I think Andor really is the best of the recent projects! Good writing, a sense of purpose - it's someone using Star Wars to say something about, ya know, why people fight wars, and doing quite a good job of it.
I was coming at Andor S2 from the opposite set of expectations - the press for the first season had talked about cover the five years before the events of Rogue One and A New Hope, one year per season like Andor S1 did! Then, well, they realized it takes more than a year to film a season of Andor, and it's expensive as heck, and there was pandemic - so they condensed the highlights of the plot into one season.
Andor S2 is brisker than S1, covering say, one big mission or event per year of Cassian's life before Rogue One. Only, I didn't know that, and I was like, wow, they really are rushing towards Rogue One, what will be left for next season, and welp.... nothing, actually! Just two season total.
If you have managed to remain unspoiled for Season 2, I think you might enjoy re-watching season 1 first, or there's a good little 15 clip show that covers all the main events you'd need to know.
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Date: 2025-05-16 01:34 pm (UTC)I was coming at Andor S2 from the opposite set of expectations - the press for the first season had talked about cover the five years before the events of Rogue One and A New Hope, one year per season like Andor S1 did! Then, well, they realized it takes more than a year to film a season of Andor, and it's expensive as heck, and there was pandemic - so they condensed the highlights of the plot into one season.
Andor S2 is brisker than S1, covering say, one big mission or event per year of Cassian's life before Rogue One. Only, I didn't know that, and I was like, wow, they really are rushing towards Rogue One, what will be left for next season, and welp.... nothing, actually! Just two season total.
If you have managed to remain unspoiled for Season 2, I think you might enjoy re-watching season 1 first, or there's a good little 15 clip show that covers all the main events you'd need to know.