Star WARS: Andor?

[fireproof78]

It'll be four years next week since Rogue One was released, but the name Cassian Andor was known to the general public for months if not a year before that. I don't see why we're getting so worked up now over the name. Regardless, we've known for at least a year or so now that Disney+ had a Cassian Andor series in development. What else was it going to be titled?

Indeed, yes.

Now, I don’t know if I’m talking to a bunch of weathered anti-outrage sci-if fans tired of internet negativity (or at least that from others than themselves), and, yeah, I’m not going to lose any deep over this, but also, yeah, that title is striking to me as a Star Trek fan. Especially as an Andorian fan.

Yes, I'm tired of the outrage. Yes, I get it, the Internet loves fake outrage and as a whole I can lend myself to hyperbole as well. But, maybe I just go over it when the film came out, but Andor is not term I immediately associate with one franchise or another. Yes, I know, Andorians, but their planet being called "Andor" never sat with me. Just not what association I had.

But, yeah, I'm tired of Internet negativity. I would like people to enjoy things for once and post about that. Wouldn't that be something?

Oh, and the stupid rivalry between Star Trek and Star Wars needs to stop. It's dumb middle school level stuff.

 

[Arpy]

^ okay, but this is kind of a meaningless fun thread, so, you don’t have to participate in it either. I don’t in about 99.9% to 99.999% of the outrage culture you’re referring to. Post a joke or sexy Cassian pics or something, yeah?

 

[fireproof78]

^ okay, but this is kind of a meaningless fun thread, so, you don’t have to participate in it either. I don’t in about 99.9% to 99.999% of the outrage culture you’re referring to. Post a joke or sexy Cassian pics or something, yeah?

The danger of the internet. Nothing in the opening post came across as meaningless or fun so I treated the discussion as such.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I knew something was missing!

There's so many Star Trek shows coming, it's impossible to keep up. Star Wars fans now know how we feel.

 

[Vger23]

Did you see Rogue One? The character’s name is Cassian Andor.

I only saw it once. I had no idea any of those characters even had names.

 

[Arpy]

I only saw it once. I had no idea any of those characters even had names.

Logical.

 

[Vger23]

Logical.

it’s actually the only SW movie I don’t own. I found it dreadfully dull, uninspired and unimaginative when I saw it in the theater opening night. A lot of people seem to like it though, so maybe I missed something.

 

[Arpy]

The danger of the internet. Nothing in the opening post came across as meaningless or fun so I treated the discussion as such.

The part about the bizzaro branch-off universe wasn’t a hint?

Or the Desilu executive skit?

Admittedly, it wasn’t outright waka waka funny, but how serious can anyone take this? It’s about a title about antennaed aliens.

 

[fireproof78]

The part about the bizzaro branch-off universe wasn’t a hint?

Or the Desilu executive skit?

Admittedly, it wasn’t outright waka waka funny, but how serious can anyone take this? It’s about a title about antennaed aliens.

I mean, have you met Trek fans? It feels like everything is treated as serious business with no room for humor. The text based format doesn't help.

I know because I have an extremely dry sense of humor and most people don't find it funny. So, I'm more likely to take things seriously, and ask for clarification later.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I only saw it once. I had no idea any of those characters even had names.

There was Cassian Andor, Gem Erso, Orson Krenim, Cherrut Imzadi, Stonn Gerrera, and the robot character M-113.

 

[Arpy]

it’s actually the only SW movie I don’t own. I found it dreadfully dull, uninspired and unimaginative when I saw it in the theater opening night. A lot of people seem to like it though, so maybe I missed something.

I loved it and it instantly became my third or fourth favorite. That ending simply DOES NOT HAPPEN in blockbuster popcorn kiddie movies, and it was right out of Hamlet or The Departed. The message overall was like an anti-nuclear proliferation epic: don’t fuck with WMD kids or everyone you know will die. The intertwined sacrifices all these disparate characters made...sublime. That Vader scene at the end...I felt like a kid actually afraid of him again. LOVED the picture.

 

[Annorax849]

Clearly we need Star Trek: Endor

 

[Arpy]

Clearly we need Star Trek: Endor

Perfect.

 

[SJGardner]

Clearly we need Star Trek: Endor

Now I'm wondering if my mock outrage about it should be driven by my Star Wars or my Lord of the Rings fandom.

 

[The Wormhole]

Clearly we need Star Trek: Endor

Reminds me of a joke a friend of mine made when the Lucasfilm Story group (basically the Star Wars Canon Consultants) tried to erase the name Ewok from tie in materials and insisted they be called "Endor natives" instead. To which my friend said "why not channel Star Trek and call them Endorians."

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ceti Alpha V

Was that one even at the track?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Was that one even at the track?

It was to be three 90 minute episodes I think? Nick Meyer wrote it but was then let go. Pretty sure 1992 (as in, "from 1992 to 1996..." in "Space Seed") has a better chance of happening now.

 

[Orphalesion]

The good news is we can still get a sitcom set on Andoria. Just make it about an Andoria with three sons marrying an Orion with three daughters.

 

[1001001]

I only saw it once. I had no idea any of those characters even had names.

 

[MAGolding]

I mean, I guess so I see the point, but not really. Star Trek was not likely to set a series on Andor in a great capacity so I don't see the conflict. I wonder if Wheel of Time fans are similarly upset?

Who?

Did you see Rogue One? The character’s name is Cassian Andor....

I wonder whether Vger23 asked about Andor in Star Wars or Andor in The Wheel of Time, or both.

As stated above, the name Andor could have been a Star Wars nod to Trek in a one-off character/movie, and that’s actually a sweet gesture on their end if that’s what inspired the name — after all, it’s not a proper name; there is no natural real world reason to name him Andor../.

Andor is a short and simple word which is easy for humans to say. That seems like as good a reason to select that combination of sounds as a writer could want. And of course some people would interpret "andor" as having a meanng in English.

Because "andor" is easy to say, in real life "andor" should be a word and/or a name in some of the thousands of languages on Earth.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andor