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Spoilers Andor season one
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Wow I didn't notice that before, Syril has Phase 1 (you can barely make out the helmet fin) Clone Trooper figures in his old Bedroom
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/1aclfs2/i_love_that_syril_has_clonestormtrooper_figures/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/1aclfs2/i_love_that_syril_has_clonestormtrooper_figures/
Even the Empire has nerds,Wow I didn't notice that before, Syril has Phase 1 (you can barely make out the helmet fin) Clone Trooper figures in his old Bedroom
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/1aclfs2/i_love_that_syril_has_clonestormtrooper_figures/
I just finished watching Andor for the first time. I've been rather uninterested with Star Wars in general, but I think this is definitely the most interesting the franchise has been for me in a long while. The cinematography in particular is incredibly top notch. I was really stunned by a number of shots and sets that they used. I don't know how they did it, but something about that space combat scene in the second to last episode looked better than anything from even the recent films.
I do have two minor gripes about the season though. I like Cass, I really like the plots he's involved in, and how they introduce themes of treatment of local communities, indigenous people, and prisoners rather than just being a plain heist or jailbreak storyline. I do think that how they got him between those plots is a little weak. Luthen just kinda plucks him up and drops him off in the woods to help in a heist, without really knowing if he would be a good fit. Then, despite being wanted for two major crimes under two aliases, he's randomly arrested off the street. I get what they were going for -- that no one is safe until an authoritarian regime -- but the fact it happens to be him, and how it's the last five minutes of a episode felt very goofy. But like I said, both the heist and prison plots I thought were incredibly engaging.
My other gripe is the Syril storyline, which really didn't do anything for me. I did kinda like how you expect this hotshot to rise in the ranks via his own motivation, only to be washed out by the same regime he tries to support, but by episode 4 he doesn't really go anywhere. He's not sympathetic, he's not a compelling villain, and I don't really see any level of character development to really take him to a place where he's more interesting. I guess he's going to join the ISB with Meero? But I don't see him having the competency to last there either. I could do without him.
Lastly, B2EMO is by far my favorite Star Wars droid. R2 is fun and all, but I completely understood the character's fondness for Be in a way I never really believed for C3PO or even R2-D2. I understand Cass obeying his mother's wishes and leaving her, but I don't believe anyone could abandon Be.
I do have two minor gripes about the season though. I like Cass, I really like the plots he's involved in, and how they introduce themes of treatment of local communities, indigenous people, and prisoners rather than just being a plain heist or jailbreak storyline. I do think that how they got him between those plots is a little weak. Luthen just kinda plucks him up and drops him off in the woods to help in a heist, without really knowing if he would be a good fit. Then, despite being wanted for two major crimes under two aliases, he's randomly arrested off the street. I get what they were going for -- that no one is safe until an authoritarian regime -- but the fact it happens to be him, and how it's the last five minutes of a episode felt very goofy. But like I said, both the heist and prison plots I thought were incredibly engaging.
My other gripe is the Syril storyline, which really didn't do anything for me. I did kinda like how you expect this hotshot to rise in the ranks via his own motivation, only to be washed out by the same regime he tries to support, but by episode 4 he doesn't really go anywhere. He's not sympathetic, he's not a compelling villain, and I don't really see any level of character development to really take him to a place where he's more interesting. I guess he's going to join the ISB with Meero? But I don't see him having the competency to last there either. I could do without him.
Lastly, B2EMO is by far my favorite Star Wars droid. R2 is fun and all, but I completely understood the character's fondness for Be in a way I never really believed for C3PO or even R2-D2. I understand Cass obeying his mother's wishes and leaving her, but I don't believe anyone could abandon Be.
I think Luthen was backed up against the wall re the heist. He knew he needed another body on Aldhani and everything fell right with Cassian wanting to get off world, clearly Luthen had been watching Andor from afar for some time. He acknowledges that it was a bad move, and out of character, later, which is why he sends people to track Andor down and kill him. I like the notion that even a meticulous planner like Luthen, wedded to the long game in most things, is capable of screwing up for a short term win (and let's face it the heist likely would have gone south without Andor, and even if they had somehow pulled it off Skeen would have likely taken the loot)
Syril is the epitome of the loser who becomes something in a fascist regime by virtue of getting a gun and a uniform, but also screws that up, but there is something more to the character, he genuinely seems to be a believer, at least believing in rules and order. but man is he a creepy obsessive, especially when it comes to Dedra. I'm intrigued as to what Gilroy does with him in season 2.
Syril is the epitome of the loser who becomes something in a fascist regime by virtue of getting a gun and a uniform, but also screws that up, but there is something more to the character, he genuinely seems to be a believer, at least believing in rules and order. but man is he a creepy obsessive, especially when it comes to Dedra. I'm intrigued as to what Gilroy does with him in season 2.
Basically yeah. That said, I wouldn't call it a bad move so much as an insanely risky but entirely necessary gamble. When the stakes are that high, such moves are necessary at times, and one just has to accept that it'll be messy and will need some clean-up after, because that's the only way it's getting done.
Aside from the overall lack of cohesion; one of the biggest problems the nascent rebellion has at this point is a paucity of serious finances. He couldn't depend on Mon siphoning off her family fortune forever; that well will run dry eventually and the rate of influx was clearly far too slow to be able to get them where they needed to be. After all, it's a decade and a half in and they're still just barely eking out an existence.
This was a make-or-break job, so it almost doesn't matter if hiring someone like Cassian at the 11th hour was a risk and would cause problems down the road, because they'd all be dead in the water without it. I mean just how many opportunities would there ever be to rip off an entire sector payroll like this? He could spend another 15 years trying to develop the assets and wouldn't get another chance at a take that big.
Featurette on our little Droid buddy, B2EMO
There’s been no official announcement from LucasFilm. But I wouldn’t be surprised.
So looking forward to S2!
Given that they didn't wrap until February (due to the strikes) the earliest we could probably expect to see season 2 is late this year, and since 'Skeleton Crew' already has the Q4 slot, late winter/spring next year feels much more likely.
If they wanted to draw it out, there's a *slim* chance they might surprise drop at least the first half this coming Autumn, followed by the rest of it next year . . . but I wouldn't put money on it.
If they wanted to draw it out, there's a *slim* chance they might surprise drop at least the first half this coming Autumn, followed by the rest of it next year . . . but I wouldn't put money on it.
writing credits for Season 2 are up for those who care
https://directories.wga.org/project/1225499/andor
https://directories.wga.org/project/1225499/andor
Tony Gilroy's Views on Star Wars
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...or-tony-gilroy-views-on-star-wars-1235226261/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...or-tony-gilroy-views-on-star-wars-1235226261/
There's no chance they do that.
Season 2:
Director Krennic is apparently in season 2
screenrant.com
Rogue One's Director Krennic Confirmed For Andor Season 2, Ben Mendelsohn Returning
"Deploy the garrison!"
screenrant.com
I suspect he'll show up in the finale as some sort of direct tie-in with Rogue One.
No, it doesn't.
