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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Rix Road”

By Brian Salvatore | Nov 25, 2022 | Television

Well, friends, we’ve made it. Andor has wrapped up its first season with a flourish. Let’s not waste any more time and get into it. 1. Attachments Whenever we spend time with the Jedi in Star Wars, a certain word pops up as something to avoid: attachment. This is why Anakin fell to the Dark […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Daughter of Ferrix”

By Brian Salvatore | Nov 17, 2022 | Television

It was inevitable that there would be an episode of Andor like this one. There needed to be an episode to take stock of where all the various pieces were on the chessboard, and to get them lined up for the final episode of the season. And, while there wasn’t a moment quite as transcendent […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “One Way Out”

By Brian Salvatore | Nov 10, 2022 | Television

No matter how you feel about the first two arcs of Andor, it seems pretty universal that this most recent arc is one of the most affecting and effective pieces of Star Wars media in some time. “One Way Out,” the fourth in the arc, takes the intensity up and shows us that, as the […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Nobody’s Listening!”

By Brian Salvatore | Nov 3, 2022 | Television

Andor has, thus far, operated in three-episode arcs. However, “Nobody’s Listening!” is very much not the end of the current story. Let’s get into it. 1. Goddamn Star Wars has always been adept at showing horrifying things in a way that is sanitized enough for a child to watch and not be sent screaming into […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Narkina 5”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 27, 2022 | Television

As the third arc of Andor reaches its mid-point, the subtlety has more or less left the galaxy, although that doesn’t impact the effectiveness of “Narkina 5.” 1. Wait a second…is this all metaphorical? “Narkina 5” ditches the nuance and just comes out and tells us: all of these characters are trapped in prisons of […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Announcement”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 20, 2022 | Television

Unlike the prior ‘first’ pieces of the arcs, Andor‘s “Announcement” feels like a self-contained story and, frankly, a damn good one. 1. The spark that’ll light the fire that’ll burn the Empire down This episode does a lot of work to show the ripple effect of the heist on Aldhani on both sides of the […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “The Eye”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 13, 2022 | Television

Andor wraps up its second arc with one of the most exciting and visually impressive episodes of Star Wars television yet. There’s no time to waste, we don’t want to miss the Eye. 1. Imperial bourgeoisie While Andor has been adept at showing various pieces of the Empire, “The Eye” really focuses its attention on […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “The Axe Forgets”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 6, 2022 | Television

With Andor now deep in its second act, the show’s strengths have stepped forward, with some of its issues falling to the wayside. Punch it, Chewie. 1. All that was missing was a “Your brother” comparison All we can ever know is our own experiences and, while Syril’s is far more extreme than mine, I […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Aldhani”

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 30, 2022 | Television

After the first three-episode block has wrapped up, we are able to move forward a bit in Andor. Jump to lightspeed and join us. 1. Rebel Luthen is Superman; Coruscant Luthen is Clark Kent I find it really interesting to see how Luthen is able to slip between being a rebel and being an antiques […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Reckoning”

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 27, 2022 | Television

Here we are, with the final piece of the opening triptych of Andor. No more preamble, let’s get to it. 1. Hardcore fans done dirty Earlier this summer, there was a special re-release of Rogue One in IMAX, and one of the selling points of the re-release was a scene from Andor being shown before […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “That Would Be Me”

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 23, 2022 | Television

As the three-part premiere of Andor chugs along, it becomes increasingly clear that this was never meant to be split up in this way. Let’s dig in. 1. Another innovation I find it very interesting that Andor, like putting the ‘5BBY’ designation on screen also, for the first time, is putting a translation of a […]

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Five Thoughts on Andor‘s “Kassa”

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 22, 2022 | Television

If you understand that you’re watching a prequel to a prequel that fell after the original prequels, then you’re ready to dive into Andor! This show, for me and lots of other Star Wars fans, went from a shrug of indifference to wild enthusiasm after seeing the initial trailers. Did the first episode live up […]

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