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I’m very excited for Andor. As I’ve mentioned, Rogue One is my #3 Star Wars movie if all time. I loved those characters and that story. This show will show us the birth of the Rebellion. It won’t just be Andor’s story. If you’ve seen Rebels, this is set around the same time, and both series show how the Rebellion came to be. I’m very excited.
I guess I just don't see the point in seeing how the Rebellion came to be. I know how the rebellion came to be, because the Empire came to be so they rebelled against it. It's not as if we needed to see how the Rebellion came to begin to enjoy the original trilogy story arc. I haven't seen Rebels, but if that covers the beginning of the Rebellion than Andor seems even less unique.
I keep hoping for them to do something really fresh and exciting or quirky and off the beaten path, but nothing has grabbed my interest yet. Mandolorian Season 1 had some big hype, but Season 2 not as much and I heard the first season had diminishing returns too. I've lost interest the Empire/Rebellion, Jedi/Sith stuff...it's just the same stories over and over at this point. I'd rather see something like a mockumentary series akin to Formula 1: Drive to Survive about the podracing circuit or a Cheers like sitcom about running the Mos Eisley Cantina.
I guess its a personal preference kind of thing. I for one am digging this kind of material. Rogue One, was great in telling the tale of the Death Star plans, IMHO. So I secong, Mae's sentiments and want to delve into the bones of the rebellion. From the contents of your post I would say that you are not an avid SW fan which, is cool. You always have the option to switch streams anytime!! lol I thought he was a great character in Rogue One and want to see more. Ditto for the "Mandalorian". Both of those seasons were beyond excellent and have breathed new life into the franchise that the last 2 films in the saga may have deflated it a bit. Of course, I also have to disclose that I am a "Anything" SW kind of fan!! lol.
I used to be an avid Star Wars fan...I had almost the entire Kenner toy collection and read about half of the EU books (as of about 2005, anyways). The the thing is that Star Wars now is all about lore, and I don't care about lore. How they got the Death Star plans is irrelevant to me...they got them and we saw what they did with them in the very first film. Actually seeing it doesn't do anything for me. I've always said Rogue One should have been an Ocean's Eleven style heist movie instead of some weird Vietnam in Space movie; assembling a rag tag team of people with specialized skills, hyper planning for pinpoint precision when executed with twists and turns. Original trailers made it look like it was more of a heist film until all the reshoots.
Rogue One is my least favourite Star Wars movie. I not only found it redundant, but I thought the only character that wasn't paper thin was the robot. I will say Andor had more character than fat man with big gun and blind mystical kung-fu Asian, though. The action was boring to me because i didn't care about anyone or anything happening since I knew they succeeded. I know people would say killing all the characters is risk-taking, but that's actually the easiest thing to write since you don't have to fit them in anywhere later in the timeline. Mostly I dislike it because it could have been so much more if they were willing to take the risk. It wasn't a mainline film...they could have played jazz. I haven't watched anything Star Wars since Rogue One...I haven't even had the urge to rewatch the original trilogy. Rogue One (and The Force Awakens) disappointed me that much.
I hope they're taking more risks these days, but I'm not ready to forgive Disney yet. I may never forgive them. They say time heals all wounds but it's been 6 years and I still feel nothing for Star Wars now. I'm just trying to keep my finger on the pulse just in case some spark goes off in my brain. I can tell they're actually trying these days, even if I'm still not interested. I had hopes of a series about the comic misadventures of Bib Fortuna running Jabba's Empire, but I guess Boba Fett took care of that.