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Lisa DellaPorta's avatar

Every episode, I have to take a moment to remind myself that this is in the Star Wars universe, and not merely excellent dramatic TV. I don't know how we're supposed to sit through any of the other shows after this. Tony Gilroy has set the bar so incredibly high.

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I have to say, the original star wars trilogy and even the prequels were so amazing because they felt new; there was no precedent and Lucas created a universe centered in a thought so distant--"In a galaxy far, far away." However, the portrayal of Chandrilla in Andor Season Two has proven to be some sort of amalgamation of things that are now--disco-type hype music, japanese culture, etc. The reason star wars had captured so many, simply lies in its timeless allure of something we aren't, but can relate. While Andor has moved to resonate with the viewer's lives by showing a closer image of its characters, it moves away from the original vision--a galaxy far, far away, to examining and nitpicking at characters who form a relatively mediocre story (though it is infinitely much better than star wars failures in recent years, eg: Episode 9). Such is the fate of unique character development at the hands of streaming services.

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