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My GOD...that is the worst trailer I have seen in ages. And if that's the most intriguing dialog they can tease...yikes. The greatest part of Andor is that it was unlike any other Star Wars experience, and the writers had clearly read some things about how real revolutions got started...let's hope it isn't all compromised.
The first three episodes of the returning Star Wars Disney+ show are incredible
kotaku.com
Not going to get into spoilers but I want to commend Disney on it's approach to "release dates" on this item.
For those not in the "know" rather than have an episode release every Sunday at 9:00pm (the HBO model) or simply releasing the whole season on a select date (the Netflix model). Disney gives you the show in...courses.
3 episdoes/week for 4 weeks on Tuesday at Midnight.
The show is a slow burn and is meant to be consumed slowly and not binged.
The first three episodes of the returning Star Wars Disney+ show are incredible
kotaku.com
Not going to get into spoilers but I want to commend Disney on it's approach to "release dates" on this item.
For those not in the "know" rather than have an episode release every Sunday at 9:00pm (the HBO model) or simply releasing the whole season on a select date (the Netflix model). Disney gives you the show in...courses.
3 episdoes/week for 4 weeks on Tuesday at Midnight.
The show is a slow burn and is meant to be consumed slowly and not binged.
It's also based on time jumps this season, so every 3-episode block is like it's own feature movie, which is nice.
I thought the first 3 were mixed, episode 1 was good but all over the place, episode 2 was a whole lot of "meh", particularly based on one story line, but episode 3 tied some things together nicely and the pageantry of the main event was exquisite. The acting is superb, especially down the roster, but that kind of goes without saying.
It's also based on time jumps this season, so every 3-episode block is like it's own feature movie, which is nice.
I thought the first 3 were mixed, episode 1 was good but all over the place, episode 2 was a whole lot of "meh", particularly based on one story line, but episode 3 tied some things together nicely and the pageantry of the main event was exquisite. The acting is superb, especially down the roster, but that kind of goes without saying.
Without spoilers my power rankings of the story lines of Episodes 1-3 are as follows:
1). The Mon Mothma/daughter wedding
2). Director Krenic's new plans and it's impact on a group of select members of the Empire**
3). Cassian in the jungle with the ship****
**Want to know how this show is well written or VERY well acted? Some of the best parts of the series is basically meetings between Bureaucrats/mid level management.
****It's early - but so far the worst part of Andor is Andor.
Without spoilers my power rankings of the story lines of Episodes 1-3 are as follows:
1). The Mon Mothma/daughter wedding
2). Director Krenic's new plans and it's impact on a group of select members of the Empire**
3). Cassian in the jungle with the ship****
**Want to know how this show is well written or VERY well acted? Some of the best parts of the series is basically meetings between Bureaucrats/mid level management.
****It's early - but so far the worst part of Andor is Andor.
Looking forward to the next trifecta. The Andor/Yavin story was so bad...I mean soooo bad. If it had lasted like 15 minutes, it would have been OK, but it dominated an epsisode and a half...terrible choice.
This is just a fascinating, fascinating show. Before I begin, TL/DR, I know, I know, but...
I have to think that what I see is intentional direction from the writers when things happen and the really really interesting theme for me is not any of the individual stories, it's how this rebellion went from anti-hero to pro-hero, which is a shift we are starting to see right now in the second segment. What I mean is, Luthen is such a fascinating character because he thinks he is so far superior to everyone else, to the point he is bitter that, as he said in season 1, he's not going to see the end or get a plaque in the Rebel HOF, even though he thinks he's the singular OG orchestrator of this whole thing, and is willing to make the "hard decisions" that no one else will. But as we go along, we not only learn that he isn't...the woman he works with (heretofore known as LH, Luthen's Hottie) seems to be an equal partner in this endeavor, if she isn't really pulling more strings that he is (whether they got into this together because they both felt the same, or if one had more influence over the other, is an unanswered but interesting question). We also see now as time goes on that Luthen is very wrong about everything. To him, The Cause is the only thing that matters, and people are merely assets, chess pieces on the board, to the point he is openly annoyed when any of them have feelings, desires, emotions, or relationships that will "get in the way". Hell even entire planets like Gorman can burn as long as it is "brightly". But if you think ahead to A New Hope and beyond, and to the little band in the Rebels series, this is exactly the opposite of what actually wins the war. Think about all of the times it would have been easier for them to leave someone behind, to let them die or stay imprisoned, to ignore them for the potential "greater good". You think about Han saving Luke from Vader's Tie as he blows up the Death Star (hell even when Luke tells Wedge to bail to avoid certain death before that), Han saving Luke on Hoth, Luke and the gang with their elaborate plan to rescue Han from Jabba, Ezra sacrificing himself to get rid of Thrawn, and Sabine being willing to bring back Thrawn to find him...it's the people that matter. They're all that matters in the end. For every person the Rebels lose, they don't have someone else eager and over-ambitious to plug in like the Empire does, which this series has done a fantastic job of showing in all it's glory. In this segment of episodes, we have seen that theme born and begin to be cultivated.
We've seen it in Andor and Bix, in Vel and Cinta, Mon Mothma and her daughter (and her dead Ex)...the contrast at then end when Luthen and LH are yucking it up saying they should have offed Kreninc at the party while they had the chance, while on Gorman Vel is going scorched earth on the frat boy fucker who ended up killing Cinta, was a palpable duality. And now Vel is going to be mega-pissed, because she was a true believer to the nth degree, until she realized it has now cost her everything. Wait until she finds out that this was a mission Andor told Luthen not to do, because it was going to go badly. Yikes. Cinta's death to me was perfect in it's banality, because it was a metaphor that The Cause isn't enough. Ambition isn't enough (a central theme of Andor). Being Saw Gerrera, who is only there to kick ass and huff fuel, and until episode 5, he was all out of fuel, isn't enough. It's the characters, the people, that matter. They win the war. And we know what happens based on the future stories. Luthen is going to die. LH probably will too. As will Vel, Bix, and Wilmon. And we see Saw and Andor go in Rogue One. These characters will leave us, and the ones we know that end up prevailing, Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando, Hera, Ashoka, Kanan, Ezra, are going to take their places. How they do that, and what message it sends, will be the most interesting thing in Star Wars to me since Rebels, and probably since Return of the Jedi.