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Andor season 2
- Thread starter CaptainWacky
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whisky
Boobie inspector
I liked how the ride up to arrest the girl was essentially the same as the end of season one, someone leading the troops who was inexperienced, a big English guy was was really in charge, a bunch of troops who don't respect the leader, only last time Cyril survived, and this guy got turned into a meat shield.
So the place Bix goes to feel safe is the planet where she was nearly raped and had to kill the guy to get him off her?
So the place Bix goes to feel safe is the planet where she was nearly raped and had to kill the guy to get him off her?
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Well she knows he's definitely not coming back because she caved his skull in.
This is very much how I feel. I’m still thinking about this show and how much it’s expanded the lore of the central political conflict (Star Wars was always political), improved an already great film in Rogue One, and somehow managed to clear season one (which I thought was absolutely fantastic too) multiple times a day. If that’s not the hallmark of a great show, then nothing is (it is).
I feel compelled to write a long and sprawling review of the entire thing, but I’m currently up to my eyeballs in coding and feeling an aversion to long-form writing—or, frankly, anything. I don’t think I could do it justice. It would probably devolve into a soup of superlatives.
To say it’s the best thing Disney has done with the IP is a hilariously easy claim, because it is, by a margin.
That said, I don’t think everyone who bounced off it is a moron. I can see how some who like the swashbuckling, operatic pulp of Star Wars might not vibe with it, but I doubt I’d have very much in common with them. That’s what you want from a company like Disney taking on this IP, though. Try different things. Don't play it safe. The Sequel Trilogy (which I consider an unmitigated disaster) was such a derivative pile of slop once you scraped off the veneer, so a show like Andor is just a delight on so many levels.
I hope it continues to gain more success and eyeballs (cream tends to rise to the top), because while I’m not sure Tony Gilroy would commit to another massive Star Wars project (I think he’s proved his point), there is room for darker and genre-bending ideas in this universe. That’s always been part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (in varying degrees of success) and who knew, it works here too!
Kyehlar
Grovel And Subscribe!
I did the same thing. Finally watched the last episode of Andor the other night, and then watched Rogue One last night. Amazing how it all fit together, ten years apart like that. A lot of care went into that finale to make the transition feel seamless. The only difference was Cassian's uniform. I don't remember the Captain's patch on it in Andor.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
"That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?"
"The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."
My dream: A series set in the aftermath of the Death Star's destruction. How DOES the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy or the Death Star? Think of all the little rebellions that most have broken out all over the galaxy. Think what the new head of the ISB had to deal with! (Although having the ISB continue to be a focus without Partagaz would be a bit tough because that character was so good.)
Kyehlar
Grovel And Subscribe!
The game Star Wars: Outlaws is set between Empire and Return, and slightly deals with the ISB and crime syndicates. Might be worth taking a look at.
