Star Wars Andor

Finally got around to watching Andor.

About halfway through Season 2.

I agree they get the pacing wrong sometimes. Just as tension starts to rise or the action starts to increase they slow it all down again.

But on reflection, I think this is the best live action product from Star Wars since Rogue One.

Casting and acting: perfect
Aesthetics and design: excellent
World-building: great
Intrigue and ambiguity: lots of it
Childish Jedi magic: none of it
Action scenes: not enough of them, but great when they come

This is what the prequels should have been. Creating a realistic universe as a grounded setting for the original trilogy fairy tale.

Funny enough I too finally got around to bingeing both seasons start to finish over the past few evenings. It actually might be the best way to watch it, guess my brain is too busy taking in every nuance not to get bored by any slowing of pace. The worst bit was the start of season two with those very irrating dudes Andor got stuck with.

But all in all I'll mirror the previous post, it's the best piece of live action Star Wars I've ever seen (outside of my nostalgia of the orginal trilogy) and just very good televion and filmography full stop. I actually watched Rogue One again straight after and suddenly found I didn't quite like as much as I originally did. It now felt too rushed, that's what Andor did to me lol

Disney need to throw the money at creator & showrunner Tony Gilroy for more Star Wars projects.