HANDS down, Andor is the best Star Wars since the original trilogy. It is so good, it is truly difficult imagining Star Wars ever rising to these levels again. I just finished up the second season last night. It is also the final season, seeing as how its conclusing scene bleeds directly into the opening of Rogue One, and anyone whose seen that movie knows how it ends. [SPOILER ALERT: Everybody dies.] Given that seasons one and two includes the movie as a third act, which then leads into and perfectly compliments the crawl and opening scene of 1977 Star Wars, Andor is a trilogy, and a darn good one at that.
You’ll never guess what the plot of season two involves. The rebel alliance is still in its infancy and scrambling for Intel, any Intel that will eventually lead to their discovery of the Death Star, but we all knew that already. The true shocker is that the scriptwriters don’t even care how obvious they’re being about our stolen His-Story anymore. They even give us a taste of what we’re in for when the trailer shows a bastion city. I’ve had much to say on star cities in my Star Forts of the Millennial Kingdom paper, and don’t care to go over those details again. That’s right, I’m giving you a homework assignment. Give it a read. Trailers often disappoint but this one didn’t. Do understand, they aren’t simply showing us a star fort because it’s neat, nor are they catering to the conspiracy crowd. Nope, they went all the way, taking the narrative to its full potential.
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