In a seemingly never-ending stream of Disney+ plus content, Lucasfilm's latest StarWars venture with Andor proves to be a welcome injection of sincerity.
The content being added to Disney+ seems to be coming at breakneck speed. Yet, whether it’s from Marvel Studios or Lucasfilm’s Star Wars shows, treating serialized storytelling like an assembly line starts to dilute the point of “hourlong dramas” and chips away at the emotional impact that these stories should be having.
Maybe it’s from seeing such impossibly high stakes across several franchises, which isn’t entirely Lucasfilm’s problem, but Andor, in general, succeeds partly due to its intimate narrative scope. It’s a similar reason why watching Avengers: Infinity War and Daredevil are so exciting for their own reasons. In Andor‘s case, the spy-thriller genre suits this scope immaculately.
Another part of that is the political intrigue on display. The comparisons to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon levels of bureaucratic drama can admittedly come off as bombastic, but there’s merit to it. It’s one thing to simply have political drama, but it’s another thing to make it interesting.
Meanwhile, the concept of The Book of Boba Fett also played heavily on fan service, as it brought back a legacy character who did very little in the franchise despite the rapturous fan base around him. It was great to see the fan-favorite Temuera Morrison get to suit up again but, he was shortchanged partway through his own show by other franchise players who had little to no importance to the story. As a result, Boba Fett turned into “The Mandalorian season 2.
No melodrama necessary Reading that “the writing is bad” or “the writing is good” online from fandoms is too often used as a cop-out for thoughtful praise or criticism , but Andor genuinely feels rewarding in how its story, pacing, and dialogue are fleshed out. There’s also nothing inherently wrong with a bit of melodrama.
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