Kassa

Andor is unlike anything we've seen from Star Wars before. Cassian Andor is a complicated character - something special in the otherwise superficially drawn Star Wars world.

Andor is set before the events of Rogue One and before the Rebellion openly opposes the Empire. So these are dark times - Andor can best be compared to Rogue One but The series expands the star wars empire with more emotion and variety. Its completely different to all Star Wars movies and series befor but gives the whole umiverse a new touch of emotion, depth and will to be something emotional and worth watching beside popcorn cinema.

This was reported to be a different kind of show and it really is, but in a good way. As a fan of prequels, this episode is one of the first ever since to really do justice to the beautiful and compelling galaxy of Star Wars. The story seems well written and the pacing is appropriate. Some of the previous series have either been VERY slow or skipped through interesting parts, but this episode seems only to present what's necessary, and then explore it as much as needed. What's best, you can see the storyline's gonna take quite a few episodes to unfold. The characters are well written, and, fortunately, no wokeness detected in them, so we're back to Star Wars default. It's interesting to see what this show's gonna be like.

This episode was not a bad way to set up rhis show and the overall premise!

From the opening scene you can tell that this is gonna be a different Star Wars experience than you are used to! You feel like this is shot with so much love and care compared to many of the other shows!

The production value is really good already in this first episode! So many of the scenes just hooks you in with their identity, plus it looks good most of the time! It felt like that experience kn Star Wars i aleays wanted!

It might be a slow burn, but trust me when I say that you will be rewarded if you invest yourself in this story and journey!

Cassian searches for someone and runs into trouble.

This is a strong start to the series.

There is a great atmosphere generated in the opening scenes that sets the tone and re-introduces the central character very well. It's hard to judge other aspects of the plot at such an early stage in the series as it feels like it is slow burning towards something whilst showing various locations and people.

The feeling of paranoia is nicely established in multiple character exchanges. I like the politics involved in regional governance which is portrayed well in a number of scenes involving various officials.

I think the dialogue and performances are a cut above anything we've seen so far in the Star Wars streaming shows. Diego Luna and the supporting cast do a great job.

It feels like it ends quite abruptly, which is odd considering 3 episodes were released on the same day.

...But also, the only D+ show that actually feels like a real TV Show and not a 2-hour movie split into parts, and not bound by the weird 6-episode-only formula of MCU shows that surprisingly makes the writers both drag the first half of the show and also rush the ending with lots of lost potential.

This episode is the opener of the season and is obviously gonna be an introduction with fewer big events or explosions and action and all that, and I think that's why they released 3 episodes first and I'm assuming the 3rd is gonna end on a cliffhanger or something. The point I'm trying to make is that the show seems a slow burn and I actually like they're going this route and laying their plot this way instead of rushing or giving us pointless action just to keep the kids' attention span on the screen.

And that's also why I'm giving it a 7 because it is a competent start but nothing mindblowing or amazing yet.

This show's writing also continues the way of Rogue One's character building and giving characters backstory which I really liked about Rogue One as opposed to the Sequels. Even though this is like the simplest and most clichéd way of characterization, doesn't mean it's not gonna work and is definitely better than wasting 3 big movie budgets and +6 hours of our lives on a character with no name of family or backstory. And I am in no way trying to say that a character without flashbacks and backstory about his/her parents/siblings doesn't work at all, it's just that they went out of their way to find the most horrible way to implement this point about that character. This was the reason why many people liked Jyn and not Rey, cause her story was personal and she had the least amount of characterization and something that made us care about her character.

So like I said, they actually give backstory to the protagonist here and make the story personal just like Rogue One. One of the main reasons Star Wars became so huge was because of this personal storytelling and characters being each other's sons and sisters. It's space family soap opera after all.

So it's a competent start and did a good job of reintroducing Cassian Andor and giving him a competent backstory. Though I am getting a little tired of seeing flashbacks all the time in these shows. So let's hope these were the only ones or at least.

And also here's hoping the show is actually what it's looking to be and won't be incompetently written like every MCU show so far or the horrible Obi-Wan show written by a 5-year-old, and isn't rushed in the last few episodes, which by the looks of the number of episodes, it doesn't seem that way.