One might hope Disney would recognize that with the amount of shows they're vomiting onto Disney+, they can afford to have a show that doesn't have universal appeal and is good in its own niche, but that would require corporate execs at Disney to be human and we all know they're lizard people.

 

I think that they might just cut the budget a bit. Given that most of Andor was shot on location instead of in 'the volume', I'd imagine that its production costs were quite high in comparison to shooting in a simulated environment like the did on the Mandalorian. Since Andor does have a lot more episodes than the other SW shows, maybe they'll only need two seasons, which would address my concerns about Disney sidelining or changing it too much.

 

Andor will only have two seasons, this was already decided before the first one aired. Sad we’re not getting more, but glad they aren’t planning to drag it out. Here’s hoping they don’t panic and fill the second season with useless cameos. This show was great after the third episode

 

Ok, finally binged this. What an amazing show. Just from start to finish, it took a specific approach and executed it perfectly.

I loved how the empire was portrayed, it was a caricature, it has real depth.

I'd been avoiding all SW since the sequel trilogy, but this was worth diving back in for. Gonna go watch Rogue One now.

 

Andor was brilliant, and the prison break arc especially is up there with the very best and most breathtaking fiction in TV.

 

I had been turned off of most of the Star Wars shows before this, but finally decided to give Andor a try- and binged it all in about 8 days lol.

Incredible show. Loved so many of the side characters- Syrel and his mom (does Judaism exist in Star Wars, or just domineering jewish mothers?) Brasso, Bix, Kino, etc.

Loved that the planets we see feel real. They feel like they have cultures and traditions, and feel unique in ways that a lot of other planets in the Star Wars galaxy don’t. We didnt get Tatooine or a sand planet that might as well be- we got Ferrix, and Aldhani, etc.

I swear, Maarva’s droid Bee was breaking my heart in the last two episodes. Just reminded me of my dog and made me think of how she’d feel if I was gone, and it made my very sad lol. Especially when he said all he wanted was Maarva back. Was not prepared for that at 12:30 AM when I was finishing the show.

Ep 10 I think was my favorite. The prison break + Kino and Luthen’s speeches were hard to top.

Looking forward to the next season, and hope that we see a lot more shows like this from Disney in the future

 

Andor S2 is a legitimate contender for *literally* being some of the best art done in the medium of television, particular episodes 8 to 11. Overall, it's just a sublime painting of the tyranny, rebellion, and the courage that means the victory of the latter over the former.

 

I agree with you completely. Sublime is a good way to describe Andor. It was beautiful. It was brutal.

Tony Gilroy was given a 600 million check to do whatever he wanted, and he sure delivered.

 

I just finished the first episode of the second season. I really liked it, but was struck by a certain... tonal dissonance from the last season. I feel like they're leaning into the absurdity angle a bit with the genocide by comittee scenes, and the group of joke rebels.

I'm just rewatching the first episode of the first season... and yeah, it's incredibly grim in comparison, drama heavy. This is an interesting direction for them to take it in. There is still a bit of the same type of humour, but toned down a lot, for example with the little robot not being able to lie, or the overenthusiastic officer having tailored his uniform.

 

Keep watching. It's a slow start, like S1. Things don't really kick off until the 2nd arc.

 

Sublime, gut wrenching, some of the finest TV I've watched. Doubly good because it's Star Wars. Thematically, they killed it. The segue into Rogue One and the OT felt smooth.

A properly character driven show where it feels like no one really got short changed. Everyone had moments and they made sense and enriched the narrative. It felt real in a way that Star Wars never has for me. Lived in, like it was about actual people dealing with actual problems, not just a space tragedy. Even the subplots were strong. I was genuinely moved by most of S2, and that doesn't happen much (and NEVER with Star Wars, much as I love it).

The Empire feels like proper fascist government, not just a couple evil guys who kill their subordinates when they fuck up. They're competent! Tyranny is everywhere and it's in the little things like citizenship, the bigger things like false flag operations, and the massive things like the Death Star. It's so damn grounded that a giant planet killing space station feels properly scary.

I knew what was coming with Ghorman, but episode 8 was still a gut punch. It's crazy to know the outcome when you start for the entire season, and it's still gripping.

Hats off to literally everyone.