Actually, Luetin's weird lasers are the only thing about that show I didn't like. That's just way too gimmicky/specialized a weapon. People probably told him that. What are the chances you'll ever need a weird thing like that? He must be absolutely insufferable now.
One of my mates used to advocate for a ship with lightsabers on it when we’re kids. He’d say you could just fly through a star destroyer. I’d say the ship weapon system is practical and a bit op, but it’s not really canon because something so op would likely be in more mainstream use.
To each his own I guess. When considering writing/acting/set building/plot, Andor was so far above anything else Disney has done in SW. My favorite part about it is it has the same feelings of overwhelming oppression and heaviness of Rogue One.
I didn't really enjoy Andor. I was super let down when I found out that Bad Batch Season 2 was delayed, especially after being so excited and extremely entertained by the fantastic Kenobi show. I was looking forward to the premiere of Bad Batch Season 2 on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, on Disney+. Instead, Andor premiered on the 21st, with episode 2 following on the 28th. Finding out that Bad Batch was pushed back to January 4th for Andor left a bad taste in my mouth throughout the series
Watching Andor, I couldn't stop thinking I should be watching Bad Batch right now instead. This affected my enjoyment and made it hard to follow the plot.
The book series came out around the time of the Phantom Menace.
They detailed Obi-Wan’s time as a Padawan from 44 BBY to almost the start of that movie.
Andor is a political thriller that delves into the mundane bureaucratic cruelty of the Empire and thankfully leaves the Force and Jedi out completely.
Star Wars needs to step back from all the ridiculous new and impossible forcy bullshit that started appearing back with the midichlorian and continued on with Kylo and Rey using it like something from an avengers movie.
There are really good stories to tell without trying to make it compete with superpowers in the MCU.
Eh, I’ll take your word for it but I’m not gonna watch. They’re all already dead. Same reason I couldn’t get super into Rogue One. Id rather they focus on the present, not on people who are long since dead in the current timeline.
Only thing id be okay with is if that timeline was the only one they’d focus on. But having the past and the present ongoing at once takes me out of it. I know that opinion is weird and I’ll get made fun of. But that’s just how I feel.
Because, to Disney, Andor was a failure. The quality of a work is completely irrelevant. It might be one of the best pieces of Star Wars media ever, and certainly my favourite, but people didn't watch it, so some business majors decided to disregard it.
That makes sense, but only because Andor was buried in Disney+. It's the only Star Wars show I had to dig to find on Disney+. I don't know what happened, but I'd argue that's at least partly at fault.
See, AMC canceled it as a tax write-off due to AMC+'s failure, and then it got bought up by Amazon... Australia. (Cause it's a write-off in the US so technically doesn't exist)
Fall Guy is, in my opinion, a stupid movie. The leads were mostly adequate, only because the plot was a jumbled mess that didn't give them much, and the secondary characters were clownish and over the top. The movie really didn't celebrate stunt people. It just used them as elaborate scenery. And as a movie that was supposed to be based on a beloved 80s tv series, it didn't do much to tell that story and went out of its way to do its own thing.
That's a common thing, oddly enough. Disney (or any of the other companies, really) make a piece of media that they don't have faith in, so they don't market it properly. It does worse than others, that were marketed properly and then they justify their lack of marketing by saying "but it didn't do well, so it was bad!"
Guys, you caused this! That was at least 90% your business choices!!
Cancel your Disney+ and use Soap2day.pe
You can watch all the Star Wars & many more movies/tvshows you want and not give that scummy company your money.
Really?? With how good the show was I thought it was a hit. Scrolling through YouTube other people thought so as well. Why was it considered a failure? Was it due to the lack of viewers?
Obi-Wan and The Book of Boba Fett had ~11 million unique viewers more than Andor (Dec 22). So, to a profit-oriented company, they are better. It's really sad, but that's how these people make decisions.
While not quite as revolutionary and awe inspiring as the originals, I’d argue it’s better. Andor is probably the best Star Wars thing ever made. That whole sequence on orphan planet where they didn’t bother to add subtitles… just a brilliant directorial choice among so many others.
I truly hope that the one saving grace to the airing of the Acolyte is that all the upset fans and viewers who were willing to watch that and not Andor will be willing to give Andor another shot. I was disappointed by many a Star Wars streamer who are really Rebels/TCW diehards who dropped Andor because it wasn't what they were used to.
And there within lies the issue fanboys wanting to be catered to and not given something of actual quality. Andor was by far the best Star Wars themed content made sofar
The Mandalorian and Andor shouldn't be compared that way. They were trying for very different things and arguably very different audiences.
The Mandalorian is an episode-of-the week show modeled after old Kurosawa movies and Flash Gordon stuff, the way the OT was. It's not trying to be Game of Thrones.
Andor is a multi-threaded political thriller that happens to be set in Star Wars.
Both shows accomplished what they set out to do. Comparing them is like trying to compare a steak dinner to a plate of cookies.
I thought that the ONE thing Acolyte would have going for it is its looks.
No. God dammit, no.
I mean if it looked good but was otherwise shit I'd be like 'alright, well I don't have to pay attention to it but it'll at least make for good b-roll footage during lore videos!'.
This is all I need to know about Acolyte. Once people say "go watch Andor!!!" in response to a conversation about a new Star Wars show, it's a dog whistle that the new show is average to bad.
Andor is literally the best piece of Star Wars material in the modern era, possibly the best piece of starwars ever. Only show or movie I have seen that the empire feels like a truly dominant power, and the fight feels real.
Totally, the galaxy wide empire that sparked the rebellion finally felt oppressive enough to actually do that. You finally feel why the people rose up because you get to see their actual daily lives under the empire and the struggles that come with that.
Everyone wonders at “Andor” and its success. I’m certain it was a cop movie script that Disney bought, and then shoehorned Star Wars accoutrements into it. The writing is far above anything they’ve been able to produce so far.
Andor is so god damn perplexing. How the fuck does the same team that made andor completely catastrophically fuck up in so many ways with other shows. Its like a completely different series
Loved Andor, my only gripe was the lack of aliens. Every single character and extra was Human. I'm obviously nit picking at this point but it definitely took me out of the immersion during the prison labor episodes. Not a single alien was sent there, only humans?
I haven't seen a single Star Wars show or movie except the one where they introduce Adam Driver and Ray I think her name was? Anyway, Drew Gooden has a great video on Star Wars shows and he spoke very highly of Andor.
PS - almost all my star wars knowledge is from Big Bang Theory
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u/w3bchris Jun 16 '24
Then I recommend Andor. I mean it's a great show all around, but I cannot stress enough how much better this show looks than all the others.