Yeah, I was getting 'where are they going with this' vibes.
I haven't seen Andor but my issue is the placement of the sequence and not the sequence itself. In a way, I don’t mind seeing the level of dedication to a scene. I suspect even hardcore fans will skip this sequence when rewatching show.
I actually liked the Coruscant story. It definitely felt like filler, but it did 2 things that were important. First, it dove into everyday life of the Star Wars galaxy for the common citizen and further dealt with how former employees of the empire are dealt with in the new republic world. Second, it established the new character, who will clearly be someone moving forward.
This is a good point. If they broke that story into 2 episodes instead (as a B-story, not as 2 full episodes), the twist reveal might have had more punch. Maybe introduce them in Ep 2, then have the journey to the junk yard as the B-story in Ep 3. Having a B-story in Ep 2 might have been tough, though, since so much already happened in that episode.
But a lot of the shows that follow this 8-episode season template are part of larger projects (MCU, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc), so there are multiple seasons per year.
It also showed that the New Republic is probably pretty fucked itself. Tossing out useful things for no good reason seems like busy work. But repurposing in special cases like the mindflayer and in a very Clockwork Orange kind of way.
That was shown by the “Ted Talk” at the beginning. The bourgeoise of the New Republic is made up of the same people who supported the Empire. New boss, same as the old boss.
It looks like they're trying to make a statement that the New Republic eventually won't do any better than the Old Republic and is already following in their footsteps.
So far, SW “tv” has been pretty good.
my biggest rant isnt filler really. I love long movies so I can get more details. Most people bitch about long movies.
BB2 is solid
I hope they get around to introducing Grand Admiral Thrawn. The "Heir to the Empire" trilogy by Timothy Zahn was outstanding and it's a great character. They mentioned him in the episode with Ashoka.
Shows today are all really just long, serialized movies. When shows were 24 episodes per season, they were basically episodic. In today’s streaming, binge world, 24 episode seasons dont work anymore.
Just waiting for it to finish so I can binge it.
I watch 2 or 3 episodes at a time. By the time I have a chance to watch again there's usually 2 or 3 more
He is strongly rumored to make a live action appearance in M3. Not sure how they will do that unless it is kinda like a post-credit scene with him and Ezra, setting up Ahsoka.
The ending of the sequence is a bit silly unless I'm missing something. If your prisoner claims someone trapped them and put them in a mind flayer, you wouldn't leave the room. You would also suspect foul play when their mind was flayed. Or were they all in on it and I missed something?
