(4 votes)
I watched this series on Disney +.
Continuing going through all of Star Wars in chronological order (Minus a couple of older series), me and my dad just finished watching both seasons of Andor together (9-3-25) and then went and watched Rogue One right after.
Out of the largely bad slop that Disney has been putting out with Star Wars stuff these last several years, this is definitely a high light. Andor starts off a little slow, but then it picks up and really gets going. Was finding this a very well done show and story, minus a few hiccups here and there and some unnecessary woke crap shoehorned into it.
This, with Rogue One, especially together, probably makes the best live action Star Wars project that has been made under the Disney banner to date. I just hope they can keep making stuff good like this and get away from the crap like... *shudder*, The Acolyte. Or how disappointing Kenobi was. Mandalorian started off good but then tanked fast in the latter seasons. Here's hope to the new movie coming soon.
In any regards, I greatly enjoyed Andor and would give it a 4.5 stars out of 5.
That rating may go down over time if I do another viewing or having time to stew on it, but for now I'm strongly liking it a lot.
Mistake Status: I caught a few in the watch. We were pretty much done with season 1 when I returned to this site and only caught a couple in season 2, as I was too engrossed int he show to really look closely. Just a couple things jumped out at me. I will likely return to it at some point to do a deeper frame by frame dive.
I Have Friends Everywhere - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When Syril is talking to the Gorman front guys in the alley about the ISB searching his office, the angle of the light on his face changes several times at different angles. Sometimes on the left, then the right of his face. (00:11:43)
Trivia: The ship that Cassian steals in the first episode is a prototype of the TIE Avenger. This was introduced to the Star Wars canon first in the 1994 PC game, Star Wars: TIE Fighter. It is portrayed as the next evolution of the TIE Fighter as an elite experimental ship and predecessor to the TIE Defender. It has enhanced shields, a hyperdrive, and heavy weapon loadouts including proton torpedoes. Andor season 2 is the first time this has appeared in Star Wars live action.
Episode 11 - S1-E11
Question: The aliens that capture Andor and the other escaped prisoner in the web gun at first are talking about turning them in for money or killing them. They talk about then poisoning the water with the prisons. Hard to understand them, and Andor begs them to be let go. Then suddenly, the two aliens are not only letting Andor and his friend go, but they let them take their ship. We're confused and don't understand why they suddenly helped Andor and let him take the ship.
Answer: I agree that the aliens' motivation is not clear, and this may all be a writer's shortcut to get Andor and Melshi on to the next part of the story. But I believe they are very disgruntled with the Empire, and I suspect they may be pretending to be more hostile than they really are, just to wind Andor and Melshi up. So - with no other evidence - I think they give up their ship because it messes with the Empire, it helps some mistreated prisoners escape, and the aliens have nothing better to do than walk back to their homes.