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optimark_prime

g.man wrote:

…only another 17 episodes to go then…

Genuinely, how many in the series?

tin_robot

optimark_prime wrote:

g.man wrote:

…only another 17 episodes to go then…

Genuinely, how many in the series?

I think it's supposed to be 12 in total.

optimark_prime

tin_robot wrote:

optimark_prime wrote:

g.man wrote:

…only another 17 episodes to go then…

Genuinely, how many in the series?

I think it's supposed to be 12 in total.

Ah, okay. Thank you.

I’ll retract my comment about finishing it. I have enjoyed the 3 episodes I’ve watched.

g.man

Yeah, they plan to do 2 seasons with 12 eps in each season.

superflyninja

A certain somebody constantly reminded me of none other than FAT BASTARD

Oooooooooch ahl eat that baybay

optimark_prime

g.man wrote:

Yeah, they plan to do 2 seasons with 12 eps in each season.

I really should look up stuff before I post, shouldn’t I? It’s not like we’re without internet in Cornwall.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Pretty crazy how many productions Disney have up and running at once now. Their release schedule is insane. I feel sorry for those VFX people being worked into the ground

Rev

What's the bets they'll squeeze a Vader in there at some point

EvilRedEye

I guess it's inevitable there'll be an increasing amount of references to Rebel Alliance/Rogue One related stuff but I'll be disappointed if it becomes an OT reference-fest after these first three episodes.

b0r1s

Well Andor was excellent. Going from the show I didn’t think I wanted to, dare I say it, better than Mando. Amazing cast in there all well acted, solid action and a simple well told story. Can’t fault it yet.

Raiziel

Just watched the three Andor eps and wow! The best thing by far that Disney has done with Star Wars. Very impressed, and I particularly like the very unStar Warsy score. More of this, please, and less of…well, everything else they’ve done up until now.

davyK

Yep. Andor is excellent. Prompted me to give Rogue One a rewatch.

So far it's part of my personal SW timeline.

I'm still prepared to accept the prequels.

Ep1,2,3,Andor,Rogue One,Ep4,5,6,Mandalorian.

I don't personally accept anything else. Eps 7,8,9, particularly 9 dispense, with the meaning of the sacrifices made by characters in the entire first 6 episodes - and also in Andor and Rogue One - made completely meaningless. Not to mention the disposal of the Anakin story arc. So to hell with them.

superflyninja

To see acting in Andor after the dross of BOBF etc is startling.
That scene in episode one for example:

Spoiler:

davyK

This seems to be a quite Brit deal too.

I recognised a few faces...that security guard and the sergeant in Ep.3. I think they were in Coronation St. or Eastenders.

edit: I was right...Kravos (security guard) was Lee Boardman who appeared in Coronation St (has been in a PILE of stuff though) and the Sergeant was Eastender alumni, Alex Ferns who has a similar big CV.

They have both got chunkier since but I recognised them OK.

LivDiv

Dr Trueman's no good brother Paul Trueman is in it.

RamSteelwood

I'm going to have watch this now aren't I?

davyK

It's a bit on the slow side but it's very good and is peppered with proper acting talent. Feels like "grown up" Star Wars.

After Obi-Wan I decided not to watch the Bobba Fett thing and probably still won't. This has turned a corner. Only 3 episodes but so far so very good.

Just remembered the guy on the shuttle making smalltalk - have definitely seen him before. Was a splendid, memorable little cameo.

LivDiv

Im gonna be honest and with the caveat I've only watched one ep.

I thought it was OK but pretty slow and grey-beige.
It manages to dodge all the pitfalls the other Star Wars shows have found themselves falling into but the cost is it doesn't feel like a Star Wars show. Mando S1 nailed being good and feeling Star Warsy, this feels like an OK sci fi show.

davyK

That is fair comment after Ep.1. I felt the same and was 50/50 about carrying on. Ep.2 is shorter and I was starting to wonder if anything significant was going to happen but they are a fine setup for Ep.3.

b0r1s

Don't watch Boba Davy... just don't.

EvilRedEye

I believe Andor was filmed in the UK while Covid was still affecting international travel, hence lots of Brits. People have spotted some Doctor Who easter eggs.

Raiziel

They were filming just down the road from me in Dorset.

Scout

davyK wrote:

This seems to be a quite Brit deal too. I recognised a few faces...that security guard and the sergeant in Ep.3. I think they were in Coronation St. or Eastenders. edit: I was right...Kravos (security guard) was Lee Boardman who appeared in Coronation St (has been in a PILE of stuff though) and the Sergeant was Eastender alumni, Alex Ferns who has a similar big CV. They have both got chunkier since but I recognised them OK.

After becoming famous for being Trevor in Eastenders, Alex Ferns has had a real career renaissance of late. He was in the Scottish soap opera River City for a year up until 2018 which as you can imagine is fairly fucking terrible. Since then he's had a memorable (bollock naked) turn in the amazing Chernobyl, appeared in Guy Ritchie's Wrath of Man, had a small role in The Batman and now a fairly big role (it would seem at least) in Andor. Fair play to him.

LivDiv

Always thought he looked like Ang Lee's Hulk.

davyK

Yes! Remember him in Chernobyl!

There's a lesson here - the quality of "jobbing" or mid tier Brit actors. Maybe it's just me responding to them as I'm from our side of the pond, but the difference is marked. They are better.

davyK

b0r1s wrote:

Don't watch Boba Davy... just don't.

Don't worry. Heard enough bad stuff here. It was only the positive vibes here that got me to check Andor.

LivDiv

Our jobbing actors look like humans rather than a series of Barbie and Ken dolls, I think that helps.

hylian_elf

Everyone in Andor has been great so far except for the lead. He needs to change his face a little here and there. Competely expressionless all/most of the time.

Paul the sparky

davyK wrote:

Yes! Remember him in Chernobyl!

Little tiddler

Rev

Diego Luna said in an interview that R2D2 was called 'arturito' in Mexico because it sounded the same. Arturito means 'Little Arthur' which somehow makes more sense to me than their proper name. And it's also adorable.

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