Live Action Star Wars Series about Cassian Andor has been Announced at Disney

[IMJ]

Rogue One was a really good flick, but didn't think that Cassian Andor was all that great of a charcter and not overly interested in a series featuring him. I don't begrudge it though - I dunno maybe there are Cassian Andor fans?

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Leo656

"Not as bad as the other stuff" isn't very high praise.

It's really bad though. People hate TFA and I agree that it's the laziest script since Home Alone 2 but it had some fun action scenes and charismatic characters. Rogue One's got nothing, the story is boring, the characters are all completely forgettable and the scenes with Vader just make you wish you were watching the old movies. I'd also say that any Vader scene in the old trilogy was more badass than the ridiculously gratuitous fan service at the end of the movie.

[Leo656]

Really? I thought Rogue One was supposed to be "the best one since Empire". Huh.

I guess people talk.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Really? I thought Rogue One was supposed to be "the best one since Empire". Huh.

The best one since Empire was RotJ. I don't like to think about the rest.
I mean, I enjoyed Revenge of the Sith when it first came out but that one hasn't aged well.

[sdp]

Just watch it, you won't hate it, you'll just forget about it.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by sdp

Just watch it, you won't hate it, you'll just forget about it.

Right, there's not much to hate about it. But to me, that makes it even worse. I enjoy a really ****** movie but Rogue One is not that, it's nothing but a waste of time.

[sdp]

You watch it once, it doesn't set your world on fire and you forget it but it doesn't mess anything up in the story of ANH. TFA on the other hand might have cool things here and there that are memorable but the plot completely screws up the story of star wars.

It's a pointless movie and I'd rather it not exist but no harm is done to the franchise.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by sdp

Just watch it, you won't hate it, you'll just forget about it.

Pretty much this. In some ways it's visual eyecandy. In general I have a hard time remembering the names of any of the "crew" and I don't find myself caring much about them.

But the movie is entertaining in it's own way, and it's given us what was absolutely some of the best 2 minutes or so of Darth Vader on screen ever.

[Andrew NDB]

The showrunner is excited because the show will be political, and be about refugees:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/andor-s...cal-political/

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The showrunner is excited because the show will be political, and be about refugees:

Because, rebels fighting against quasi-faschists is not political enough, I guess?

What those mother****ers are smoking? Is anything should represent current American politics? What about the rest of the world? What about subtlety?

Oh, wait, I've forgotten we are talking about talentless hacks, who are trying to make their name by either inserting political message of their own or just trying to change franchise as a whole to "leave a trace of their (worthless) existence".

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by .Fugitoid.

If you don't like the message, it's because you're not getting enough of the message.

And if even then you don't like it, it's because they didn't explain it to you properly.

[Andrew NDB]

I'm agreeing with you. For goodness sake.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The showrunner is excited because the show will be political, and be about refugees:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/andor-s...cal-political/

Honestly, I’d be more surprised if it wasn’t political.

[Andrew NDB]

Viewership is super low on the show and keeps going lower:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/andor-v...is-rather-low/

[Sabacooza]

I don't get people's fascination with Andor. It has very little in it that makes it feel like Star Wars and it's boring as hell.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Sabacooza

I don't get people's fascination with Andor. It has very little in it that makes it feel like Star Wars and it's boring as hell.

Yeah, I can't really wrap my head around anyone watching Rogue One and then saying, "You know what I want, prequels for the characters that all died in it."

Movie was OK, I guess. No part of me ever really wanted to revisit it.

[Sumac]

Rogue One was a decent movie. t least I can say it was much better than any of the Sequels, but tonally it was an extreme departure from everything which made Star Wars, well, Star Wars.

I don't understand fascination of some people with spin-offs, which take established universe into completely different tone, but, whatever.

[IMJ]

Star Wars is doing what Star Trek has done going way too far into the "prequel" world at this point.

Not every franchise needs to follow this now formulaic "prequel" release thing. It worked for Star Wars Episodes 1-3 because there was decades of conversation about who Darth Vader was and his rise. The prequels (good or bad) bordered on a holy account of things for that Universe.

But that opened the door for "prequel mania". Star Trek has now almost 100% been mired in prequels since the year 2001. With the exception of the "Rey" films, Star Wars has as well.

Prequels about Darth Vader not only mattered to canon, but to the hearts of fans. Nobody gives a flying $#!( about "Cassian Andor". There is no reason to tap the prequel well for that.

[CyberCubed]

I've watched the 7 eps so far and while you can tell the production values are above Boba-Fett/Obi-wan, the show is sadly kinda boring to me. It's basically Star Wars without the "fun" so to speak. I went into this with an open mind but it's not really doing it for me besides a few select scenes here and there.

I'll watch the rest of it as it airs to see where it goes, but it's not something I'll rewatch years later.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

But that opened the door for "prequel mania". Star Trek has now almost 100% been mired in prequels since the year 2001. With the exception of the "Rey" films, Star Wars has as well.

Yeah, wtf. Especially with Star Trek it's like... let's boldly go... back to where we already went 50 years ago? Even on the same ship? Why?

With Star Wars, there is the unfortunate situation the sequel trilogy left Star Wars in, in that nobody cares to see new stories that take place after it.