Andor

Lot to praise in this episode. The Eye was beautiful, a lot better than expected. The heist was fantastic. I thought the blocking during all those scenes was really good and the actors did a great job. All the troop movements and whatnot were really believable.

Actually really curious about the characters that were left behind and if we'll see them again. Cinta, Jayhold, even the comms officer, Kimzi or whatever, he was cool. Also kinda feel like some of the characters that died may not be actually be dead. But tbh this doesn't seem like the kind of show to do fakeout deaths.

One thing I'll say is I think it was a missed opportunity making the Dhanis human. Seriously there are no aliens in this show. Maybe extensive prosthetics for such a large group would've been difficult but at least some kind of simple makeup to differentiate them from humans surely could've been doable.

Guess I'm actually a little curious about what happens next because up until now the plot direction was pretty easy to predict. But Cassian ditching them was a bit of a twist. He'll probably resume the search for his sister and maybe that'll somehow loop him back in with the rebellion. Also didn't get why he killed the guy, he didn't seem like a threat.

I think this season is a lot of setup, I think next season will honestly have Krennic and some of the heavy hitter imperials doing their own thing.

Honestly there’s not gonna be any fake deaths, the inspiration and writing is from Rogue One and everybody dies in that movie. I think this is the one Star Wars content that when somebody looks dead, they gonna be dead.

I liked the episode, I kind of figured the heist would be coordinated for stealth rather then blasting their way in. I’m a little surprised everyone died but again I guess thst hones back to Rogue One. Cinta i feel like we won’t see again, maybe not even Vel much for thst matter. Isn’t Cinta a native of that planet though? Maybe she has no reason to leave and I think Vel is going back to be with her anyway.

Hoping the stuff on Coruscant and the ISB gets a bigger focus in the next arc while Andor is off soul searching or whatever.

The Eye was a pretty satisfying conclusion to that story. Wasn't sure what to expect with the light show, but it was a cool backdrop to a really well-done heist. I actually like the quick cuts to other characters a lot. It helps add to the story's scope and complexity, something we didn't really get in any previous Star Wars shows.

Also I think Andor has done a good job developing its characters. There were lots of small moments with the heist crew to give them a little more substance, like the book for that one guy and another one being a former stormtrooper. We even saw the Commandant share some moments with his family to help humanize him versus being a stereotypical evil officer. I appreciate how they're fleshing them out to feel real and part of a bigger universe.

In a lot of ways it continues to remind me of the OT. We're teased of character backgrounds and name drops without full explanations given. It adds to the mystery and drama for me, and future Star Wars projects should emulate this.

Not too sure where the story goes from here either. I was surprised Andor killed that dude, but I guess it makes sense for him to want to be on his own again. The ISB story should become more prominent as well, and I'm sure some of those characters may even stick around for season 2. Definitely excited to see where it goes. Like Newan said, I just wish it dropped 3 episodes at a time since it flows much better that way.

So apparently the next episode is more of a standalone. Then we return to the arc format with 8-10 being a 3-parter and 11-12 serving as a 2-parter.

Interested to see what makes this next episode stand more so on its own. Lots of speculation that it involves the clone troopers we briefly saw from the trailer. Seems likely to me that we'll only see Andor this week and how he's feeling following the heist. Maybe some more flashbacks too. Then I'd assume 8-10 brings the ISB/political plots to center stage.

Apparently Andor is performing quite poorly. Honestly not surprising at all. I'm sure casual people probably find the show boring and have already checked out.

As much as I like seeing Disney taking L's, unfortunately I think this will be bad long term because Lucasfilm is probably going to take away the wrong lessons again like they did with Solo. They will probably come to the conclusion that new characters are not popular and will go back to milking old stuff.

Kinda sad because Andor does a lot of things right. It is one of the most polished Disney Star Wars content in terms of direction and other production values. The lack of nostalgia milking and fan service is generally a good thing even if I think they went a bit too far with avoiding that stuff. The difference made by hiring actually talented and competent writers is noticeable. Sadly I think going forward projects will see lower budgets. BOBF/OWK will probably be the baseline for future content.

I wonder if there will be more to show on Aldhani. If they dispatched an ISD I feel like something is going down there. And Cinta will probably stay to feed Luthen information

Cereal guy's storyline is probably weakest and the one that feels least like Star Wars. I just want Saw to show up honestly. Idk if I misinterpreted it but I think the investigation stuff with the ISB lady and theft of military components is not related to Aldhani but rather something Saw's Partisans have been doing off screen.

I gotta say really feels like something is missing from the show. I'm just not excited to tune in every week. I think the new characters that are not familiar or not connected to the Empire are lacking a cool factor to them. I also think they might've benefited from incorporating a character with ties to the Jedi/the Force. Not like another Jedi survivor because that very cliche at this point but something different. I get a lot of people don't want to see Jedi in everything but like it is a core part of the franchise.

That and we definitely need a little more action. Hopefully there will be another rebel operation soon or perhaps Saw's introduction will weave one in

It started too slow… Star Wars and Marvel fans are the consumers of Disney Plus and they only care about the mind numbing action scenes half the times. Honestly I love this show, it’s so much like a HBO drama.

I think word will get out and this show will become more popular post release tbh… it’s only 2 seasons and it already got renewed for season 2 so at least we will see the story to fruition.

Not sure if any of you played Wither 3, but the ISB lady is Yennifers voice actress, I thought she sounded familiar tbh.

I think it is somewhat comparable to HBO dramas the way it's structured and written with the multiple plotlines around different characters. But idk Andor still lacks something. I remember with like GOT, you were hooked instantly. Even episodes that didn't have much action were engaging because of character or world developments. Even if there were few morally good characters to root for, we found all of them interesting to watch. There was a lot more suspense and cliffhangers were utilized better.

Andor's characters don't really click for some reason. I don't need action like lots of dramas are great without using action. But since so much of Andor is so bland, I'd prefer at least having some flashy action sequences. Plus it's Star Wars so action is usually a part of it.


This is probably a 7/10 show for me and I think I'd rate every episode that or less. But this kind of show is harder to rate. Other Star Wars shows, even if their not really episodic series, kinda have like one main thing going on in every episode and it can be good or bad or cooler/lamer than another episode if that makes sense. It's like how rating every episode of Breaking Bad would be kinda hard

I do like all the imperials though. Deena, Major Partagaz, Yularen, and Blevins are all intriguing characters.

So at this point, the most organized rebel activity seems to be Saw's extremists and whatever Mothma/Organa/Luthen are doing? I guess they're somewhat linked, but obviously the closer we get to ANH, the more Saw is looked down upon by the majority of the Alliance.

Oh, and the Ghost crew is also starting up around this time. It would be a nice touch if the ISB name dropped Lothal or something. Maybe even opens the door for Thrawn, Pryce, or Kallus to cameo. Just hope they don't shoehorn stuff like that in, but so far the creators seem intent on avoiding fan service like that which is good.

Thrawn is the most exciting possibility obviously. Since he seems to be the main villain in the post-ROTJ shows era, it would be a nice connection to introduction him here, especially to audiences that didn't watch Rebels.

Somehow I like Rogue One Cassian more than Andor's Cassian. Which is funny because you'd think a show would provide more opportunity to flesh out the character. One of the silliest things about Andor which I don't see anyone talking about is how they are trying to show Cassian as a womanizer for literally no reason. I just can't buy him as that guy lol and even if I could like there is really no relevance for this little character trait

Other eras would be cool but they're clearly afraid of that and/or don't have the creativity for it. I would like to see them going back to the roots with a group of friends going on adventures. I really think Star Wars has been lacking that sense of adventure lately. Even TROS had more of that stuff lol

I really want to hear Thrawn at least mentioned. Saw has been active since well Bad Batch, actually his splinter group should be really active as in Fallen Order he was trying to liberate the Wookiee on Kashyyyk.

Just realized something interesting. When Mon Mothma is in the Senate chamber talking about the thing with the Ghormans, it's referencing this scene from rebels from that episode where they escort her. It's either part of the same speech from Andor that we didn't get to see or another speech about the same topic she would've delivered around the same time.

There will probably be more Rebels stuff in the show, could see a Lothal name drop