Yeah. Tbh, I gained more respect for Bill Burr in that episode in a single viewing than I have through all of his comedy. And he's arguably one of the greats.
That conversation he had with his former commander? That was peak Star Wars. We didn't know it at the time, but it was like a sneak peak into how good Andor would be. Who knew modern Star Wars could have serious tension and drama.
They absolutely knew where they were going with it, they just rushed it, presumably because execs are pressuring them to get to the big ensemble movie.
Like, I know a lot of the fanbase was pissed about giving Bo the Darksaber, but the story has been aiming at that for a long time. Favreau has been closely following an Arthurian story arc about the pure knight who helps the rightful king retake his throne. Din is basically Galahad. The issue is they didn't take the time to actually establish Bo-Katan as a proper Arthur and just tried to shove the whole transition arc into one season.
See above mentioned executive meddling. The expected arc would be to have Grogu commit to his training and then show up after considerable time has passed to save the day when all seems lost.
But having your merchandise cash cow off the show for even a few episodes was apparently a no-go.
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u/Muted-Law-1556 Jun 15 '24
Don't bother, not worth watching after S1 cuz its a mess and they don't know what to do with it.