I have been a Star Wars fan for about forty-five years (Star Wars has been around for about forty-five years). For a long time we had only three movies and a few other projects we don’t talk about. And now we have new Star Wars stories coming out on a regular basis.
Andor is the latest television series. It follows the early exploits of Cassian Andor and it is a prequel to the Rogue One movie.
I was really looking forward to Andor as I thought Rogue One was one of the best of the recent Star Wars movies and the character of Andor was interesting. Plus the idea of seeing the origins of the rebellion was a draw.
I thought Andor was good but not great. There were some episodes that were really good but generally it was a slow burn and I did often find myself bored.
The story itself was interesting but I felt like the twelve episodes could have been edited down to eight and the season could have moved along faster.
There were some bright spots. I found the episodes set in the prison to be really entertaining. I could imagine an entire story just set in that prison.
Don’t get me wrong, I thought Andor was good and I intend on watching the next season. But I hope they are able to pick up the pace a bit.
