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Andor (Rogue One prequel) Series on D+
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doctornick
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I enjoy The Mandalorian more and WandaVision is probably my favorite thing on D+ but I do think Andor is most compelling and highest quality Disney+ show to date. It’s definitely the more “prestige” level than anything else (for whatever that’s worth).
Screamface
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The last Star Wars project to come out with any hope of being amazing.
Phroobar
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Well if your into Andor walking to an area. Gets in trouble. Other people die. Andor walks a way. It is like an episode of the Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby.
But lets keep repeating.... "There are no bad Andor episodes."
erasure fan1
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I enjoyed Andor. It was a very well made show. Better than any of the marvel or star wars shows from a production standpoint in my opinion. That said, I get why people have issues. We all know how Andor ends up. So if you aren't interested in the slower more informational narrative backstory stuff, It could be a tougher watch for some. The stakes are almost nonexistent so if you don't really like the characters I could see how people weren't thrilled with it.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
This describes the core premise of the entire Lord of the Rings franchise if you think about it. Just change Andor for Bilbo or Frodo and you got the same core story.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Agreed. It is a travel story. The Wheel of Time series is a travel story too.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
The point is that LotR movies are heralded as some cinematic masterpiece but Andor is derided. If you broke LotR films into episodic form it would be fairly similar to Andor. Episodes that are boring with not much action and episodes with lots of action. And flip that if you put Andor all together in movie form, especially with a season 2, you'd probably get a much better experience and not many complaints.
Phroobar
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Not everything can be a cinematic masterpiece. See Rings of Power.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
You've just proven my point with this example, other comment aside. People need to stop looking at Andor as real episodic TV, but rather a 5-6 hour movie broken up into smaller chunks. When you binge it as a movie it actually flows really nicely.
On a separate note, not to derail this thread more, but still haven't watched Rings of Power, mostly because I wasn't interested in the pre-Hobbit timeline. But given its getting a second season it can't be all bad.
Andor is derided?
YouTube is full of hour long videos praising Andor as absolutely phenomenal from the same crew that would post weekly nerdrage rants about how awful SW is under Disney.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I'm not saying I agree with it, but there are many sites that point to the low viewership overall as an indictment on Disney Star Wars. You can see it in the comments here. Obviously part of the issue is those not understanding how streaming viewership numbers work, but that is a larger conversation.
My overall point, as I've said previously when the show first aired, is that this needs to be seen as a cut-up movie rather than traditional episodic TV.
TalkingHead
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And in film snob circles that respect Tony Gilroy’s writing, it’s praised as being the best thing to come out of the Disney era of SW. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.
Prince-1
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Andor is definitely one long movie broken into multiple episodes just like Stephen King’s The Green Mile was one novel broken into smaller individual books. And Andor is still the best SW show on D+.
Screamface
Well-Known Member
I was riveted by Andor each week. I think it would have been better suited to the story arcs been released at once.
Boba Fett was often just meh but fine. Obi-Wan was confoundedly bad at times. This current season of Mando is strange. It's not as badly directed as Obi-Wan. Its writing is just extremely lazy. It's worse that Boba Fett. Which I didn't even think was bad, just disappointing and uneven but not bad.
Boba Fett was often just meh but fine. Obi-Wan was confoundedly bad at times. This current season of Mando is strange. It's not as badly directed as Obi-Wan. Its writing is just extremely lazy. It's worse that Boba Fett. Which I didn't even think was bad, just disappointing and uneven but not bad.
erasure fan1
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I am with you on that. It would have played better as a mini series. Each arc, its own episode. It was obviously broken up to feed the D+ beast. Gotta spread the content out as long as you can. Personally I think Andor deserved to have more people talking about it.
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“Andor” (Disney+)
“The ‘Star Wars’ franchise gets a new perspective, focusing on thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. Taking place during a time before the first ‘Star Wars’ film when a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the fascist Galactic Empire, the series explores themes of Fascism and how resistance movements emerge from the strangling weight of authoritarian repression.”
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"Andor creator/showrunner Tony Gilroy says he has ceased all non-writing producing duties on the Disney+ series amid the WGA strike.
“I discontinued ALL writing and writing-related work on ANDOR prior to midnight, May 1,” Gilroy said in a statement. “After being briefed on the Saturday showrunner meeting, I informed Chris Keyser at the WGA on Sunday morning that I would also be ceasing ALL non-writing producing functions.”
Gilroy released the statement following criticism on social media by a fellow WGA member that he had been performing producing duties on the show. Scripts on Season 2 of the series had been completed ahead of the WGA strike which is now in its 9th day."
Full article below.
deadline.com
“I discontinued ALL writing and writing-related work on ANDOR prior to midnight, May 1,” Gilroy said in a statement. “After being briefed on the Saturday showrunner meeting, I informed Chris Keyser at the WGA on Sunday morning that I would also be ceasing ALL non-writing producing functions.”
Gilroy released the statement following criticism on social media by a fellow WGA member that he had been performing producing duties on the show. Scripts on Season 2 of the series had been completed ahead of the WGA strike which is now in its 9th day."
Full article below.
‘Andor’ Showrunner Tony Gilroy Ceases Producing Work On Disney+ Series Amid WGA Strike
Andor creator/showrunner Tony Gilroy says he has ceased all non-writing producing duties on the Disney+ series amid the WGA strike. “I discontinued ALL writing and writing-related work on ANDOR pri…
deadline.com