraid to kill off people. Much more realistic when the troopers can actual hit

Malevolence · 13 Oct 2022 at 06:06

Am I the only one who looked for ET during Mon Mothma's speech in the mainly empty Imperial Senate chamber?

Mr Jack · 13 Oct 2022 at 11:32

Fantastic episode, real pay-off on the strands that have developed so far. And that's just the mid-season high. Anyone else find themselves sympathising with the imperials quite a lot? That chap in the tower who figured out what was going and rallied the troops could have been the hero in another show. Which is cool, but also kind of detracts from the moral simplicity of the main Star Wars arc.

Efour · 13 Oct 2022 at 20:06

Mr Jack said:
Fantastic episode, real pay-off on the strands that have developed so far. And that's just the mid-season high. Anyone else find themselves sympathising with the imperials quite a lot? That chap in the tower who figured out what was going and rallied the troops could have been the hero in another show. Which is cool, but also kind of detracts from the moral simplicity of the main Star Wars arc.

the imperial officer that got killed for demanding to stop threatening the kid. Like you say in another time and place a heroic act.

It was a great episode.

Rroff · 13 Oct 2022 at 20:10

Efour said:
the imperial officer that got killed for demanding to stop threatening the kid. Like you say in another time and place a heroic act.

It was a great episode.

I think that is one aspect they needed to work on a bit more - I know most people will be aware of the larger story of Star Wars but it would have taken it up a notch if they'd better demonstrated the evil/oppression of the Imperial system - giving more motivation and depth to the actions of the characters including the human side on both sides of the story and why people from many different angles would become part of the rebellion.

Efour · 13 Oct 2022 at 20:16

I think there's going to be a rather large shakedown and demonstration of imperial might in the next 3 episodes.
They went a little ballistic in the intelligence agency

cassian, or someone was going to shoot the kid or mum to prove they meant business..

Greedo · 15 Oct 2022 at 12:59

Rroff said:
I think that is one aspect they needed to work on a bit more - I know most people will be aware of the larger story of Star Wars but it would have taken it up a notch if they'd better demonstrated the evil/oppression of the Imperial system - giving more motivation and depth to the actions of the characters including the human side on both sides of the story and why people from many different angles would become part of the rebellion.

It'll be interesting to see if they take the rebellion down a darker path as well, I just caught up with the current episode but something I wasn't sure about...

It looked like Cinta was crying as she was leaving the base at the end, could that be because they succeeded the mission? Or did she just murder the room full of hostages to cover up the rebellions trail?