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Andor Has a Message for the Left: Act Now
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Andor is easily the best Star Wars related live action story since the original trilogy
Speaking as a middle aged person that grew up watching and loving the Original Trilogy, I think Andor is the best Star Wars visual media, period. I think the only thing that might be better in all Star Wars media is Timothy Zahn's Thrawn books (all of them), but that might be nostalgia talking
This is, of course, my opinion. You might disagree, and that's okay
And Rouge One is the only Disney Star Wars movie that is genuinely good.
I agree with the other comment, it is the best in general. I'm not as old as the other person, but Star Wars has been a part of my life always. I wouldn't even say any other video media holds a light to it. Obviously the original trilogy have had more influence, but Andor does a much better job of telling a story of rebellion.
Honestly, the jedi aren't relatable, and that's why everything else falls flat. They're spectacle and almost no substance. Andor is entertaining while telling essentially true stories of rebellion that have actually happened. We can see ourselves in the characters, and it's so much more impactful because of it. They're also not afraid to show the horrors of war, while the original series mostly handwaves it away. They show a planet blowing up, but they don't show people suffering. They show battles, but they don't show civilians or what happens to their loved ones. They're just rebelling because they were written to, but they're never actually given a reason.
I only changed my comment at the last second before posting to mention the live action, because I haven't read the books and seen all the animated series, so didn't want a brigade of folks who have telling me "well akshully"
I actually re-watched the original trilogy after watching Andor and the characters of the trilogy actually feel less relatable now than they did before and the whole thing feels somewhat shallower.
I would say that the original Star Wars movies were always "chewing gum for the brain", whilst Andor is more of a full meal, even compared with other Star Wars TV Series (I don't think it's the extra time that a series has compared to a film that explains the difference).
I'd say the difference is the target audience. Andor is for a more sophisticated adult audience. The original trilogy is for everyone, and after that it's almost all been targeted to kids.