Is Andor the Best Star Wars Ever? - The Nerd Soup Podcast!

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  • @austin9809
    @austin9809 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    You dont even need to like Star Wars to enjoy this masterpiece. Such briliant writing and acting

    • @iliaponomarev1624
      @iliaponomarev1624 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'd go further and say that you have to not be a Star Wars super fan (and maybe even kinda dislike Star Wars) to enjoy it.

    • @idunnoay
      @idunnoay 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@iliaponomarev1624I kinda wanted to disagree, but then my favourite Star Wars media before Andor was KOTOR 2 which felt like a critique of the Star Wars universe and a love letter at the same time.

    • @EJD339
      @EJD339 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@iliaponomarev1624I’m one of those people. I never hated Star Wars but I just thought the og movies were boring. I watched Andor and it made me want to give the og movies another try.

  • @johnw8578
    @johnw8578 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    I like how in Andor, the Empire felt scary again -- they were not buffoons. Also, there wasn't a lightsaber battle every 10 minutes. Just good writing.

    • @TFAric
      @TFAric 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Give us a show without plot armor and we will see how scary the Empire is. It was great to have tense moments with the Empire.

    • @hiccups55
      @hiccups55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I totally agree👍

  • @bencera6067
    @bencera6067 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    Absolutely one of the smartest and well done TV series of last year. Criminally under watched.

    • @theranchokid
      @theranchokid 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it because it is smart that it is under watched?

    • @aarlavaan
      @aarlavaan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@theranchokid I would argue that it is under watched because people were so put off by the poorly written crap-tastic parade of Star Wars shows Disney released before it. Mando season 1 was reasonably good. but 2 and 3 were... meh. Kenobi was borderline awful, and Boba Fett was a side character in his own show. people dropped most Star Wars shows in general at that point because most of them were not good. So, when something actually worth their time came along, they had already jumped ship.

  • @IHamilton9320
    @IHamilton9320 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Easy question for me to answer, somehow, absolutely yes Andor is the best media from the Star Wars universe I’ve seen. I sincerely hope they stick with the direction this show is going in. It blows my mind that this is something Disney would allow to be made and it gives me hope.

    • @anderpot
      @anderpot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Whether season 2 will be good or not, it is the final one, because Rogue One follows season 2. So if they get it right just one more time, it's a good, complete, Star Wars live action tv show. So I really hope they do.

    • @IHamilton9320
      @IHamilton9320 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@anderpot I have no doubts that season 2 will be very good. I would be surprised if it’s better than season 1 but I have full faith in them to make something truly special. Whether they acknowledge the critical acclaim this show has brought, who knows. I’d really like for them to continue making shows and movies of this quality

  • @tumbleheart4664
    @tumbleheart4664 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +224

    My only gripe about "Andor" is that it ruined all other recent Star Wars content by comparison. It's so much more well written and acted compared to anything else we've seen .

    • @TFAric
      @TFAric 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      That is a genuine problem, harch take but I think the Mandalorian got so pupular because it wasn't bad after the films f-ed up and not because in was of amazing quality.
      It is not bad and it has some really great parts but it don't hold a candle to something like Andor.

    • @chazzerous
      @chazzerous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@TFAricI think season 1 is legitimately good. Small stakes, all new characters, very little connection to the greater universe. It’s not as good as Andor, but it’s good.

    • @TFAric
      @TFAric 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@chazzerous good but maybe not great?
      I liked it so I am not dissing it as something bad.

    • @chazzerous
      @chazzerous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TFAric totally fair

    • @JamesJacksonFilmz
      @JamesJacksonFilmz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That’s not Andor’s fault if any shows after it is good or bad, that’s on them to produce good content.

  • @jayplay8140
    @jayplay8140 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Pretty much Andor and Rogue One are peak modern SW for me. I'd love a "Gilmore-verse" for SW

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Gilroy

    • @bitchoflivingblah
      @bitchoflivingblah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yo, Gareth Edwards as well, he cast Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in R1, and he also wrote R1 agreed to the rewrites and even filmed the rewrites e.g. the Vader scene.

    • @flatline8580
      @flatline8580 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'd take Gilmore Girls in Space.

    • @arneczool6614
      @arneczool6614 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can we just replace kathleen Kennedy with Tony Gilroy, and enjoy a REALLY GREAT future for star wars? With less "content", but soooo much more story ...

    • @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445
      @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@arneczool6614Yeah, please. I want more scenes of Mon Mothmas daughter going later to school and who in the team is right- or left-handed. Just give me more of that.

  • @chinadollcd4
    @chinadollcd4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Saying that Kino's line about not being able to swim was funny was a wild take I was not ready for. If I laughed at that line, it was definitely to keep from crying. The cast of this show was so stacked. Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgård both deserve Emmy noms, IMO. Great review, as always!

    • @Ian-ky5hf
      @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah it was at heartbreaking to me. 😢

    • @daniaaal
      @daniaaal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It definitely was a sick joke 😂😢

    • @arneczool6614
      @arneczool6614 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeh - and exactly that is what excells in this show aswell. Humor isn't presented in a way that takes away from the story, makes fun out of a character thats meant to be scary - instead, it makes you go "ooooh shit", and start to use your brain to think about what just happened ... "Was it a joke?!?" "Can't be!" ... "Kinda makes sense that after years in prison isolation, he just didn't think about this ... detail" ... "does it make sense?" ... "Let me rewind ...."

    • @IshtarNike
      @IshtarNike 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep. Wild take. It was heartbreaking not funny except perhaps in the laughing to keep from crying "I can't fucking believe they'd do that to us" kind of way. I usually don't count those as comedy though.

  • @Forever_orwhatever
    @Forever_orwhatever 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    As a child I fell in love with the universe watching the prequels, but I’d moved on as an adult. Andor reignited that love again like nothing else had.

  • @amysteriousviewer3772
    @amysteriousviewer3772 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Andor is definitely the most profound Star Wars has ever been. It is a great dystopian story tackling complex themes that could work completely independently of the Star Wars IP.

  • @PIayer_01
    @PIayer_01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Writing, acting, directing we’re all better in Andor so yes it’s the best

  • @combatwombat2134
    @combatwombat2134 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Easily the best, IMO.
    Not just for Star Wars, but it stands out as purely exquisite television.
    The world fleshed out, the politics of the Empire and the Rebellion (especially the notion about all the forces working in the Rebellion all having their own agenda), the philosophy of Nemik and the Rebellion, the Empire's spy network and easily displayed as the most competent here, etc, etc.
    Not only that, the level of acting and the details here are juat phenomenal. Everyone will point to Serkis monologue or Skarsgard's, but Nemik's OOC or Mon Mothma's "if you've done nothing wrong you've nothing to fear" --- "I'm fearing your definition of wrong " schtick were jaw dropping.
    Absolutely adored it. Especially that it had no sodding Jedi.

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Andor writing team is so sharp, i get chills and remeber sooo many good lines from the show.

  • @atomcraft4067
    @atomcraft4067 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This is what happens when you hire quality. You get quality content. I really like everything that Tony Gilroy has done from Michael Clayton to his writing credits on The Bourne series. He does political thrillers well.

    • @thatrandomnoob8611
      @thatrandomnoob8611 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Michael Clayton is the most underrated movie of all time. It deserves so much more praise than it gets.

  • @kaygee2121
    @kaygee2121 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Andor is my favorite star wars content. It is masterful in every way 💖

  • @reptilespantoso
    @reptilespantoso 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    In my opinion:
    1. A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back
    2. Andor
    3. Rogue One

    • @EyeQue62
      @EyeQue62 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Utter bollocks. That's nostalgia talking. Andor wipes the floor with A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back in every way.

    • @Ronfost89
      @Ronfost89 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      No it doesn't. Andor didn't have half the amount of views as A New Hope or Empire. If Andor was the first Star Wars introduced, Star Wars wouldn't be a household name.@@EyeQue62 A New Hope changed cinema forever, Empire is often considered one of the best sequels ever. Andor is a great show but it seems like you are just living in the moment, no one outside of Star Wars diehards talk about Andor.

    • @ekuhn44
      @ekuhn44 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Ronfost89yeah but if you’re talking quality, Andor is so much better than the original trilogy. Better dialogue, better acting, more nuanced characters, perfectly woven stories- og trilogy is just beloved because it came first. It’s just Kurosawa/Shakespeare in space.

    • @IshtarNike
      @IshtarNike 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@Ronfost89I think your comparison is apples to oranges but just in a different way. Yeah, of course Andor couldn't be the opening to a new series. It's a spin off show by design. Also, Those films came out back when there were like 5 channels and almost anything worth watching always came out in the cinema. It wasn't that far removed from the days they'd show the news in the cinema FFS lol. Comparing raw views is completely inappropriate. And yeah, the originals were operating in an era where revolutionary leaps in tech and film making were more common. The science of film making using special effects and rapid editing is now a VERY mature medium, so nothing is going to be that ground breaking anymore.
      In the CONTEXT of their respective formats, genres, and release eras, I'd say there's a solid argument for Andor to be considered better than those original films. The originals don't always have to be the best part of a franchise.

  • @Ian-ky5hf
    @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    “I can’t swim” was not a joke you psychopaths.

  • @General_Klytus
    @General_Klytus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To Make The Empire Look Terrifying and Explore the The Emotions of People Living at That Time Has Never Been Done Before! Andor is #1

  • @rogeriopenna9014
    @rogeriopenna9014 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    A note: Andor is not confused for someone else, getting arrested.
    The empire and the ISB have established DETENTION QUOTAS, so the troops and judicial system can invent reasons to arrest anyone they think it's not important.
    This is established in a conversation i think in episode 3, where the ISB director compliments Dedra Meero on surpassing her detention quotas in one sector under her responsibility
    That's what brilliant writing is. Everything written had a reason to be, and no contradictions

    • @holdwhatdoor7629
      @holdwhatdoor7629 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the writing brilliantly pushed the story along, with escalation, as Andor was arrested for nothing and given a 6 year sentence for nothing, because the heist on Aldhani pushed the Empire to tighten its grip - which led to an increase in desperation and rebellion.

  • @replicantona
    @replicantona 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Yes it is, as a matter of fact Andor is so good that it gave Tony Gilroy absolution for having writing credits on Armaggedon.

  • @Sponce03
    @Sponce03 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I just started watching the series this week thanks to the Disney subscription discount, and then my favorite nerd podcast drops a 45 minute deep dive out of the blue. Nerd Soup never fails to disappoint!

  • @seancrowley3142
    @seancrowley3142 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Andor is a brilliant show. I think it is definitely the best Star Wars content since ESB.
    I can see why some wouldn’t like it though. It’s doesn’t have lightsabers, Jedi or Sith, things that make Star Wars Star Wars.
    Andor honestly could have been set in any universe/time period. It would have been the same show if it had taken place on earth, 1938. Andor could have walked into a strip club in Germany, looking for his sister, killed two nazi officers and off you go…

    • @aprilnewell5434
      @aprilnewell5434 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It is a brilliant show, but I don't feel like I am watching star wars.

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@aprilnewell5434which is good because Andor is soooooo much better than rest of the nowadays sw crap.

  • @HavanaOutpost
    @HavanaOutpost 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I was just talking about the show. Imo it’s by far the best Star Wars spinoff.

  • @Miller09095
    @Miller09095 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Andor is hands down my favorite Star Wars media released by Disney as a whole. Before S3 of Mando I would have said that but S3 was such a dud. Andor is also the only show that met what I expected out of Disney Plus shows as a whole. It felt like it was written as a show.

  • @claytonschopfer8467
    @claytonschopfer8467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The thing is the fan base isn’t united. Andor is objectively the best Star Wars show by miles but there are so many fans who hate it because they just want lightsabers and flashy action and don’t have the brain to understand a complex plot

    • @melissagreye8445
      @melissagreye8445 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are right. The strange part is ... they were given that in the sequel trilogy and then they complained about the poor writing and character development. Andor is a great show, people who want flashy action and lightsabers can stick to Dave' s work.

  • @OneSixShooter
    @OneSixShooter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I wish I’d seen the reaction you guys did. Andor is fantastic and the best SW since R1, but I’ve seen more comments like; “It’s boring”, “No action”, “Too much dialog”, etc. Ahsoka, which I wanted to like, but thought was poorly scripted, rushed plot-wise, and just marginal at best, is getting praised because (I think); lightsabers, Stormtroopers, and battle scenes.
    It’s a sad commentary and I think of Ahsoka as Star Wars for the TikTok generation - quickly moved along to keep people from getting “bored” with things that make great drama like character development and plot building. I cared more for the old man in their prison team in Andor than I did for anyone on Ahsoka (and those were characters I came in knowing).

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep everytime i see Death Star blowup i am like, wait Cassian, Ulaf and others were building it and it killed them. Great storytelling.

    • @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445
      @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hate TikTok, but love Ahsoka, so what does that make me?

  • @artboymoy
    @artboymoy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes. Yes it is. Rogue One is my third favorite SW film and Andor is my favorite SW series.

  • @joopsmiranda9219
    @joopsmiranda9219 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    andor ruined my expectations for Ahsoka

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I mean watch Andor and then Ahsoka trailers, u can tell where money and time went.

  • @lanceareadbhar
    @lanceareadbhar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In my mind it's equal to Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980), so technically yes since they are all tied at least in terms of live action versions of Star Wars.

  • @bopper172
    @bopper172 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Completely agree!! Love this show and wish Obi-Wan got the same attention

  • @grantcriddle1326
    @grantcriddle1326 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Its the best star wars in 40 years

  • @mgers75
    @mgers75 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Quality of writing, acting, cinematography wise it's right up there with the first 3-4 seasons of Game of Thrones! The prison arc basically had nothing to do with Star Wars yet it was incredible incredible television. I'll be rewatching that arc the rest of my life. I doubt i ever rewatch Ahsoka, Obi One, Boba Fett episodes.

    • @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445
      @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I rewatched Kenobi a little over a month ago and had a blast watching it. I literally watched it again to see if I was actually wrong and just blinded by the dopamine, that comes with first viewing, but I honestly still love it.
      I also rewatched Andor (for the third time, mind you) and I tried so hard to give it a chance again. But I felt as much as the first two viewings. Nothing, absolutely nothing.
      Just my honest thoughts. I wish I could, but I really don't know what people have with that series.

  • @Hollywoohorse
    @Hollywoohorse 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I absolutely need more of the Partisans. Saw and Two Tubes are so damn cool and interesting i cant even get enough of them

  • @fraser.8209
    @fraser.8209 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It definitely has the best characters in all of star wars

  • @MEpurgolders
    @MEpurgolders 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Andor is objectively the best Star Wars content. However, because of the groundbreaking effects and story from the original trilogy, they will always rank higher.

  • @rbkluv29
    @rbkluv29 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Andor was written without fanfare or Kathleen Kennedy I mind and it shows- SO well done. Star Wars without any of the bullshit or cameos etc
    So damn good!!

  • @XieRH1988
    @XieRH1988 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The best way I would describe Andor is that it's thrilling and entertaining without the need to resort to flashy spectacle or having any sort of juvenile humour. Usually the spectacle is an easy low-hanging fruit for Star Wars, i.e. just have the lightsabers and space battles and people generally won't care even if the writing/acting is bad. The Prequel Trilogy is proof of this.
    What Andor did was show what good acting/writing can look like in Star Wars. I remember the penultimate season of Mandalorian Season 2 where Bill Burr gave an amazing performance in that once scene with the imperial officer. Andor is like a whole season of stuff like that.
    To be clear, I'm not saying that spectacle and silly/comedic tones are inherently bad, it's just a different flavour of entertainment. One way to look at it is Andor vs rest of Star Wars is kind of like comparing "The Batman" to "Batman and Robin". The latter gets flak for its silliness but is still a generally fun to watch movie, in the same way that Star Wars also gets flak for occasional silly elements like Ewoks or Jar Jar but is still fun to watch. The point is that both the serious and silly can co-exist and people can enjoy both. If you learn the wrong sort of lessons from Andor and think that Star Wars has to ditch the goofy stormtroopers and ewoks shift its tone to become super serious and gritty you'll just end up doing to Star Wars what Zack Snyder did to the DCEU.

  • @Ian-ky5hf
    @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is one of the best. It is my favorite Star Wars TV show.

  • @NUMEN985
    @NUMEN985 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Andor was a great break from all the super sci fi elements of the series i hope to get more media like that in the future

  • @lex_rodriguez
    @lex_rodriguez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Answer: yes
    Rogue One and Empire Strikes Back are runner ups and an argument can be made for the original because it's the original. 2003 Clone Wars is also in the discussion. Everything else in this franchise needs the viewer to be extraordinary apologetic and nostalgic. Mandalorian used to be up there, but Filoni and Lucas Film fucked that up as well.

  • @OscarHernandez-xx2je
    @OscarHernandez-xx2je 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just rewatched it. Andor is soooo much better than all other SW shows including Ashoka.

  • @micdavey
    @micdavey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yes and it's not even close

  • @jonahshepherd4894
    @jonahshepherd4894 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This show made me really interested in Star Wars politics for the first time

  • @dietricklamade7417
    @dietricklamade7417 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dan gilroy and his brother are both great guys. Dan has some really underrated movies. My ex's God mother was rene russo-dan's wife and they are both great humans and so humble.

  • @hawkzulu5671
    @hawkzulu5671 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Slow burn - cooked to PERFECTION.

  • @vthaver1
    @vthaver1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Syril was a foil to Andor. He grew up without unconditional love; a mother that put him down, invalidated him, and emasculated him. Which made him naturally drawn to the powerful empire; if he could be a part of that he could finally have a little power and be validated.
    Andor’s mother on the other hand validated him at every turn and even in death: her note to Andor as told through brasso - “tell him I’ll love him more than anything he can do wrong”. Andor therefore has agency, and is allergic to control and oppression.
    Syril’s character is an example how some weak men are drawn to the empire. Not the only way, but one of them.

  • @TFAric
    @TFAric 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Andor was brilliant to bad it did not get the ratings it deserved.
    I think the problem is that Andor don't appeal to much to the casual audience. I don't say that just to be a dick but I know a few people watching the Mandalorian because "Baby Yoda is so cute" and who otherwise don't really care about Star Wars what so ever.
    The people saying this isn't Star Wars I genuinely don't understand, Star Wars is not just lightsabers and jedi, if you pick up a Star Wars book or game you will soon see that they are all not about jedi and the force. I love jedi, sith and the force too, I have a full freaking Vader suit and a couple of lightsabers but that doesn't mean I don't want other stuff too, a big galaxy with unlimited possibilities.

  • @quintinsweat
    @quintinsweat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes. The answer is yes

  • @dbeardsley0
    @dbeardsley0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Andor was my favorite show from 2022. Ahsoka so far is my favorite of 2023

    • @Rocco1332
      @Rocco1332 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The difference though is that Andor makes me want to know more about ALL the characters. Ahsoka does NOT make me want to go back and watch Rebels.

    • @daniaaal
      @daniaaal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Rocco1332true. After watching Ahsoka I lost any interest in watching the animated series

  • @Blinkptx
    @Blinkptx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love everything Star Wars, but yes, Andor is top tier for sure!

  • @rogeriopenna9014
    @rogeriopenna9014 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wonder if the final numbers of Andor were really do bad. It was the only Disney series that increased in viewership as time passed, as word if mouth spread.

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know few people who watched it and all of them absolutely love it, i love it, it seems like many people do, Andor S2 is my last hope for starwars and i think it will be strong season as well and even more watched.

  • @MaliciousBizness
    @MaliciousBizness 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Woof, they missed all the YT Andor traffic.

  • @EricNolanAudio
    @EricNolanAudio 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Not because I'm in it , but yes.... It is

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's not the best Star Wars, since best implies an objective fact which needs to be true whether a human is there to witness it or not. If a human is there, it's subjective. It's plenty of people's favourite though, and for good reason. People use 'Best' when 'Favourite' is more accurate. It's missing so much much of the elemental DNA of ANH and ESB (Chosen one narrative, samurai, and western influences, mysticism, Arthurian legend, family orientated space adventure) It's certainly the most mature Disney+ SW show, and easily as good as the first 2 seasons of Mando (which has the DNA elements of SW Andor is missing), I like them both equally for different reasons.

  • @holdwhatdoor7629
    @holdwhatdoor7629 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The prison scene wasnt random or messy. It was very intent in the story and writing. After Luthen was bold enough to organize the attack and heist on the imperial base the Empire tightened its grip and started to increase its tyrannical authoritarianism. Lathan even explains the heist was meant to push the Empire, instead of choking the galaxy slowly he forced their hand by resisting and attacking and it led to the increase in tyrannical behavior - which in turn put Cassian in the position to be arrested for nothing and given a 6 year sentence. It even pushed the prison break as they began increasing sentences and not releasing prisoners. It pushed everyone into a corner and revealed the true intent of the Empire.

  • @tedarcher9120
    @tedarcher9120 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should talk about Pantheon, the best animated show of last year. Just criminal how AMC murdered it

  • @pilotpig9167
    @pilotpig9167 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    answer to title is yes

  • @bitchoflivingblah
    @bitchoflivingblah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YES.

  • @allanjstark
    @allanjstark 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s on the high ground!

  • @padawansound
    @padawansound 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've said this quite a few times now , Star wars for grown folks, writing matters, acting matters, even proper set building matters.

  • @jujuboohoo
    @jujuboohoo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes, Andor is the best Star Wars to date. The entire season was filled with tension and dialog that was never felt and heard in any Star Wars anything. Empire was good but there was never a moment where I felt the main characters were in trouble. Rogue One was great but still I don't know. Andor was near perfect.

  • @hbenensky
    @hbenensky 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a reminder, this was Gilroys show originally, he parted ways during development and then returned when it was struggling and got to tell his show

  • @3rdeyerate508
    @3rdeyerate508 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Once Diego shot that guard in the 1st episode 9min in I knew it was something special and different than the rest of Disney's junk

    • @12stack73
      @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yep, i hate disney, i hate crappy disney Filoniverse that used to be starwars, but Andor man, that show is EPIC, and season 2 is the last thing i am hyped for.

    • @holdwhatdoor7629
      @holdwhatdoor7629 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To be fair.. he basically did the same thing in Rogue One to open that movie...

  • @samlanganke1262
    @samlanganke1262 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4 years will be condensed in season 2. Because Tony Gilroy didn't want to spend a decade of his life with Star Wars. He doesn't need to. So don't the other telents like Serkis, Luna, Skaarsgard etc. If you let fanboys do it you get fanfiction.

  • @rutchjohnson
    @rutchjohnson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yes it is! Quality writing, acting, and cinematography. Sure it has slow parts but it kicks like a mule when it does.

  • @kevinlindstrom6752
    @kevinlindstrom6752 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good early point about Empire - lots of people really freaked out about it.

  • @jeffmcarthur5617
    @jeffmcarthur5617 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At the beginning you make a good point, that Andor is what it was like when Empire came out. Then the other one of you said some people didn't like Empire when it came out. Actually, I was around when Empire came out, and it was more like you said a moment later about Andor. It wasn't that people didn't LIKE Empire, it's just that they felt it wasn't "Star Wars," because Star Wars, to them was more like the old serials of Buck Rogers and the like. But this was more mature than that. It's always funny to me when I hear people who praise Empire say they didn't like Andor because it's "not Star Wars", because they are echoing those people who said the same thing about Empire.

  • @lilfinger7183
    @lilfinger7183 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes

  • @skiena
    @skiena 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'll answer your question. Is Andor the best Star Wars ever? Outside of the original Star Wars film in 1977 which started everything, yes. Andor is not just the best STar Wars, its among the best series of all time in my view.

  • @EsteOeste-vw7ps
    @EsteOeste-vw7ps 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes!!! Yes it is.

  • @Ian-ky5hf
    @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Everyone on his planet talks this” that is not how accents or planets work. Planets are huge and people would have many different languages as well as many different accents!

  • @thegreyinitiate3680
    @thegreyinitiate3680 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes. Yes it is.

  • @strife9878
    @strife9878 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes it is

  • @rawkenrawkel
    @rawkenrawkel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes, yes it is

  • @12stack73
    @12stack73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    its the best tv show of all time in my book. LOVE ANDOR ❤ LAST HOPE FOR FUTURE OF SW ❤

  • @SirBillyDorseyJr
    @SirBillyDorseyJr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes, absolutely.

  • @moarschtuff9233
    @moarschtuff9233 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    While I respect Filoni and all he has done for SW over the decades, I think many fans have developed such a lore-centric sycophancy towards him that they fail to see why a show like Andor is also needed in this universe.

  • @Ian-ky5hf
    @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Death Star made sense for the story! It was done to appease fans!

  • @princeLaharl2
    @princeLaharl2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes.
    Now I'll watch your video.

  • @dogbadger
    @dogbadger 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The most predictable thing in the show was that they were making fastening kits for the Death Star in the prison- but that's ok, it's too obvious a thing not to have I guess.

  • @TheAFROkidd101
    @TheAFROkidd101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yall should review mad men

  • @juliewestevents1567
    @juliewestevents1567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yup
    Nothing else needed
    Just yes

  • @kenward1310
    @kenward1310 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Crazy to think a guy who doesn't even like Star Wars wrote the greatest SW story since 1980.

  • @mortenstenberg5452
    @mortenstenberg5452 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    yes - its the best star wars ever made. in any era book or game.

  • @JacobTemplar
    @JacobTemplar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who are the people who think TLJ is the best Star Wars? Crazy. It could have been good if it was a standalone movie without the original characters or pre established characters

  • @aishaalamoudi599
    @aishaalamoudi599 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Andor isn't great Star Wars, Andor is great drama period. I can't believe we got SW content that's actually beating HBO dramas for most critics and most publications. It's crazy.

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    _utopian city picture meme_
    Society when humans learn the difference between 'Best' and 'Favourite'.

  • @RingRoadSessions
    @RingRoadSessions 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes. Yes it is the best Star Wars yet

  • @danescerri3297
    @danescerri3297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tremendous

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze556922 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Star Wars shows have all been very good.
    Ahsoka being the new pinnacle

  • @Smurffies
    @Smurffies 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will say it took me a very long time to watch this I want to say it was out for four maybe five months till I watched it and I'm like I got nothing better to do I guess I'll give it a go and I was extremely reluctant and kind of didn't want to but I was slightly intrigued but at the same time just like I don't need more prequel shit. But I'm like after the first episode oh this isn't terrible I'm intrigued and then I just kept watching and it sucked me in and by the end of it I enjoyed it I liked it 10 times better than I thought I would I was really surprised by that. I will say that much. Can't say much more cuz I don't remember anything lol

  • @shrimboi8909
    @shrimboi8909 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its better than Empire because its on a deeper level.

  • @danielreilly2147
    @danielreilly2147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We’ll take it! Haha

  • @anabourdieu
    @anabourdieu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Simple answer : yes.

  • @IARsmiley
    @IARsmiley 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Knights of the Old Republic 2 is the best Star Wars ever, and Kriea is my favorite fictional character of all time. She wants the death of the force, and Im pretty sure thats the route theyre about to go with Baylon in 'Ahsoka' (or based off some things he's said, it sound more like he wants the death of the prophecy). If Filoni rips that games series off AGAIN without crediting the Bioware or Obsidian Devs, then I hope his cowboy hat is carried away by a gust of wind. But the Mandalorian Wars, the Jedi Civil Wars that lead to the first jedi extinction, and the destruction of Malachor V are all way more interesting than Ahsoka crossing her arms in front of The Volume stage.
    Andor is really good too though lol.

  • @johnsieverssr8288
    @johnsieverssr8288 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was a different kind of "Star Wars"

  • @Kmbri
    @Kmbri 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How is this even a debate? Has there ever been a piece of Star Wars media better than Andor? Is it fair to compare movies and series? I can agree with that argument. Even if you group Original Trilogy, Prequels, and Sequels, the writing and acting alone make Andor untouchable.
    Now cultural impact, the Original Trilogy is by far the best of them all. There is no question that A New Hope was inspirational. But remember, Empire wasn’t that accepted and Return of the Jedi has its own detractors.
    Was Andor perfect? No of course not. But is it the best SW media? Yes. Writing, acting, story it’s all there… even bricks. 🙄

    • @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445
      @Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Besides Rogue One, Solo, Kenobi, The Mandalorian (literal all 3 seasons), The 2008 Clone Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor, Visions, Tales of the Jedi and the Bad Batch, which are my favourites, but still just count as the on-screen-material, I could give another entire list of things inherently better than Andor.
      Let me begin:
      Star Wars Uprising (best game ever, bring it back, now Lucasfilm!)
      Rise of the Resistance and Flight of the Falcon (had the time of my life doing it)
      Both of the new Thrawn-trilogies
      Pretty much everything related to the High Republic-Era
      Master and Apprentice
      Dooku: Jedi Lost
      Lost Stars
      Battlefront: Twilight Company
      Bloodline
      The Galaxy's Edge-novels (they're great fun)
      A New Dawn
      Leia: Princess of Alderaan
      Tarkin
      Lords of the Sith
      Catalyst
      Species Volume 1
      Brotherhood
      The Alphabet-Squadron-Trilogy
      Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
      Dark Disciple
      Rebel Rising
      The Princess and the Scoundrel
      Ahsoka (the novel, not the show)
      Battlefront: Inferno-Squad
      Servant of the Empire
      Phasma
      Vader: Immortal
      Both the 2015 and 2017-Darth Vader Comics
      The Doctor Aphra-comics
      War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign and Hidden Empire
      The 2020-Star Wars Comic Run
      The Bounty Hunters-Comics
      The Obi-Wan Comic-Series
      The Yoda-Comic Series
      The Han Solo and Chewbacca-comic
      The Kanan-comic
      Weapon of a Jedi
      Smuggler's Run (Both Junior Novel and comic strip)
      Shattered Empire
      Heck, even Young Jedi Adventures captured me a million times more than Andor.

    • @Kmbri
      @Kmbri 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445 lol

  • @Rocco1332
    @Rocco1332 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I needed this after watching Ahsoka...cleanse the palate. Even if you're not a fan of the story, the acting and directing in Andor is lightyears beyond the rest, to a point that it's laughable. Mando S1 (and even S2) was enjoyable, but the rest are trash.

  • @joelvizcarra3745
    @joelvizcarra3745 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For tv, yes. For sure. But the original trilogy, nothing beats it. and rogue one is the same.

  • @ReignofIndepence
    @ReignofIndepence 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Disney wise maybe.

  • @empurress77
    @empurress77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is one scene i just don't accept as realistic in the show:
    When they escape, IDC if you can't swim there's obviously plenty of other people who do.
    You can obviously be carried by those who can.
    If you know you'll be "ded" if you stay, you will jump.

    • @EyeQue62
      @EyeQue62 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you tried saving someone in water? It's hard. Diamond hard. Stop being an idiot. Saving Kino would have been monumentally hard.

    • @chazzerous
      @chazzerous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who exactly is going to be carrying you to shore when the prison you’re escaping from is miles away from land

    • @empurress77
      @empurress77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any of the other 1,000 prisoners that can swim. Now that you mention it, why not take a floatation anything along?
      Also, it's really easy to teach someone to float on their back.
      @@chazzerous

    • @timothychapman269
      @timothychapman269 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We don't know if he made it or not. At the point we hear Kino say "I can't swim", Cassian gets shoved off the platform in the rush of prisoners and because this story is about Andor, we as viewers don't know what the ultimate fate of Kino really is. It was a beautifully crafted scene. Heart breaking yet not without a small amount of hope.

    • @empurress77
      @empurress77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Really? I thought they went back inside. I will have to rewatch now. Thank you. I like this ending much better.
      *Edit: Did the rewatch. I was right. You are correct though.
      I stand by my original comment also though.
      Let's hope they do make it out of the facility.
      Probly get tediously tortured for a few episodes though. Meh. 😎@@timothychapman269

  • @Ian-ky5hf
    @Ian-ky5hf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way they are complaining about having Star Wats characters or the Death Star in a Star Wars show. I am going guess they did not like Ahsoka very much.